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This study examined the relationship between Laboratory and Boarding facilities and students’ academic performance in public secondary school in Rivers State. To carry out this task, two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated. The design adopted was ex-post facto design. Simple random sampling technique (SRS) was used to select 500 respondents comprising of SS1 and SS2 students. The instrument used for the research was School Infrastructure and Students’ Academic Performance (SISAP). After subjecting the instrument to the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation, a reliability index of 0.84 was achieved. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation was used to answer the two research questions, while z-ratio was used to test the two hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that a low positive relationship existed between laboratory and boarding facilities provision and students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Rivers State, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, the researchers recommended other variables such as the teachers’ qualifications, and the teaching methodologies, among others should be further investigated as correlates of students’ academic performance, since the present study established no significant relationship.