The study investigated on the contribution of school plant planning and utilization practices in enhancing pupils’ academic performance in Ikungi District. The study objectives include: to determine the current school plant planning and utilization practices in school; to identify the challenges in school plant planning and utilization practice for enhancing pupils’ academic performance and to find out the strategies for solving the identified challenges in (if any) on school plant planning and utilization practice. The study was guided by procedural normative theory and the communicative theory as a theoretical framework. The current research study used the survey research design and Mixed (triangulation) methods approaches. A total of one hundred and sixteen (116) respondents were selected to participate in the study, who comprised One District Primary Education Officer, 42 head teachers, and 73 teachers. The main instruments used for data collection was structured questionnaires, interviews and observation checklists. Qualitative data was analyzed thematically by transcribing and coding to identify patterns and meaning by taking notes to obtain themes. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics through the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) Computer Programme version 25. The findings revealed schools with friendly and conducive learning environment enhanced pupils’ higher achievement in academics. Providing adequate and decent facilities at school is panacea for enhanced learning activities. The state of the school facilities is crucial in impacting students’ achievement positively. Also insufficient physical facilities lead to negative effect on pupils’ interest to learn which culminated to poorer academic performance. Majority of Public Primary Schools were found to have inadequate physical and instructional facilities. Furthermore, majority of schools had inadequate teachers, classrooms, furniture and sanitation facilities. The study revealed that shortage of all these essential facilities was due to insufficient fund allocated to public primary schools. It is therefore recommended that, school managers should strive to manage the scarce resources and their utilization with prudency. The government should purpose to review the current capitation to schools with the aim of adjusting them upward. The stakeholders and those who have an interest in education to improve the state of the current school facilities and or add more to the needy schools.

Keywords : Public Primary School, Pupils, School Plant, School Plant Utilization, Academic Performance