Education is a vital one for social, culrural and economic development of a society. 11 is a veryrnimportant instrument in the creation of a modern economy, In secondmy school, HistOlY is givenrnas a separate subject which is illlportant like other subjects which play an important role inrntraining pupil to become accurate in comprehension and expression to weigh evidence, tornseparate the trivialfi'om significam, to diSlinguish propaganda from truth.rnHowever, the students' performance in histOlY is injluenced by the complex set of out of schoolrnand in school relatedfaclOrs. The pUljJose of this study was, Iherefore, to investigale Ihe schoolrnrelated factors thaI a/recl sludems' hislOIY performance and to forward the finding wilh possiblernrecommendations 10 concerned slake holders so that they would take measures in improving atrnvarious levels.rnA descriptive survey lIIethod was elllployed. The sample consisted of 500 students, 12 histOlYrnteachers, five school principals and five histolY department heads drawn Fom five samplernsecondary schools in Wesl Shewa Zone. Regarding the respondents, students Fom each samplernschool were selecled using strali(ied random sampling. Bul Ihe principals, hislOlY leachers andrnhislOlY deparlmem head, were laken using available sampling. To gal her Ihe necessmy dalarnqueslionnaire (open and closed ended) and observalion were Ihe main inslrumenls employed. Therni'1formation galhered Ihrough Ihese inSlrlllnenl were analyzed in percenlage.rn" ~ .rnThe major findings of Ihe sludy includes: Ihe coment in the syllabus are nol accomplished in arngiven academic year due 10 inappropriate allOlmenl of limefor Ihe suNecl 10 leach: For variousrnreasons, /1islory perforlllance of slUdems is generally low (their score is below 50% in hisIOl:"rnperfo rmance) lI'ilh signi(icam variations across the school and gender.rnThe level o/Ieachers' quali(ical ion and leaching experience parliclliarly Ihose who do nOI havernspecializalion in hislOIT ,rere nOI adequcile 10 leach hislOlY al Ihe grade level. The majorily ofrnleachers who were leaching hislOlY al Ihe grade level were diploma holders in hislOl y. Schoolrninslructional resources (libral)' service and hislOI), reference book) were inadeqllale.rnOvercrowded nalUre of Ihe classroom was also ql,olher(inding. The poor abilily of Ihe sludems inrnIhe language of il1.l'IrUClion is also Ihe major faCia l', which affects sludenlS' hislOIY IJeljormance.rnSiudenis' readinessfor learning hisIOI)' ,vhich is eJ.jJlained through siudems' allilude and behaviorrnwere inappropriale. The sample schools were wilh oul professional gl/idance and counselor as arnresult oflhese sludems ol lhe sample schools could nol gel necessm)' assislance on academic andrnsocial problems.rnBased on the finding and conclusion. recol11l11endalions are made 10 Ihe exisling problems.rnAccordingly: The lime allolled 10 leach hislOl)' have 10 be revised 10 add on il. devisingrnmechanism 10 i"'pro"e Ihe qualil)' of hislOry leachers. encouraging privale im'eslors 10 openrnpri"ale secondan schools. i"'pro" ing ",elhodl' of leaching English C!I primc,,), as ,rell asrnsecondmy school. encouraging sIiIdel1ls 10 illlprove English language abilily, employing di/reremrnlII elhod,' of leaching hislOIT and OIhers ' I'hich are assumed 10 solve Ihe idenlified prohlellls I erernrecommended.