What type of school is Phumelela Secondary School?

Phumelela 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?

Phumelela Secondary School has 1,529 enrolled learners and 42 educators. The learner-educator ratio is 36:1.

What does Quintile 4 mean?

Quintile 4 schools serve relatively well-resourced communities and receive lower per-learner government funding. They may charge school fees.

Where is Phumelela Secondary School located?

Phumelela Secondary School is in Middelburg, NKANGALA district, Mpumalanga. Address: 8760 ext 24, Nasaret, Middelburg, 1050.

Phumelela Secondary School

Q: Does this school charge fees?

Yes. As a Quintile 4 public school, fees are set by the School Governing Body. Families who cannot afford fees may apply for exemption.

SecondaryPublic EMIS: 800007385

Middelburg, NKANGALA, Mpumalanga

1,529

Learners

36:1

L:E Ratio

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

What kind of school is Phumelela Secondary School?

Phumelela Secondary School is a public secondary school in Middelburg, within the NKANGALA education district of the Mpumalanga. EMIS records it as a very large school with 1,529 enrolled learners and 42 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 36:1. It is classified as Quintile 4 — 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.

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025.

What You Should Know

Fee-charging school

As a Quintile 4 public school, fees are set by the School Governing Body. Families who cannot afford fees may apply for exemption.

Large school

This school has 1,529 enrolled learners.

What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Phumelela 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%

(Q4 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 Phumelela Secondary School?

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

Khulunolwazi Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ4

1,482 learners 43 educators 35:1

Lower L:E ratio than 55%

Middelburg · 0.1km away

Evergreen Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ4

236 learners 4 educators 59:1

Lower L:E ratio than 0%

Middelburg · 11.7km away

Middelburg Combined School

CombinedPublicQ4

1,739 learners 59 educators 30:1

Lower L:E ratio than 58%

Middelburg · 11.9km away

Laerskool Kragveld

PrimaryPublicQ4

349 learners 17 educators 21:1

Lower L:E ratio than 97%

Pullenshope · 13.4km away

Middelburg Christian Primary School

PrimaryIndependent

285 learners 19 educators 15:1

Lower L:E ratio than 49%

X 18 Aerorand · 15.4km away

Which schools are similar to Phumelela Secondary School?

Secondary schools in Middelburg with a similar quintile (Q4).

Beestepan Agricultural School

SecondaryPublicQ4

378 learners 13 educators 29:1

Lower L:E ratio than 72%

Middelburg

Mphanama Secondary School

SecondaryPublicQ4

1,326 learners 44 educators 30:1

Lower L:E ratio than 67%

Middelburg

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Contact

8760 ext 24, Nasaret, Middelburg, 1050

0716995924

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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.