What type of school is Gaenthone Secondary?

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

Does this school charge fees?

No. Gaenthone Secondary is a no-fee school — families do not pay tuition fees.

How many learners attend this school?

Gaenthone Secondary has 1,402 enrolled learners and 49 educators. The learner-educator ratio is 29:1.

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 Gaenthone Secondary located?

Gaenthone Secondary is in Tigane, DR KENNETH KAUNDA district, North West. Address: 632 MOLEFE STR, TIGANE, HARTBEESFONTEIN, 1747.

Gaenthone Secondary

SecondaryPublic EMIS: 600100389

Tigane, DR KENNETH KAUNDA, North West

1,402

Learners

29:1

L:E Ratio

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

What kind of school is Gaenthone Secondary?

Gaenthone Secondary is a public secondary school in Tigane, within the DR KENNETH KAUNDA education district of the North West. EMIS records it as a large school with 1,402 enrolled learners and 49 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 29:1. 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.

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025.

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.

Large school

This school has 1,402 enrolled learners.

What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Gaenthone Secondary?

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 66%

(Q3 Secondary schools in North West)

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 Gaenthone Secondary?

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

Tigane Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

1,035 learners 30 educators 35:1

Lower L:E ratio than 33%

Tigane · 0.4km away

Bakang Primary

PrimaryPublicQ2

1,009 learners 28 educators 36:1

Lower L:E ratio than 11%

Hartebeesfontein · 0.5km away

Kabelano Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

1,103 learners 29 educators 38:1

Lower L:E ratio than 6%

Hartebeesfontein · 0.9km away

Laerskool Hartbeesfontein

PrimaryPublicQ4

285 learners 8 educators 36:1

Lower L:E ratio than 0%

Hartebeesfontein · 3km away

Maheelo Intermediate School

PrimaryPublicQ1

317 learners 9 educators 35:1

Lower L:E ratio than 16%

Tigane · 5.2km away

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632 MOLEFE STR, TIGANE, HARTBEESFONTEIN, 1747

0184310450

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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.