The main purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting girls' academicrnachievement in second cycle primary schools in Guraghe zone. To achieve thisrnobjective different basic research questions were raised. The study employedrnconcurrent mixed methods design with both quantitative and qualitative approaches.rnConsidering the geographical area of the zone, cluster sampling technique was usedrnand six schools were selected randomly. Student respondents were selected based onrnstratified sampling considering their sex, grade level and their parental SES. Teacherrnrespondents also selected from each department by usit;19 stratified sampling tec/,]niquernanri parents were chosen by using aVAilability samplin'g technique. To triangulate therndata prilTlary end secondary sources of dat