Thanks to the government, local authorities, and Catholic and Lutheran missions, Moshi has universal primary education and the highest literacy rate in the vicinity.
Moshi Municipality contains various schools including Mawenzi Secondary School, International School Moshi, Moshi Technical School and Kibo Secondary School.
The Valley View Primary and Secondary School is a private school with an English medium. It is considered to be one of the best schools in the region, even though there is a serious lack of books and utilities, partly because of a computer lab it has donated by some Americans. Because electricity in the area is unreliable, using the computers is a difficult task. Moshi Secondary School, which was formely known as Old Moshi Secondary School, is one of the two earliest government secondary schools in Tanzania, the other being Tabora Boys Secondary School.