What type of school is Alphendale Senior Secondary School?

Alphendale Senior Secondary School is classified as a secondary public school in the EMIS database. Contact the school directly for the specific grades they offer.

How many learners attend this school?

Alphendale Senior Secondary School has 995 enrolled learners and 39 educators. The learner-educator ratio is 26:1.

What does Quintile 3 mean?

Quintile 3 schools serve communities with moderate financial need and receive above-average funding. They are typically no-fee schools.

Where is Alphendale Senior Secondary School located?

Alphendale Senior Secondary School is in Buffalo Flats Ext 2-7, BUFFALO CITY district, Eastern Cape. Address: 37 Alphen Road,Buffalo Flats,East London,5209.

Alphendale Senior Secondary School

SecondaryPublic EMIS: 200200009

Buffalo Flats Ext 2-7, BUFFALO CITY, Eastern Cape

995

Learners

26:1

L:E Ratio

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

What kind of school is Alphendale Senior Secondary School?

Alphendale Senior Secondary School is a public secondary school in Buffalo Flats Ext 2-7, within the BUFFALO CITY education district of the Eastern Cape. EMIS records it as a medium-sized school with 995 enrolled learners and 39 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 26:1. It is classified as Quintile 3 — a government classification based on the surrounding community's socioeconomic profile, not a measure of school quality. EMIS classifies the location as urban.

Note: The Urban/Rural classification is sourced directly from EMIS and may reflect historical registration data. See Data Limitations.

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025.

What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Alphendale Senior Secondary School?

Learner-educator ratio relative to schools in the same quintile and phase. This includes all staff classified as educators (teachers, HODs, principals) — actual class sizes may differ.

Lower L:E ratio than 86%

(Q3 Secondary schools in Eastern Cape)

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 other schools are near Alphendale Senior Secondary School?

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

Aspiranza Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

1,261 learners 35 educators 36:1

Lower L:E ratio than 17%

Buffalo Flats Ext 2-7 · 0.3km away

Cranberry Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

1,305 learners 37 educators 35:1

Lower L:E ratio than 20%

Eastlondon · 0.3km away

Nontuthuzelo Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

1,143 learners 32 educators 36:1

Lower L:E ratio than 19%

Eastlondon · 0.5km away

Ebenezer Majombozi High School

SecondaryPublicQ3

2,355 learners 53 educators 44:1

Lower L:E ratio than 4%

Gompo · 0.8km away

Lumko High School

SecondaryPublicQ3

1,232 learners 34 educators 36:1

Lower L:E ratio than 37%

Gompo · 1.1km away

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37 Alphen Road,Buffalo Flats,East London,5209

0437332626

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School data: DBE EMIS Q3 2025. Matric results: NSC School Performance Report 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

Some data fields may not be available for all schools. Missing data is shown as '—' or 'Not available'. Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025.