Wesley Girls High School, in Cape Coast in the Central Region, topped 468 public schools in the country, which sat for the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) conducted by the West African Examinations Council in 2003.
It presented 396 candidates, out of which 389 passed in all the seven subjects, representing 99.2 per cent.
None of the 23 students presented by the Piina Secondary in the Upper West passed any of the seven subjects.
The next best school, after Wesley Girls, was Opoku Ware in Kumasi, which presented 470 students out of which 438 passed in all seven subject, representing 97.8 per cent.
Holy Child School, also in Cape Coast, came 3rd with 97.6 per cent, having presented 259 candidates out which 244 passed in all subjects.
According to the Ghana Education Service (GES) Secondary Education Division, SSSCE results league, eight catholic schools, including Holy Child Secondary and Opoku Ware are among the best 10.
They are St Peters at Nkwatia - Kwahu, 97.1 per cent, St Louis in Ashanti, 94.9 per cent, St James Seminary near Sunyani ,94.1 per cent, St Rose's, Akwatia,94.0 per cent ,St Mary's, Accra ,93.4 per cent and Archbishop Porter Girls', Takoradi 93.3 per cent.
They placed 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th respectively. Yaa Asantewaa, Kumasi, had 96.6 to come to 5th.
Schools such as St Monica's, Asante Mampong, Notre Dame Seminary and Secondary, Navrongo and St Charles Secondary, Tamale, performed very well by scoring 939 per cent, 92.8 per cent and 92.1 per cent and earning the 11th, 12th, and 13th, positions respectively.
Achimota School, Accra, took the 14th position with 92.1 per cent, Mfantsipim school took the 19th position with 89.7 per cent, Prempeh College, Kumasi, was 15th with 92.1 per cent, Aburi Girls' Secondary, Eastern Region took the 16th position with 91.4 per cent.
Presbyterian Boys Secondary, Legon, Accra, had 91.3 per cent, positioning itself at the 17th position, while Pope John Secondary, Eastern Region had 88.6 per cent, occupying the 20th position.
