What type of school is Umzimvelo Secondary School?

Umzimvelo Secondary School is classified as a combined public school in the EMIS database. Contact the school directly for the specific grades they offer.

How many learners attend this school?

Umzimvelo Secondary School has 746 enrolled learners and 21 educators. The learner-educator ratio is 36:1.

What does Quintile 1 mean?

Quintile 1 schools serve the poorest communities and receive the highest per-learner government funding. They are designated as no-fee schools.

Where is Umzimvelo Secondary School located?

Umzimvelo Secondary School is in Roodewal, GERT SIBANDE district, Mpumalanga. Address: Farm Roodewal, , Ermelo, 2351.

Umzimvelo Secondary School

CombinedPublic EMIS: 800024455

Roodewal, GERT SIBANDE, Mpumalanga

746

Learners

36:1

L:E Ratio

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

What kind of school is Umzimvelo Secondary School?

Umzimvelo Secondary School is a public combined school in Roodewal, within the GERT SIBANDE education district of the Mpumalanga. EMIS records it as a medium-sized school with 746 enrolled learners and 21 educators, giving a learner-to-educator ratio of 36:1. It is classified as Quintile 1 — a government classification based on the surrounding community's socioeconomic profile, not a measure of school quality.

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025.

What You Should Know

Combined school

Classified as a combined school in EMIS, covering both primary and secondary phases.

What is the learner-to-educator ratio at Umzimvelo 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 26%

(Q1 Combined 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 Umzimvelo Secondary School?

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

Ring Kink Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ1

82 learners 4 educators 21:1

Lower L:E ratio than 94%

Lothair · 6.1km away

Endotsheni Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ1

195 learners 7 educators 28:1

Lower L:E ratio than 79%

Ermelo · 13.5km away

Camden Combined School

CombinedPublicQ2

1,528 learners 44 educators 35:1

Lower L:E ratio than 33%

Ermelo · 14.8km away

Thwahlele Primary School

PrimaryPublicQ1

717 learners 19 educators 38:1

Lower L:E ratio than 15%

Sheepmoor · 17.2km away

Bee Maseko Secondary School

SecondaryPublicQ2

717 learners 21 educators 34:1

Lower L:E ratio than 27%

Sheepmoor · 18.5km away

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Farm Roodewal, , Ermelo, 2351

0178195820

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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.