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School as a learning environment has as one of its goals creating skilled and knowledgeable graduates. This goal can be achieved if the graduates reach their expected level of competence. Student achievement is influenced by several factors, which have been discussed in previous studies. This research presents the contributions of several factors that influence a student’s achievement. The factors discussed are teachers’ teaching performance, students’ learning satisfaction and achievement motivation. Path analysis was used to reveal the extent of the contribution of each factor. It was found that these factors made significant contributions to students’ achievement. Achievement motivation was the main contributor, therefore, it can be concluded that achievement motivation is a very important factor to be considered.