What kind of school is Nthabiseng?
Nthabiseng is a public special needs school in Phalaborwa, within the Mopani East education district of the Limpopo. EMIS records it as a small-to-medium school with 261 enrolled learners and 11 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 24:1.
The school falls within the Ba-Phalaborwa local municipality. Among 35 Special Needs schools in Limpopo, it has more learners per educator than 97% of similar schools.
The school is at 10 Buffer Zone.
What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Nthabiseng?
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 3% of similar schools
(Special Needs schools in Limpopo)
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What other schools are near Nthabiseng?
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Fewer learners per educator than 29% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 39% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 67% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 96% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 70% of similar schools
Schools serving similar communities
Other public special needs schools in Limpopo with no quintile on record.
Grouped by quintile, phase and province. These schools face similar resource constraints to Nthabiseng. This grouping is for browsing and is broader than the peer group used for the matric percentile above.
Fewer learners per educator than 9% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 12% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 74% of similar schools
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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). 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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