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Al Azhar School of Durban

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Combined · Independent · EMIS 500341806

Lct Centre, Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal

383 learners 12:1 learners per educator

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Independent, sets own fees

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025 · NSC School Performance Report 2025 · Processed 8 Aug 2026

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What kind of school is Al Azhar School of Durban?

Al Azhar School of Durban is an independent combined school in Lct Centre, within the Umlazi education district of KwaZulu-Natal. EMIS records it as a small-to-medium school with 383 enrolled learners and 32 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 12:1.

The school falls within the Ethekwini metropolitan municipality. Among 103 Independent Combined schools in KwaZulu-Natal, it has a learner-educator ratio close to the median for similar schools.

The school is at Lct Centre, Durban, 3600, and can be reached on 031 307 7609.

School fees at Al Azhar School of Durban

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Learner numbers reported to the Department, by year

These counts are not a measure of quality. A number can change because a school adds or drops grades, because new schools open nearby or boundaries change, or because of an error in what was reported.

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Learners by year, with the number of learners down the left. A gap is a year we have no figure for. Outlined bars are years the school was listed as a different type of school.

The Department’s lists record this school for 2016 as an intermediate school, and for 2018 as a primary school, and for 2021 to 2022 as a primary school. A school listed as a different type usually offered a different range of grades, so those numbers and later ones may not be counting the same thing.

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YearLearners
2007575
2008544
2009583
2010532
2011500
2012521
2013523
2016432
2018420
2019409
2020388
2021395
2022381
2023394
2025383

These are counts of learners from the Department of Basic Education’s national school lists. A few figures that look like recording errors are left out. We found no list with figures for 2014, 2015, 2017, 2024. How we read these lists.

What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Al Azhar School of Durban?

How many learners there are per educator, compared to schools in the same quintile and phase. The educator count includes teachers, heads of department, and principals, so real class sizes are usually larger than this number suggests.

Fewer learners per educator than 45% of similar schools

(Independent Combined schools in KwaZulu-Natal)

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Distance to Major Centres

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Durban CBD0.9 km · 1 min
Westville13 km · 11 min
Umhlanga17.9 km · 14 min

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What other schools are near Al Azhar School of Durban?

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

High Performance Academy

Secondary · Independent

28 learners 7 educators 4:1

Fewer learners per educator than 90% of similar schools

Durban · 0.2km away
St James College

Secondary · Independent

153 learners 14 educators 11:1

Fewer learners per educator than 45% of similar schools

Provincial House · 0.3km away
Icesa Matric School

Secondary · Independent

Data not available

Durban · 0.3km away
Islamic Dawah College

Secondary · Independent

117 learners 7 educators 17:1

Fewer learners per educator than 18% of similar schools

106 Bertha Mkhize Street · 0.3km away
Anjuman Islam Primary School

Primary · Public · Quintile 5

634 learners 25 educators 25:1

Fewer learners per educator than 44% of similar schools

Umlazi · 0.4km away

Schools serving similar communities

Other independent combined schools in KwaZulu-Natal.

Grouped by sector, phase and province. Independent schools are fee-funded rather than quintile-funded, so they are not compared against public schools. This grouping is for browsing and is broader than the peer group used for the matric percentile above.

Orient Islamic School

Combined · Independent

1,107 learners 92 educators 12:1

Fewer learners per educator than 45% of similar schools

Greyville
Curro Embury School

Combined · Independent

842 learners 43 educators 20:1

Fewer learners per educator than 12% of similar schools

Morningside
Durban Girls' College

Combined · Independent

778 learners 86 educators 9:1

Fewer learners per educator than 67% of similar schools

Musgrave

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School data: DBE EMIS Q3 2025. Matric results: NSC School Performance Report 2025. Subject results: NSC School Subject Reports 2024 & 2025. Infrastructure: NEIMS/EFMS 2021 (historical). Learner-educator comparisons group schools by quintile, phase and province; matric comparisons group by sector and province, plus quintile for public schools. The learner-educator ratio includes all staff classified as educators, so actual class sizes may differ. Learn about our methodology

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