What type of school is Digwale Secondary School?

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

How many learners attend this school?

Digwale Secondary School has 428 enrolled learners and 12 educators. The learner-educator ratio is 36:1.

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 Digwale Secondary School located?

Digwale Secondary School is in Mbibane, NKANGALA district, Mpumalanga. Address: 252 LEEUFONTEIN B, MBIBANE, DIGWALE, 449.

Digwale Secondary School

CombinedPublic EMIS: 800002642

Mbibane, NKANGALA, Mpumalanga

428

Learners

36:1

L:E Ratio

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

What kind of school is Digwale Secondary School?

Digwale Secondary School is a public combined school in Mbibane, within the NKANGALA education district of the Mpumalanga. EMIS records it as a small-to-medium school with 428 enrolled learners and 12 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 36:1. It is classified as Quintile 3 — a government classification based on the surrounding community's socioeconomic profile, not a measure of school quality.

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025.

What You Should Know

Combined school

Classified as a combined school in EMIS, covering both primary and secondary phases.

What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Digwale 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 22%

(Q3 Combined schools in Mpumalanga)

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 Digwale Secondary School?

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

Vukile Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

272 learners 8 educators 34:1

Lower L:E ratio than 54%

Mbibane · 0.4km away

Zimiseleni Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

129 learners 5 educators 26:1

Lower L:E ratio than 91%

Digwale · 0.4km away

Mantjedi Special School

Special NeedsPublic

70 learners 11 educators 6:1

Lower L:E ratio than 78%

Po Bamokgoko · 1.2km away

Somlokothwa Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

423 learners 14 educators 30:1

Lower L:E ratio than 74%

Digwale · 1.8km away

Vusa Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

336 learners 12 educators 28:1

Lower L:E ratio than 85%

Siyabuswa · 1.9km away

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252 LEEUFONTEIN B, MBIBANE, DIGWALE, 449

0139882717

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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.