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Zimele High School

SecondaryIndependent EMIS: 500407000

1st Floor Qualbert Centre, Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal

121
Learners
61:1
Learners per educator
N/A
Quintile
Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025 + NSC School Performance Report 2025Last updated

Data Quality Note

This school's learner-to-educator ratio is unusually high, which may reflect incomplete EMIS staffing data rather than actual staffing levels. Some statistics on this page may not be representative.

What kind of school is Zimele High School?

Zimele High School is an independent secondary school in 1st Floor Qualbert Centre, within the Umlazi education district of the KwaZulu-Natal. EMIS records it as a small school with 121 enrolled learners and 2 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 61:1.

The school falls within the Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality local municipality. Among 41 Independent Secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal, it has more learners per educator than 98% of similar schools.

The school is at 37 Bertha Mkhize Street 1st Floor Qualbert Centre Durban 4001, and can be reached on 031 301 9455.

What You Should Know

Independent school

Privately-run with its own fee structure, curriculum flexibility, and admission policies. Registered with the Department of Education.

Small school

This school has 121 enrolled learners.

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 Zimele 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 2% of similar schools

(Independent Secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal)

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37 Bertha Mkhize Street 1st Floor Qualbert Centre Durban 4001

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Distance to Major Centres

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

Durban CBD1.1 km · 2 min
Westville13.1 km · 12 min
Pinetown18.8 km · 14 min

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Location

What other schools are near Zimele High School?

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

Durban Commercial College
SecondaryIndependent
49 learners 9 educators 5:1

Fewer learners per educator than 80% of similar schools

Umlazi · 0.4km away
St James College
SecondaryIndependent
153 learners 14 educators 11:1

Fewer learners per educator than 45% of similar schools

Provincial House · 0.5km away
Al Azhar School of Durban
CombinedIndependent
383 learners 32 educators 12:1

Fewer learners per educator than 45% of similar schools

Lct Centre · 0.8km away
Icesa Matric School
SecondaryIndependent

Data not available

Durban · 0.8km away
Intuition College
SecondaryIndependent
5 learners 8 educators 1:1

Fewer learners per educator than 100% of similar schools

Durban · 0.8km away

Schools serving similar communities

Other independent secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal.

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.

Durban Commercial College
SecondaryIndependent
49 learners 9 educators 5:1

Fewer learners per educator than 80% of similar schools

Umlazi
St James College
SecondaryIndependent
153 learners 14 educators 11:1

Fewer learners per educator than 45% of similar schools

Provincial House
Durban City College
SecondaryIndependent

Data not available

Umlazi

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

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