What type of school is Maakere High School?

Maakere High 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?

Maakere High School has 438 enrolled learners and 14 educators. The learner-educator ratio is 31:1.

What does Quintile 1 mean?

Quintile 1 schools serve the poorest communities and receive the highest per-learner government funding. They are designated as no-fee schools.

Where is Maakere High School located?

Maakere High School is in Acornhoek, BOHLABELA district, Mpumalanga. Address: Dingleydale Trust, BUSHBUCKRIDGE, Bushbuckridge, 1280.

Maakere High School

SecondaryPublic EMIS: 800034861

Acornhoek, BOHLABELA, Mpumalanga

438

Learners

31:1

L:E Ratio

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

What kind of school is Maakere High School?

Maakere High School is a public secondary school in Acornhoek, within the BOHLABELA education district of the Mpumalanga. EMIS records it as a small-to-medium school with 438 enrolled learners and 14 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 31:1. It is classified as Quintile 1 — a government classification based on the surrounding community's socioeconomic profile, not a measure of school quality.

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025.

What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Maakere High 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 57%

(Q1 Secondary 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 Maakere High School?

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

Casteel Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ1

443 learners 15 educators 30:1

Lower L:E ratio than 73%

Arconhoek · 0.9km away

Morei Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ1

626 learners 18 educators 35:1

Lower L:E ratio than 29%

Acornhoek · 1.7km away

Sebosegolo Sa Mapulana Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ1

256 learners 7 educators 37:1

Lower L:E ratio than 21%

Arconhoek · 4.7km away

Babinatau Senior Secondary School

SecondaryPublicQ1

176 learners 10 educators 18:1

Lower L:E ratio than 98%

Arconhoek · 5.1km away

Senianya Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

716 learners 21 educators 34:1

Lower L:E ratio than 53%

Acornhoek · 5.3km away

Which schools are similar to Maakere High School?

Secondary schools in Acornhoek with a similar quintile (Q1).

Mahashe Secondary School

SecondaryPublicQ1

751 learners 25 educators 30:1

Lower L:E ratio than 69%

Acornhoek

Tlhavekisa Secondary School

SecondaryPublicQ1

626 learners 25 educators 25:1

Lower L:E ratio than 87%

Acornhoek

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Dingleydale Trust, BUSHBUCKRIDGE, Bushbuckridge, 1280

0828322863

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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.