What type of school is Kensington Secondary School?

Kensington 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?

Kensington Secondary School has 1,841 enrolled learners and 47 educators. The learner-educator ratio is 39:1.

What does Quintile 5 mean?

Quintile 5 schools serve the most affluent communities and receive the lowest per-learner government funding. They typically charge school fees.

Where is Kensington Secondary School located?

Kensington Secondary School is in Johannesburg, JOHANNESBURG EAST district, Gauteng. Address: 25, CNR PROTEA AND NEW YORK STREET, KENSINGTON, JOHANNESBURG, JOHANNESBURG.

Kensington Secondary School

Q: Does this school charge fees?

Yes. As a Quintile 5 public school, fees are set by the School Governing Body. Families who cannot afford fees may apply for exemption.

SecondaryPublic EMIS: 700130070

Johannesburg, JOHANNESBURG EAST, Gauteng

1,841

Learners

39:1

L:E Ratio

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

What kind of school is Kensington Secondary School?

Kensington Secondary School is a public secondary school in Johannesburg, within the JOHANNESBURG EAST education district of the Gauteng. EMIS records it as a very large school with 1,841 enrolled learners and 47 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 39:1. It is classified as Quintile 5 — a government classification based on the surrounding community's socioeconomic profile, not a measure of school quality. Fees are set by the School Governing Body, and families who cannot afford fees may apply for exemption. 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 You Should Know

Fee-charging school

As a Quintile 5 public school, fees are set by the School Governing Body. Families who cannot afford fees may apply for exemption.

Large school

This school has 1,841 enrolled learners.

What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Kensington 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 1%

(Q5 Secondary schools in Gauteng)

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 Kensington Secondary School?

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

Eastgate Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ5

774 learners 26 educators 30:1

Lower L:E ratio than 38%

Johannesburg · 0.3km away

Queens High School

SecondaryPublicQ5

1,261 learners 66 educators 19:1

Lower L:E ratio than 77%

Johannesburg · 0.5km away

Leicester Road Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ5

700 learners 35 educators 20:1

Lower L:E ratio than 87%

Kensington · 0.8km away

Laerskool Kensington

PrimaryPublicQ5

623 learners 21 educators 30:1

Lower L:E ratio than 39%

Johannesburg · 1km away

Hillcrest Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ5

945 learners 27 educators 35:1

Lower L:E ratio than 11%

Malvern · 1.2km away

Which schools are similar to Kensington Secondary School?

Secondary schools in Johannesburg with a similar quintile (Q5).

Nirvana Secondary School

SecondaryPublicQ5

1,193 learners 37 educators 32:1

Lower L:E ratio than 10%

Johannesburg

Hoërskool Die Fakkel

SecondaryPublicQ5

1,540 learners 55 educators 28:1

Lower L:E ratio than 25%

Johannesburg

Hoërskool President

SecondaryPublicQ5

2,371 learners

Data not available

Johannesburg

Mondeor High School

SecondaryPublicQ5

1,719 learners 74 educators 23:1

Lower L:E ratio than 55%

Johannesburg

Sir John Adamson High School

SecondaryPublicQ5

2,256 learners 76 educators 30:1

Lower L:E ratio than 19%

Johannesburg

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25, CNR PROTEA AND NEW YORK STREET, KENSINGTON, JOHANNESBURG, JOHANNESBURG

0100652139

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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.