Schools in Eastern Cape
5,347 schools on the 2023 register: 5,062 public and 285 independent.
- Pre-primary 18
- Primary 3,705
- Secondary 905
- Combined 674
- Special needs 45
Largest towns
Towns A to Z
Addo 6Adelaide 7Alexandria 9Alice 76Aliwal North 19Barkly East 7Bedford 8Berlin 5Bisho 9Burgersdorp 7Butterworth 147Cala 50Cathcart 10Cedarville 8Centane 12Cofimvaba 131Cookhouse 6Cradock 22Debe Nek 23Despatch 8Dimbaza 7Dordrecht 12East London 266Elliot 18Elliotdale 87Flagstaff 131Fort Beaufort 37Gqeberha 288Graaff-Reinet 14Hankey 6Holycross 12Humansdorp 16Idutywa 183Indwe 24Jeffreys Bay 9Kareedouw 7Kariega 75Keiskammahoek 24Kentani 72Kirkwood 9Kokstad 37Komani 146Komga 5Lady Frere 62Libode 100Lusikisiki 157Maclear 47Makhanda 44Maluti 10Matatiele 167Mbizana 169Mdantsane 7Middelburg 14Middledrift 30Molteno 8Mount Ayliff 69Mount Fletcher 89Mount Frere 205Mqanduli 105Mthatha 292Ncora 8Ndabakazi 12Ngcobo 165Ngqeleni 84Nqamakwe 93Ntlaza 10Nyandeni 28Patensie 8Peddie 57Port Alfred 11Port Edward 11Port St Johns 97Qamata 6Qaukeni 6Qonce 198Qumbu 130Seymour 8Somerset East 10St Cuthberts 5Sterkspruit 86Steynsburg 5Stutterheim 22Tabankulu 83Tarkastad 7Tsolo 78Tsomo 76Ugie 16Whittlesea 52Willowvale 111Zwelitsha 6
Municipalities
Amahlathi 126Blue Crane Route 29Buffalo City 432Dr AB Xuma 181Dr Beyers Naudé 29Elundini 434Emalahleni 173Enoch Mgijima 163Great Kei 25Ingquza Hill 223Intsika Yethu 213Inxuba Yethemba 35King Sabata Dalindyebo 355Kouga 55Kou-Kamma 7Makana 48Matatiele 108Mbhashe 368Mhlontlo 23Mnquma 358Ndlambe 34Nelson Mandela Bay 292Ngqushwa 62Ntabankulu 169Nyandeni 268Port St Johns 151Raymond Mhlaba 189Sakhisizwe 66Senqu 110Sundays River Valley 95Umzimvubu 234Walter Sisulu 36Winnie Madikizela-Mandela 222
Schools without a municipality on the register
34- Apollo Progressive SchoolIndependent · 112 learners
- Bathande High SchoolPublic · 198 learners
- Best Start Private SchoolIndependent · 124 learners
- Bonzai High KariegaIndependent · 442 learners
- Bonzai High SchoolSydenham · Independent · 383 learners
- Bonzai Kabega PrimaryKabega · Independent · 153 learners
- Canaan High SchoolNgcingwane Administrative Area · Independent · 195 learners
- City of Light Private SchoolIndependent · 27 learners
- El Shadaai PSIndependent · 307 learners
- Eminence PrimaryNewton Park · Independent · 176 learners
- Faith High SchoolIndependent · 13 learners
- Gemm Leadership AcademyIndependent · 33 learners
- Hambanathi AcademyIndependent · 57 learners
- Humble Beginning Primary SchoolIndependent · 303 learners
- Jim-Jim Independent SchoolIndependent · 85 learners
- Joe Gqabi Senior Secondary SchoolPublic · 403 learners
- Khanya Primary ZimbaneIndependent
- Lighthouse Academy of LearningIndependent · 204 learners
- Luzukolwakhe Secondary SchoolQuakeni Road · Independent · 265 learners
- Majuba Secondary SchoolPublic · 174 learners
- Oakwood Junior Primary SchoolIndependent · 137 learners
- Pink and Blue Kindergate PrimaryIndependent · 65 learners
- Rehoboth Primary SchoolIndependent · 174 learners
- Riverside Christian AcademyNu2 · Independent · 147 learners
- S Butshingi AcademyIndependent
- Sikelelwen Adventist Primary SchoolIndependent · 185 learners
- Siyabonga Secondary SchoolPublic · 163 learners
- Smiley Tots AcademyIndependent · 57 learners
- St Lawrence English Medium SchoolIndependent · 191 learners
- St Paul Hilton Private SchoolHilton · Independent · 263 learners
- Tiny Tots Primary SchoolNew Town · Independent · 111 learners
- Uncle Sam Primary SchoolIndependent · 34 learners
- Victory Primary SchoolIndependent · 230 learners
- Xesibe Senior Secondary SchoolPublic · 251 learners · No fees