Students from poor family experience lack of basic needswhich negatively affects theirperformance. The purpose of this research was to examine the Home-Based Factors Influencing Students’ Academic Performance in English Subject in Secondary Schoolsin Dagoretti Sub-County, Nairobi County.The study examinedweather home economic background, parenting style and parents’ level of education affectsstudents’ academic performance. Theresearchadoptedquestionnairetocollectdataand analyzed quantitatively. The Quantitative data was analyzed andtabulated through a descriptive statistic such as percentages, frequency distribution tables, pie charts, and graphs.Thestudypopulationinvolvedthreesecondaryschoolsconsistingof139respondentsin Dagoretti Sub-County. The schools wererandomly selected for data collection.The study established that there is a great relationship between home economic background and students’ performance in that students from poor families are likely to experience lack of basic needs compared to students from rich families. The study revealed that there is a relationship between parenting style and students’ performance in that students who experience love, care and support are likely to perform well. The study established that there is no relationship between a parents’ level of education and students’ performance. This study recommends that the Ministry of Education, parents, schools and the community should ensure that students are not directly affected by the negative aspects of home-based factors by ensuring that they support the students both from school and from home. The government should find appropriate measures to use instead of discontinuing the students when faced with lack of school fees. Parents should make sure they make provisions for learning resources for their children.