What kind of school is St Joseph's College?
St Joseph's College is an independent secondary school in Buffalo City, within the Buffalo City education district of the Eastern Cape. EMIS records it as a small-to-medium school with 246 enrolled learners and 9 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 27:1.
The school falls within the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality local municipality. Among 55 Independent Secondary schools in Eastern Cape, it has more learners per educator than 93% of similar schools. EMIS classifies the location as urban.
The school is at R102, Beacon Bay, East London, 5200.
Note: The Urban/Rural classification is sourced directly from EMIS and may reflect historical registration data. See Data Limitations.
What You Should Know
Independent school
Privately-run with its own fee structure, curriculum flexibility, and admission policies. Registered with the Department of Education.
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.
Learn about different exam bodies in South AfricaWhat is the learner-to-educator ratio at St Joseph's College?
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 7% of similar schools
(Independent Secondary schools in Eastern Cape)
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Schools serving similar communities
Other independent secondary schools in Eastern Cape.
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.
Fewer learners per educator than 17% of similar schools
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Fewer learners per educator than 59% 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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