The study proposes and confirms a set of independent variables (Gender and School Type) and its effect on dependent variable is academic achievement. The sample size is 343 secondary school students. The tool used are the Personal Information questionnaire and Academic Achievement score obtained from school record card. The data was analyzed using computation of means and standard deviation, computation of standard error and use of t-test for measuring the significant of the difference between the means. The achievement level of student was found very low in both Private and Government schools. The private school boys of class IX performed significantly well the academic achievement than their counterparts in Govt. schools in all subject, similarly the private school girls outscored the girls of Government school in the entire subject.