Stakeholders in Nigeria have raised concerns over the trend of poor academic performance of students in all categories of schools Nigeria. Foremost concern has hitherto been narrowed on the quality of teachers, teaching process, school administrative efficacy and the apathetic attitude of students to their studies due to distractions that impede learning progress. Learning environment as a variable that contributes either positively or negatively to the academic achievements of student has attracted only little attention in the struggle of finding a lasting solution to the persistent lackluster result by students from the education system in the country. Since the learning environment has recently come to limelight as an essential area that should be considered and well managed to enhance students' academic performance. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the effect of learning environment on academic performance of student's in Nigeria using a secondary research approach. This paper therefore examines the concept of learning environment and its relationship with students' performance in Nigeria. The findings revealed that learning environment plays a significant student academic performance in Nigeria. Based on the findings, recommendation on the modalities to make the learning environment productive and competitive like adequate funding of the education sector, proper supervision of school activities and regular training/re-training of staff are suggested.