What kind of school is Ricardo Mthembu Secondary School?
Ricardo Mthembu Secondary School is a public secondary school in Ilembe, within the Ilembe education district of the KwaZulu-Natal. EMIS records it as a medium-sized school with 784 enrolled learners and 16 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 49:1.
The school is at Lot No 173 Groutville Kwadukuza 4450, and can be reached on 073 175 4477.
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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Fewer learners per educator than 90% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 3% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 4% of similar schools
Fewer learners per educator than 6% of similar schools
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Other public secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal with no quintile on record.
Grouped by quintile, phase and province. These schools face similar resource constraints to Ricardo Mthembu Secondary School. This grouping is for browsing and is broader than the peer group used for the matric percentile above.
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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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