Andrew Kirkley College

The Andrew Kirkley College is a Combined Advanced College located in Cape Cross. It was founded in 1847 as Balfour Boys College, named in honor of its' main financier, railroad magnate Henry Balfour, Sr. During WWII schooling continued on rather normally but in 1944 as U.S. troops were nearing the school was shelled (it was rebuilt from 1945-46). The school became public and co-educational in 1951. President Andrew Kirkley attended school here school here in the 1920s and in 1965 the school was renamed in his honor. Current mayor Phil Bachmann attended school here in the 1970s.

Andrew Kirkley has consistently ranked in the top ten Advanced Colleges in the country. In 2011, it was rated at number six out of all the secondary schools in the country. Being strong in the social sciences, it attracts students from as far as Brezonde.