Rift Valley Academy

Kenya, Kijabe

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Annual Fees

Name	Age	Fee	Track	Conditions
Kindergarten	4	369,000 KES	RVA	Three terms per academic year; includes tuition, room, boarding and capital development
Grade 1	5	555,300 KES	RVA	Three terms per academic year; includes tuition and boarding
Kindergarten	5	377,550 KES	Primary	Includes tuition+boarding per year (3 terms). Travel and environmental fees apply per term.
Kindergarten	5	575 USD	Kindergarten	per-term charges include tuition, room, boarding, and capital development; three terms per year
Kindergarten (KES annual total)	5	371,850 KES	Kindergarten	per-year total converted to local currency for reference; see USD line above for one-time application/deposit
Grade 2	6	555,300 KES	RVA	Three terms per academic year; includes tuition and boarding
Grade 1	6	563,850 KES	Primary	Includes tuition+boarding per year (3 terms). Travel and environmental fees apply per term.
Grade 1	6	558,150 KES	Primary	three terms per year; no class dues for Grades 1–3; travel and environmental fees apply annually
Grade 3	7	555,300 KES	RVA	Three terms per academic year; includes tuition and boarding
Grade 2	7	563,850 KES	Primary	Includes tuition+boarding per year (3 terms). Travel and environmental fees apply per term.
Grade 2	7	558,150 KES	Primary	three terms per year; no class dues for Grades 1–3; travel and environmental fees apply annually
Grade 4	8	1,005,300 KES	RVA	Three terms per academic year; includes tuition and boarding
Grade 3	8	563,850 KES	Primary	Includes tuition+boarding per year (3 terms). Travel and environmental fees apply per term.
Grade 3	8	558,150 KES	Primary	three terms per year; no class dues for Grades 1–3; travel and environmental fees apply annually
Grade 5	9	1,005,300 KES	RVA	Three terms per academic year; includes tuition and boarding
Grade 4	9	1,013,850 KES	Primary	Includes tuition+boarding per year (3 terms). Travel and environmental fees apply per term.
Grade 4	9	1 KES	Primary	three terms per year; no class dues for Grades 4–6; travel and environmental fees apply annually
Grade 6	10	1,005,300 KES	RVA	Three terms per academic year; includes tuition and boarding
Grade 5	10	1,013,850 KES	Primary	Includes tuition+boarding per year (3 terms). Travel and environmental fees apply per term.
Grade 7	11	1,040,250 KES	RVA	Three terms per academic year; includes tuition and boarding
Grade 6	11	1,013,850 KES	Primary	Includes tuition+boarding per year (3 terms). Travel and environmental fees apply per term.
Grade 8	12	1,040,250 KES	RVA	Three terms per academic year; includes tuition and boarding
Grade 7	12	1,051,800 KES	Secondary	Includes tuition+boarding per year (3 terms). Travel, environmental fees, and class dues apply.
Grade 9	13	1,040,250 KES	RVA	Three terms per academic year; includes tuition and boarding
Grade 8	13	1,051,800 KES	Secondary	Includes tuition+boarding per year (3 terms). Travel, environmental fees, and class dues apply.
Grade 10	14	1,040,250 KES	RVA	Three terms per academic year; includes tuition and boarding
Grade 9	14	1,057,800 KES	Secondary	Includes tuition+boarding per year (3 terms). Travel, environmental fees, and class dues apply.
Grade 11	15	1,061,100 KES	RVA	Three terms per academic year; includes tuition and boarding
Grade 10	15	1,057,800 KES	Secondary	Includes tuition+boarding per year (3 terms). Travel, environmental fees, and class dues apply.
Grade 11	16	1,078,650 KES	Secondary	Includes tuition+boarding per year (3 terms). Travel, environmental fees, and class dues apply.
Grade 12	17	1,061,100 KES	RVA	Three terms per academic year; includes tuition and boarding
Grade 12	17	1,078,650 KES	Secondary	Includes tuition+boarding per year (3 terms). Travel, environmental fees, and class dues apply.

Application Fees

Name	Fee	Conditions
Application Fee	50 USD	USD 50 non-refundable (some listings show USD 75)
Application Fee	75 USD	Non-refundable
Application Fee	75 USD	non-refundable; USD 75; Year 1 only

Enrollment Fees

Name	Fee	Conditions
Enrollment Fee	500 USD	USD 500; credited toward fees on entry; paid within 30 days of provisional acceptance
Enrollment Fee	500 USD	Credited toward school fees on entry; must be received within 30 days of provisional acceptance
Enrollment Fee	500 USD	USD 500; to secure final acceptance; must be paid within 30 days of provisional acceptance; Year 1 only

Additional Fees

Name	Fee	Conditions
Application processing fee	50 USD	Non-refundable; USD 50 (some listings show USD 75)
Enrollment deposit	500 USD	Paid after provisional acceptance; credited toward fees on entry; must be paid within 30 days of provisional acceptance
Application processing fee	75 USD	Non-refundable
Enrollment deposit	500 USD	Credited toward school fees on entry; paid at provisional acceptance
Environmental fee	350 KES	assumed annual; frequency not specified in public pages
Travel fee	2,500 KES	assumed annual; frequency not specified in public pages
Class dues (Grades 9–12)	3,000 KES	per term; 3 terms per year
Class dues (Grades 7–8)	1,000 KES	per term; 3 terms per year

Fee Breakdown

Fees

Application fees and enrollment deposit

- Application processing fee (non-refundable): USD 50.
- Note: some publicly posted fee lists for 2025/26 show an application processing fee of USD 75 on alternate listings.
- Enrollment deposit (credited toward school fees; paid after provisional acceptance): USD 500. This enrollment deposit must be received within 30 days of provisional acceptance and is credited toward school fees on entry.

