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The main aim of this study was to investigate factors which have the probable influence on Senior High School students’ academic performance within Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District.The study used self-designed survey and stratified sample technique to select the participants.The study was conducted among four hundred and twenty（420）participants which consisted of hundred（100）teachers,twenty（20）Heads of Department,and three hundred（300）students from three Senior High Schools in Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District.The main data collection tool used were an online questionnaire（primary）and student’s terminal report（secondary）.The study used student’s perception on school climate,student’s evaluation of classroom environment,teacher’s perception about the school climate and teacher’s professionalism in the classroom as independent variables and Student Academic Performances as a dependable variable for the analysis.Welberg（1982）Educational Production Theory was adopted as the main theoretical framework which guided the selection of the variables.Factor Analysis with Principal Component Analysis（PCA）was used to reduce the dimensionality of the data and identified the critical factors that influence students’ academic performance in the selected Senior High Schools.The study further used confirmatory factor analysis（CFA）and Path Analysis to justify the model fit of all the schools’ variables.The results indicated that students’ positive perception of their schools,students’ evaluation of classroom environment and teachers’ professionalism in the classroom variables were consistent in influencing students’ academic performance across all the three Senior High Schools in Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District.Further,the study recognized that teachers’ level of professionalism influenced students’ academic performance directly and indirectly because they used both their experience and talents to impress on students’ cognition.This study suggested that the schools within the district should endeavour to orientate their students on the possible factors that might impede their academic success.Again,school principals should carry out an action research and provide measures to increase the ability of their teachers to be more reflective as a strategy for honing teaching and learning in the school.