This paper compares the academic performance between private and public secondary schools in science in Birnin Kebbi metropolis, Kebbi state. A random sample of 200 senior secondary school students was randomly selected from private and public Secondary schools in Birnin Kebbi metropolis of Kebbi State for the study. End of term examination results for three consecutive terms of the 2015/2016 academic session for the selected sample in three science subjects namely: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics were obtained from the selected secondary schools in the metropolis as the data for the study. The collected data were analyzed using t-test statistic. Results obtained showed that there is a significant differencebetween public and private secondary school studentsÍ performance in all the three science subjects studied. Private schools studentsperformed significantly better than their public school counterparts. It was however observed that there is no significant differencebetween the performance of public and private senior secondary school students between male and female students in science in both the private and public secondary schools in the metropolis. It was recommended among others that more supervisory roles be played on public schools teachers to make them work better on their science students.