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Methodist Boys' High School

Broad Street, Victoria Island / Lagos Island · Lagos Island LGA
Tier 4 · affordablemissionMethodist
Per term: ₦70K–₦200Kestimated within tier band
Founded 1878

Methodist Boys' High School, dem found am 1878. E na one of the oldest secondary school for Nigeria. Broad Street campus. Nigerian curriculum. Historic role for producing Lagos legal, medical, and political elite. Affordable pricing consistent with mission ethos.

Fee breakdown

Tuition range
₦200.0K–550.0K
/yr · 2025/2026
First-year total estimate
₦550.0K
tuition + extras
Lagos.Cool Editorial
2 May 2026 · 2 min read

About dis school — Methodist Boys' High School

Methodist Boys' High School, dem found am 1878, na one of the very oldest secondary school for Nigeria and the flagship Methodist boys school for Lagos. The historic Broad Street campus don produce plenty first-generation Nigerian legal, medical, and political elite. Methodist mission tradition of academic seriousness plus disciplined religious ethos. Day-only.

Strengths & trade-offs

Strengths

  • One of oldest secondary schools in Nigeria (founded 1878)
  • Methodist mission tradition
  • Historic Broad Street campus
  • Long alumni network across Nigerian legal/medical/political elite
  • 80-90% WAEC credit-pass

Trade-offs

  • Day-only
  • Central Lagos Island location requires commute
  • No IGCSE
  • Older heritage buildings
  • Class sizes 30+

Facilities & campus

Broad Street campus
Academic blocks
Science laboratories
Methodist chapel
Assembly hall
Library
Sports facilities

Curriculum & exam pathway

Accreditations
  • WAEC
  • Federal Ministry of Education Nigeria
University destinations
UNILAGLASUCovenantBabcockNigerian State universitiesManchesterWarwickTorontoUS private universities

Admission process

JS1 entry through school entrance examination. Application fee ₦10,000. Methodist family priority. Sibling and Old Boys pikin dey get preference.

Extracurricular

FootballBasketballAthleticsDebateMusic ensembleDramaBible studyChess

Area context

Victoria Island
Island · premium
₦10.0M–20.0M/yr

Schools wey resemble

True yearly cost — beyond school fee

School fee na only part of the bill. See wetin family dey actually pay:

Uniform + tie₦25,000–₦45,000
Books + WAEC entries₦30,000–₦100,000/yr
Lunch₦70,000–₦140,000/yr
PTA levy₦15,000–₦30,000/yr

Campus & facility

The Broad Street heritage campus in central Lagos Island. Facilities include academic blocks, science laboratories, a Methodist chapel, assembly hall, library, and sports facilities. Day-only. Compact urban site typical of central Lagos Island heritage buildings. The Broad Street heritage campus is a compact urban site in central Lagos Island. The original 1878 Methodist chapel building was rebuilt in 1932 and again in 1962, but the current chapel structure preserves the original altar and pulpit. Facilities are urban-heritage in character: academic blocks organised across a compact plot, science laboratories, the chapel, an assembly hall (~250-seat), a library with a small heritage collection dating from the early 20th century, a computer laboratory, and outdoor sports areas (a small football pitch and basketball court). The Marina access route means daily pickup involves Lagos Island traffic; the school runs buses from Ikoyi, VI, and select Mainland routes. Power on Eko Electric grid with 80KVA generator backup. Water from LSWC pipe.

RENT NEAR THIS SCHOOL

2-bedroom for Victoria Island dey start from ₦10.0M every year.

SCHOOL RUN COST

School run from Broad Street, Victoria Island / Lagos Island — BRT, Bolt, and school bus option.

Question wey people dey ask

1878 — one of the very oldest secondary school for Nigeria. Before Nigerian amalgamation. Only CMS Grammar School (1859) dey older among major Lagos secondary school.