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Advance Life Christian Academy

CombinedIndependent EMIS: 200200092

Buffalo City, BUFFALO CITY, Eastern Cape

438
Learners
10:1
L:E Ratio
Quintile
Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

About This School

Advance Life Christian Academy is an independent combined school in Buffalo City, within the BUFFALO CITY education district of the Eastern Cape. It is a small-to-medium school with 438 enrolled learners.

What You Should Know

Independent school

Privately-run with its own fee structure, curriculum flexibility, and admission policies. Registered with the Department of Education.

Combined school

Classified as a combined school in EMIS, covering both primary and secondary phases.

Learner-Educator Ratio Context

Learner-educator ratio relative to schools in the same quintile and phase. This includes all staff classified as educators (teachers, HODs, principals) — actual class sizes may differ.

Lower L:E ratio than 71%

(Combined schools in Eastern Cape)

Matric Results

Matric results are not yet available for this school. This may be because the school writes IEB or Cambridge exams (not included in DBE reporting), is newly registered, or had no matric candidates in recent years.

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Nearby Schools

Other schools within a few kilometres. Proximity does not imply similarity — these schools may serve different phases, quintiles, or communities.

Buffalo Metro Inner City Primary School
PrimaryPublicQ4
476 learners 17 educators 28:1
Lower L:E ratio than 35%
Eureka · 0.7km away
Nkangeleko Intermediate School
PrimaryPublicQ3
1 273 learners 37 educators 34:1
Lower L:E ratio than 24%
Reeston North,scenary Park& Haven Hills South · 0.9km away
Aqua Vista Primary School
PrimaryPublicQ5
409 learners 14 educators 29:1
Lower L:E ratio than 6%
Dawn · 1.2km away
Sophatisana Secondary School
SecondaryPublicQ3
1 290 learners 34 educators 38:1
Lower L:E ratio than 24%
Reeston · 1.2km away
Hope Schools
CombinedIndependent
291 learners 20 educators 15:1
Lower L:E ratio than 46%
Dawn · 1.3km away

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Contact

3 North Cote Place,Wilsonia,East London,5247

Distance to Major Centres

Straight-line distance (actual driving may differ)

East London9.5 km
King William's Town41.4 km
Port Alfred110.9 km
Makhanda125.7 km
Queenstown148.9 km
Mthatha178.4 km

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School data: DBE EMIS Q3 2025. Matric results: NSC School Performance Report 2025. Infrastructure: NEIMS/EFMS 2021 (historical). Class size comparisons are based on schools within the same quintile, phase, and province. Learn about our methodology

Some data fields may not be available for all schools. Missing data is shown as '—' or 'Not available'. Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025.