The present study observes the level of Emotional Intelligence (EI) of secondary school students in relation to gender and their Academic Performance (AP). A sample consist of 150 students of class 10th selected randomly from 10 Govt. Secondary Schools in Sambhal district. The study sample responded to two valid and reliable inventory instruments: Mangal’s Emotional Intelligence Inventory (MEII) and Children’s Intelligence Scale by Dwarka Pershad and Neha Jain. Data analysis involved the use of Pearson’s product moment coefficient of correlation to measure the relationship between the EI and AP and t-test. The results revealed that the EI of most of the secondary school students is average. There is a positive correlation between EI and AP of Secondary School students. There is a significant mean difference between the AP of Boys and Girls having low level of EI.