What type of school is Sishen Intermediate Mine School?

Sishen Intermediate Mine School is classified as a intermediate public school in the EMIS database. Contact the school directly for the specific grades they offer.

How many learners attend this school?

Sishen Intermediate Mine School has 1,293 enrolled learners and 39 educators. The learner-educator ratio is 33:1.

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 Sishen Intermediate Mine School located?

Sishen Intermediate Mine School is in Kathu, JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWE (JTG) district, Northern Cape. Address: PITSE-E-TILODI, SESHENG, KHATU, 8447.

Sishen Intermediate Mine School

IntermediatePublic EMIS: 300044304

Kathu, JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWE (JTG), Northern Cape

1,293

Learners

33:1

L:E Ratio

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

What kind of school is Sishen Intermediate Mine School?

Sishen Intermediate Mine School is a public intermediate school in Kathu, within the JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWE (JTG) education district of the Northern Cape. EMIS records it as a large school with 1,293 enrolled learners and 39 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 33:1. It is classified as Quintile 2 — a government classification based on the surrounding community's socioeconomic profile, not a measure of school quality. EMIS classifies the location as rural.

Note: The Urban/Rural classification is sourced directly from EMIS and may reflect historical registration data. See Data Limitations.

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025.

What You Should Know

Large school

This school has 1,293 enrolled learners.

What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Sishen Intermediate Mine 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 4%

(Q2 Intermediate schools in Northern 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 Sishen Intermediate Mine School?

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

Laerskool Kathu

PrimaryPublicQ5

1,855 learners 65 educators 29:1

Lower L:E ratio than 24%

Kathu · 4.7km away

Hoërskool Kathu

SecondaryPublicQ5

1,212 learners 50 educators 24:1

Lower L:E ratio than 14%

Kathu · 4.7km away

Sishen Primêre Skool

PrimaryPublicQ2

936 learners 32 educators 29:1

Lower L:E ratio than 45%

Null · 10.7km away

Deben Primêre Skool

PrimaryPublicQ1

2,131 learners 67 educators 32:1

Lower L:E ratio than 13%

Deben · 16.1km away

Gamagara Hoërskool

SecondaryPublicQ1

1,072 learners 36 educators 30:1

Lower L:E ratio than 20%

Deben · 16.2km away

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PITSE-E-TILODI, SESHENG, KHATU, 8447

0826054468

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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.