What type of school is Masilela Secondary School?

Masilela 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?

Masilela Secondary School has 700 enrolled learners and 20 educators. The learner-educator ratio is 35:1.

What does Quintile 2 mean?

Quintile 2 schools serve communities with significant financial need and receive high per-learner funding. They are designated as no-fee schools.

Where is Masilela Secondary School located?

Masilela Secondary School is in Thulamahashe, BOHLABELA district, Mpumalanga. Address: P.O.BOX 1709, RAMALEMA DRIVE, BUSHBUCKRIDGE, 1280.

Masilela Secondary School

SecondaryPublic EMIS: 800034944

Thulamahashe, BOHLABELA, Mpumalanga

700

Learners

35:1

L:E Ratio

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

What kind of school is Masilela Secondary School?

Masilela Secondary School is a public secondary school in Thulamahashe, within the BOHLABELA education district of the Mpumalanga. EMIS records it as a medium-sized school with 700 enrolled learners and 20 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 35:1. It is classified as Quintile 2 — 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 Masilela 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 17%

(Q2 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 Masilela Secondary School?

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

Lehlogonolo Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ1

292 learners 10 educators 29:1

Lower L:E ratio than 73%

Bushbuckridge · 0.1km away

Moratiseng Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ2

946 learners 25 educators 38:1

Lower L:E ratio than 21%

Bushbuckridge · 1.8km away

Beng Ba Lona Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ2

152 learners 7 educators 22:1

Lower L:E ratio than 97%

Bushbuckridge · 2.1km away

Saselani Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ2

753 learners 25 educators 30:1

Lower L:E ratio than 67%

Bushbuckridge · 2.2km away

Twalakule Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

803 learners 12 educators 67:1

Lower L:E ratio than 0%

Bushbuckridge · 2.2km away

Which schools are similar to Masilela Secondary School?

Secondary schools in Thulamahashe with a similar quintile (Q2).

Frank Maghinyana High School

SecondaryPublicQ2

735 learners 26 educators 28:1

Lower L:E ratio than 75%

Thulamahashe

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P.O.BOX 1709, RAMALEMA DRIVE, BUSHBUCKRIDGE, 1280

0137973010

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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.