The level of reproductive health knowledge affects the incidence of reproductive health problems in adolescents in Indonesia. Based on data from SDKI (2017), it shows that adolescents' understanding of reproductive health is still in the moderate category, which is 67.9% for female adolescents and 61.2% for male adolescents, which can be influenced by the supervision system and regulations in the school environment. The study was quantitative in nature with an observational analytic design using a cross sectional study form. Samples were taken using stratified random sampling technique on adolescents aged 15-18 years who were actively attending MAN 2 Kota Serang and MA Ibad Ar-Rahman Islamic Boarding School. Data analysis using univariate and bivariate analysis techniques using the chi-square test. There were 54 (56.3%) of the total 96 respondents who had a good level of knowledge. The percentage of boarding school students with a good level of reproductive health knowledge was 68.1% while non-boarding school students were 44.9% in the same knowledge level group. Based on the results of statistical tests using the chi-square test, a significant relationship was found with a p-value of 0.040. This study indicate that the type of school affects the level of reproductive health knowledge in adolescents, where the level of reproductive health knowledge of adolescents from non-boarding schools is better than that of adolescents from boarding schools.
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