The study employed correlation design in investigating the relationship among physical and psychological abuse, social adjustment and academic performance of primary school pupils in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The population of this study was made up of 8,002 Primary Five (5) pupils selected from Six (6) public schools. A total of 377 abused pupils were sampled using proportionate sampling technique and used for the study. Three (3) instruments namely, Physical Abuse Questionnaire (PAQ), Psychological Abuse Questionnaire (PAq) and Social Adjustment Questionnaire (SAQ) were adopted and used for the study. The Data Collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and t-test, all these were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Findings reveals that significant relationship existed between physical and social adjustment of abused pupils ( P = 0.001), significant relationship existed between physical abuse and academic performance of abused pupils ( P = 0.001), significant relationship existed between psychological abuse and social adjustment of abused pupils ( P = 0.001), significant relationship existed between psychological abused and academic performance of abuse pupils ( P = 0.028). Significant difference existed between physically and psychologically abused pupils on their social adjustment ( P = 0.004) and also significant differences existed between physically and psychologically abused pupils in their academic performance ( P = 0027). Base on the findings of this study, it was recommended that psychologists, counselors, teachers and head teachers, as well as parents should be sensitized through workshop, seminar, and conferences on the negative effect of physical and psychological abuse, on social adjustment and academic performance among the primary school pupils in order to boost their moral, socially and cognitive development in schools