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Blue Downs High School

SecondaryPublic EMIS: 100000864

Eersterivier, Metro East, Western Cape

418
Learners
32:1
Learners per educator
Quintile
Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025 + NSC School Performance Report 2025Last updated

What kind of school is Blue Downs High School?

Blue Downs High School is a public secondary school in Eersterivier, within the Metro East education district of the Western Cape. EMIS records it as a small-to-medium school with 418 enrolled learners and 13 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 32:1.

The school falls within the City of Cape Town local municipality.

The school is at 40 Yellow Wood Road 7100.

Language of instruction: English

As recorded by the Western Cape Education Department. See Methodology.

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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What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Blue Downs High School?

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 50% of similar schools

(Secondary schools in Western Cape)

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40 Yellow Wood Road 7100

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Distance to Major Centres

By road. Driving times are estimates in free-flowing traffic and exclude congestion.

Stellenbosch20.7 km · 20 min
Somerset West21.6 km · 15 min
Bellville24.6 km · 18 min

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Location

What other schools are near Blue Downs High School?

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

Forest Village Leadership Academy
PrimaryPublicQ4
1,608 learners 50 educators 32:1

Fewer learners per educator than 62% of similar schools

Forest Village · 0.6km away
Forest Heights Primary School
PrimaryPublicQ5
1,651 learners 46 educators 36:1

Fewer learners per educator than 5% of similar schools

Forest Heights · 0.6km away
Apex Primary School
PrimaryPublicQ5
1,402 learners 36 educators 39:1

Fewer learners per educator than 1% of similar schools

Blue Downs Cbd · 0.7km away
Apex High School
SecondaryPublicQ5
1,240 learners 43 educators 29:1

Fewer learners per educator than 36% of similar schools

Blue Downs Cbd · 0.8km away
Forest Heights Hoërskool
SecondaryPublicQ5
1,136 learners 39 educators 29:1

Fewer learners per educator than 34% of similar schools

Forest Heights · 0.9km away

Schools serving similar communities

Other public secondary schools in Western Cape with no quintile on record.

Grouped by quintile, phase and province. These schools face similar resource constraints to Blue Downs High School. This grouping is for browsing and is broader than the peer group used for the matric percentile above.

Blueberry Hill High School
SecondaryPublic
13 learners 1 educators 13:1

Fewer learners per educator than 83% of similar schools

Blue Downs Cbd
Leiden Junior High School
SecondaryPublic
816 learners 21 educators 39:1

Fewer learners per educator than 0% of similar schools

Leiden
Kilimanjaro High School
SecondaryPublic
47 learners 4 educators 12:1

Fewer learners per educator than 100% of similar schools

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Frequently Asked Questions

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). Peer comparisons are based on schools within the same quintile, phase, and province. The learner-educator ratio includes all staff classified as educators — actual class sizes may differ. 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.

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