What type of school is Philemon Ngcelwane High School?

Philemon Ngcelwane 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?

Philemon Ngcelwane High School has 1,082 enrolled learners and 28 educators. The learner-educator ratio is 39:1.

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 Philemon Ngcelwane High School located?

Philemon Ngcelwane High School is in Buffalo City, BUFFALO CITY district, Eastern Cape. Address: SITE NO 242,NU 9,MDANTSANE,5219.

Philemon Ngcelwane High School

SecondaryPublic EMIS: 200200688

Buffalo City, BUFFALO CITY, Eastern Cape

1,082

Learners

39:1

L:E Ratio

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

What kind of school is Philemon Ngcelwane High School?

Philemon Ngcelwane High School is a public secondary school in Buffalo City, within the BUFFALO CITY education district of the Eastern Cape. EMIS records it as a large school with 1,082 enrolled learners and 28 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 39:1. It is classified as Quintile 3 — 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 Philemon Ngcelwane 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 19%

(Q3 Secondary schools in Eastern Cape)

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 Philemon Ngcelwane High School?

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

Dickson Dyani Senior Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

323 learners 13 educators 25:1

Lower L:E ratio than 65%

Mdantsane · 0.6km away

J F Mati Senior Secondary School

SecondaryPublicQ3

244 learners 9 educators 27:1

Lower L:E ratio than 83%

Mdantsane · 0.6km away

Inkqubela Junior Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

447 learners 15 educators 30:1

Lower L:E ratio than 47%

Mdantsane · 0.7km away

Thembeka Junior Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

228 learners 8 educators 29:1

Lower L:E ratio than 52%

Nu 9 · 0.7km away

Fikile Benson Gaushe Junior Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

398 learners 11 educators 36:1

Lower L:E ratio than 16%

Mdantsane · 1km away

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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.