This study examine the influence of single parenting and demographic characteristic on self-esteem among government secondary school in Apo-Abuja,Nigeria. Self-esteem is an important psychological factor that influences adolescents’ emotional well-being, social relationships, and academic performance. Self-esteem is mainly related to self -worth and how people value there self and refers to positive self evaluation which comes from individual comparison with others, Harter (1985) The research employs a cross-sectional design to select a sample of 283 participants; between the age of 12-18 years with their demographic characteristics showing (Males =151(53.4%), and Females =132(46.6%), In addition to providing demographic data, participants responded to (2) standardized questionnaires. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. On the whole, two hypotheses were formulated and inferentially tested at 0.05 level of significant, simple linear was use to test both hypothesis one while multiple regression for hypothesis two. Result revealed that single parenting has a significant negative influence on self-esteem (β = -0.612, t = -5.94, p<.05), shows that males generally possess stronger self-confidence, independence, and self-image compared to their female counterparts among government secondary school students Apo, Abuja.