The original Chrisland site on Opebi Road in Ikeja is one of the longest-running private schools in Lagos. Founded 1976, it serves the Ikeja/GRA professional catchment with a hybrid curriculum and consistent WAEC results. Day-only. The Opebi campus is smaller and less new than the Lekki flagship but has stronger institutional continuity — teaching staff include multi-decade veterans.
Fee breakdown
Tuition range
₦3.0M–5.0M
/yr · 2025/2026
Estimated first-year total
₦5.0M
tuition + extras
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Lagos.Cool Editorial
2 May 2026 · 2 min read
About this school — Chrisland High School Opebi
The original Chrisland site on Opebi Road in Ikeja is one of the longest-running private schools in Lagos. Founded 1976, it serves the Ikeja/GRA professional catchment with a hybrid curriculum and consistent WAEC results. Day-only. The Opebi campus is smaller and less new than the Lekki flagship but has stronger institutional continuity — teaching staff include multi-decade veterans and the Old Chrislander alumni network is anchored here.
Chrisland Opebi is the group's original campus and the site where the Chrisland brand was built. Founded 1976 on Opebi Road in Ikeja, the campus grew alongside the wider Ikeja residential expansion — from a small primary and JSS programme to a full JSS+SSS secondary with over 600 pupils on a compact 3-acre urban site. Multi-decade teaching staff continuity is a real feature: multiple heads of department have been at Opebi since the 1990s, and the school has a settled institutional culture that newer campuses cannot match. What Chrisland Opebi delivers that Chrisland Lekki does not is that historical continuity plus the Ikeja mid-town network of families across three generations. Alumni include senior professionals across Nigerian and diaspora communities.
Strengths & trade-offs
✓ Strengths
✓Historical original Chrisland campus (founded 1976)
JS1 entry via school entrance examination. Application fee ₦60,000. Sibling and Chrisland-network priority.
JS1 entrance examination held April, July, and October covering English, Mathematics, and Verbal Reasoning at end-of-primary level. Application fee ₦60,000. Sibling and Chrisland-network priority applies. Common Entrance results considered supplementarily. SS1 transfer entry available for pupils with strong JS3 results. Christian family priority; non-Christian pupils accommodated. Deposit fee ₦120,000 refundable against first-term tuition. Interview with senior staff for shortlisted candidates plus a formal parent interview to confirm alignment with the Christian ethos.
Tuition is only part of the bill. Here's what families actually pay:
School bus₦250,000–₦550,000/yr
Uniform + house tie₦70,000–₦130,000
Books + WAEC/IGCSE₦90,000–₦280,000/yr
Lunch₦220,000–₦370,000/yr
ECAs₦60,000–₦180,000/yr
Campus & facilities
The Opebi campus is compact (~3 acres) with academic blocks, five science laboratories, a 300-seat auditorium, small swimming pool, sports court, and library. Day-only. Established Ikeja mid-town infrastructure with 40+ years of continuous operation.
The 3-acre Opebi campus has been continuously developed since 1976. Facilities include academic blocks organised across the compact urban plot, five science laboratories (physics, chemistry, biology, integrated science plus a combined lab for JSS), a 300-seat auditorium used for community assemblies and end-of-year prize-giving, a chapel, a small swimming pool used primarily for PE lessons, sports courts (basketball, small football pitch), a library, a computer laboratory, an art studio, and a music room. Power on Ikeja Electric grid + 100KVA generator + partial solar (installed 2020). Water from LSWC pipe with onsite borehole backup. Day-only.
Founded 1976 — the original Chrisland campus. Approaching 50 years of continuous operation.
Yes — significantly. Opebi ~600 pupils vs Lekki ~1,200. Opebi is day-only; Lekki offers boarding. Class sizes at Opebi cap at 22; Lekki at 25.
Consistently 95%+ credit-pass rate.
Yes — established Ikeja mid-town residential/commercial mix. School buses cover the wider Ikeja, Magodo, Anthony, Maryland, Ojota corridor.
Different products. Opebi has stronger institutional continuity and long-serving teaching staff. Lekki has newer facilities and boarding. Choice depends on location and boarding needs.