Tuition and boarding fees (charged per term)

- Fees are charged per term. RVA operates three terms per academic year (school year begins in August; three terms of ~12 weeks each). Multiply the per-term figures by three for an annual total.

- Kindergarten: KES 123,000 per term (KES 369,000 estimated per year). These figures are published as per-term amounts that include tuition, room, boarding and capital development where applicable.

- Grades 1–3: KES 185,100 per term (KES 555,300 estimated per year). These per-term figures are listed as covering tuition plus boarding/room where applicable.

- Grades 4–6: KES 335,100 per term (KES 1,005,300 estimated per year). The published per-term figure is shown as inclusive of tuition, boarding/room, and capital development charges.

- Grades 7–10: KES 346,750 per term (KES 1,040,250 estimated per year). These published term amounts are indicated as inclusive of room and boarding for boarders.

- Grades 11–12: KES 353,700 per term (KES 1,061,100 estimated per year). The per-term rate is published as covering tuition and boarding components where applicable.

Boarding fees

- Boarding is charged as part of the per-term tuition/boarding figures above; separate line-item boarding fees are not listed in the publicly posted per-term schedule. Boarding is therefore included in the per-term amounts for students who live in dorms.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- Fees are invoiced on a per-term basis; the school year begins in August and is divided into three terms. Parents are required to submit the enrollment deposit within 30 days of provisional acceptance; that deposit is credited toward the student's fees on entry. The application processing fee is non-refundable.

Other costs and typical additional charges

- Class dues: Grades 7–8: KES 1,000 (per published listings). Grades 9–12: KES 3,000 (per published listings).
- Travel fee (routine/scheduled travel charges): KES 2,500 (per published listings).
- Environmental fee / small statutory charge: KES 350 (per published listings).
- Uniforms, textbooks, personal items, medical expenses and incidental activity costs (cocurricular trips, special camps, optional activities) are additional to the per-term amounts; published public fee schedules do not list a single all-inclusive uniform or textbook line item with fixed amounts. Specific costs for uniforms, bookpacks, medical insurance or camp trips are charged separately or billed as required.

Refund information

- The application processing fee is non-refundable. The enrollment deposit is credited toward school fees upon entrance; some published application/enrollment forms indicate the enrollment deposit is non-refundable if parents cancel after provisional acceptance. No publicly posted comprehensive tuition refund schedule for mid-term withdrawal or prorated refunds was found in publicly available fee listings.

Fee payment options and currencies

- Public admissions materials indicate application items and fees may be submitted in USD or Kenyan Shilling equivalents and that the Admissions Office provides payment instructions; an application form references payment in USD with KES equivalents. The school's admissions office arranges specific payment methods (bank transfer / wire or other options) on request. Specific, published online details naming accepted card processors or a live credit-card payment gateway are not shown in the public fee listings consulted.

Brief note about how these figures were assembled and gaps in public detail

- RVA's public admissions pages describe the timing and mechanics of application, provisional acceptance and the enrollment deposit but do not publish a full official 2026/27 fee schedule on the publicly browsable pages. The per-term amounts and one-time fees above are taken from publicly posted 2025 fee listings and admissions documents that are cited above; a small number of public listings differ on the stated application processing fee (USD 50 versus USD 75). Where an amount is given above it reflects the figures shown on the cited 2025/2026 public fee listings; annual totals are shown as the per-term figure multiplied by three terms (RVA operates three terms per year).

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The school at a glance

Instructs in English

Fees KES 369,000 - 1,040,250

Ages Not listed

Pupil numbers 500

Type Co-educational (boarding)

Opened 1906

Bus Service No

Rift Valley Academy is a Christian boarding school in Kenya with an American foundation. The high school follows an American curricular core and offers Advanced Placement courses, while also supporting Cambridge IGCSE qualifications for a small number of missionary students. The school awards a College Prep Diploma designed to meet four-year college expectations and a General Education Diploma. The campus sits on 90 acres atop the Rift Valley escarpment and houses an elementary, a junior high, and a senior high, with nineteen dormitories, a chapel, a cafeteria, a gym, a music building, a drama hall, and multiple sports fields. RVA is accredited by the Middle States Association and serves about 400 students from various nationalities; it is affiliated with Africa Inland Mission. The program emphasizes English, Social Studies, Math, Science, Information Technology, Foreign Language, Bible, Physical Education, Fine Arts, Life Skills, plus AP for the College Prep Diploma.

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