What type of school is Phola Secondary School?

Phola 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?

Phola Secondary School has 1,093 enrolled learners and 27 educators. The learner-educator ratio is 41:1.

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 Phola Secondary School located?

Phola Secondary School is in Sidlamafa, EHLANZENI district, Mpumalanga. Address: PHOLA TRUST, WHITE RIVER, WHITE RIVER, 1240.

Phola Secondary School

SecondaryPublic EMIS: 800034589

Sidlamafa, EHLANZENI, Mpumalanga

1,093

Learners

41:1

L:E Ratio

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

What kind of school is Phola Secondary School?

Phola Secondary School is a public secondary school in Sidlamafa, within the EHLANZENI education district of the Mpumalanga. EMIS records it as a large school with 1,093 enrolled learners and 27 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 41:1. 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 Phola 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%

(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 Phola Secondary School?

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

Kamhlushwa Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

1,116 learners 39 educators 29:1

Lower L:E ratio than 82%

Phosaville Extension 2 · 0km away

Mdzimba Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ2

838 learners 23 educators 36:1

Lower L:E ratio than 30%

White River · 0.2km away

Manzini Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ3

1,041 learners 24 educators 43:1

Lower L:E ratio than 2%

White River · 1.6km away

Mdumiseni Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ2

316 learners 12 educators 26:1

Lower L:E ratio than 83%

White River · 1.6km away

Tsembanani Primary School

CombinedPublicQ3

668 learners 22 educators 30:1

Lower L:E ratio than 52%

White River · 1.6km away

Which schools are similar to Phola Secondary School?

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

Sigweje Secondary School

SecondaryPublicQ2

1,040 learners 33 educators 32:1

Lower L:E ratio than 49%

Sidlamafa

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PHOLA TRUST, WHITE RIVER, WHITE RIVER, 1240

0137981361

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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.