Joe Gqabi Senior Secondary School
Aliwal North, Joe Gqabi, Eastern Cape
What kind of school is Joe Gqabi Senior Secondary School?
Joe Gqabi Senior Secondary School is a public secondary school in Aliwal North, within the Joe Gqabi education district of the Eastern Cape. EMIS records it as a medium-sized school with 658 enrolled learners and 18 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 37:1. It is classified as Quintile 3 — a government classification based on the surrounding community's socioeconomic profile, not a measure of school quality.
Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025.
What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Joe Gqabi Senior Secondary 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 34% of similar schools
(Q3 Secondary 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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Schools serving similar communities
Other secondary schools in Eastern Cape with Quintile 3.
Peer group defined as same quintile + phase + province. These schools face similar resource constraints to Joe Gqabi Senior Secondary School.
Fewer learners per educator than 22% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 27% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 80% of similar schools
Frequently Asked Questions
School data: DBE EMIS Q3 2025. Matric results: NSC School Performance Report 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
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