This study compared the inputs and outputs in public and private secondary schools in Tehsil Kamoke. The private schools were selected from the schools meant for middle and lower middle income classes. The input factors included teacher?s academic and professional qualification, student teacher ratio, teacher training, and assessment of students, physical facilities, and administrative competency of HTs, teachers? competencies, co-curricular activities and per student cost. The output for the study was defined as the scores of students obtained in the matriculation examination of the BISE Gujranwala. Study population comprises 47 government high schools and 55 private secondary ( private schools meant for low and middle income groups) affiliated with Board of intermediate and Secondary education Gujranwala in Tehsil Kamoke. Fifteen schools were sampled from each sector for data collection. The number of sampled HTs was 30 (15 from each sector) and number of sampled teachers were 150 (75 from each sector).The data was collected from the Head teachers and five teachers of each sampled school by using separate questionnaires for the HTs and teachers. Other sources of data collection were Budget 2018-19 report (Khunshan, 2018), fee structure of private schools and result gazette BISE Gujranwala 2018. Descriptive research method was adopted and t. test was applied for data analysis. Study was concluded that private schools lead the public schools in academic achievements of students, teacher training, appropriate student teacher ratio, teaching competencies of teachers, assessment of students, administrative competencies of head teachers, co-curricular activities and cost per student. Public schools lead the private schools in having highly qualified teachers and head teachers in academic and professional qualification. Public schools also lead the private schools in some physical facilities like play grounds, science labs, computer labs and class room ventilation. It was also found that private schools have higher efficiency as compared to public schools.