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Zwelonke Secondary School

SecondaryPublic EMIS: 200501612

Alfred Nzo East, Alfred Nzo East, Eastern Cape

811
Learners
37:1
Learners per educator
Q3
Quintile
Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025 + NSC School Performance Report 2025Last updated

What kind of school is Zwelonke Secondary School?

Zwelonke Secondary School is a public secondary school in Alfred Nzo East, within the Alfred Nzo East education district of the Eastern Cape. EMIS records it as a medium-sized school with 811 enrolled learners and 22 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. It is designated as a no-fee school, so families do not pay tuition fees.

Among 376 Q3 Secondary schools in Eastern Cape, it has a learner-educator ratio close to the median for similar schools.

The school is at Bokuveni A/A Dudumeni Location Mbizana 4800.

What You Should Know

No tuition fees

As a Quintile 3 no-fee school, families do not pay school fees. The school receives higher per-learner funding from government.

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 Zwelonke 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 31% of similar schools

(Q3 Secondary schools in Eastern Cape)

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Bokuveni A/A Dudumeni Location Mbizana 4800

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Distance to Major Centres

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

Mthatha224.8 km · 168 min

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Location

What other schools are near Zwelonke Secondary School?

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

Didi Primary School
PrimaryPublicQ2
1,613 learners 42 educators 38:1

Fewer learners per educator than 4% of similar schools

Bizana · 0.5km away
Ad Tshayingca Secondary School
SecondaryPublicQ3
1,933 learners 49 educators 39:1

Fewer learners per educator than 17% of similar schools

Bizana · 0.8km away
Bizana Village Secondary School
SecondaryPublicQ3
1,924 learners 51 educators 38:1

Fewer learners per educator than 26% of similar schools

Bizana · 0.9km away
Bizana Christian Academy
PrimaryIndependent
84 learners 6 educators 14:1

Fewer learners per educator than 63% of similar schools

Alfred Nzo East · 1km away
Arise and Shine Kingdom Primary
PrimaryIndependent
85 learners 10 educators 9:1

Fewer learners per educator than 85% of similar schools

Bizana · 1km away

Schools serving similar communities

Other public secondary schools in Eastern Cape with Quintile 3.

Grouped by quintile, phase and province. These schools face similar resource constraints to Zwelonke Secondary School. This grouping is for browsing and is broader than the peer group used for the matric percentile above.

Ad Tshayingca Secondary School
SecondaryPublicQ3
1,933 learners 49 educators 39:1

Fewer learners per educator than 17% of similar schools

Bizana
Bizana Village Secondary School
SecondaryPublicQ3
1,924 learners 51 educators 38:1

Fewer learners per educator than 26% of similar schools

Bizana
Vulindlela Comprehensive Technical High School
SecondaryPublicQ3
993 learners 32 educators 31:1

Fewer learners per educator than 69% of similar schools

Bizana

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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