Mbeya City Council has 52 Secondary Schools of which, 21 are privately owned and 31 are Government Schools. Among the Government schools 28 are built by the community efforts supported by the city council
Out of the 31 government secondary schools, three are boarding schools Loleza girls, Iyunga and Mbeya which is a mix of both day and boarding. All boarding schools are A-Level. The schools have a total number of 24,492 students of which 1,821 are boarding students.
The City has 832 teachers and 60 non teaching staff making a total of 892 staffs. In 2012/2013, the council has a shortage of 302 teachers especially in science subjects.
