What type of school is Highlands High?

Highlands High is classified as a secondary independent school in the EMIS database. Contact the school directly for the specific grades they offer.

How much are the fees?

Highlands High is an independent school that sets its own fees. Contact the school directly for current fee information.

How many learners attend this school?

Highlands High has 380 enrolled learners and 26 educators. The learner-educator ratio is 15:1.

Where is Highlands High located?

Highlands High is in Burgersfort, SEKHUKHUNE EAST district, Limpopo. Address: 1570 LEOPARDS AVE, LEOPARDS BUSH.

Highlands High

SecondaryIndependent EMIS: 996602113

Burgersfort, SEKHUKHUNE EAST, Limpopo

380

Learners

15:1

L:E Ratio

—

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

What kind of school is Highlands High?

Highlands High is an independent secondary school in Burgersfort, within the SEKHUKHUNE EAST education district of the Limpopo. EMIS records it as a small-to-medium school with 380 enrolled learners and 26 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 15:1. EMIS classifies the location as rural.

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 You Should Know

Independent school

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

What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Highlands High?

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 50%

(Independent Secondary schools in Limpopo)

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 Highlands High?

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

Highlands College

PrimaryIndependent

620 learners 22 educators 28:1

Lower L:E ratio than 19%

Burgersfort · 0km away

Laerskool Burgersfort

PrimaryPublicQ5

791 learners 34 educators 23:1

Lower L:E ratio than 54%

Burgersfort · 0.5km away

Mogale Wa Bagale

SecondaryPublicQ4

1,364 learners 38 educators 36:1

Lower L:E ratio than 14%

Burgersfort · 1.1km away

Wem

CombinedIndependent

137 learners 14 educators 10:1

Lower L:E ratio than 81%

Gamashamothane · 1.1km away

Excelsus

CombinedIndependent

83 learners 8 educators 10:1

Lower L:E ratio than 77%

Steelpoort · 1.1km away

Which schools are similar to Highlands High?

Secondary schools in Burgersfort with a similar quintile.

Bbks High

SecondaryIndependent

60 learners 8 educators 8:1

Lower L:E ratio than 81%

Burgersfort

Lesedi-Sedi Secondary School

SecondaryIndependent

75 learners 9 educators 8:1

Lower L:E ratio than 73%

Burgersfort

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1570 LEOPARDS AVE, LEOPARDS BUSH

0132167677

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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.