School Community Integration Pilot Project - Department of Education

A comparative analysis of education expenditure in Eastern Cape schools – November 2004
LCRs and LERs. Many are well resourced schools associated with
‘preparatory’ junior primary schools.
• There are 8 small Hospital Schools in the province.
• ‘Full’ Secondary Schools are distributed throughout the province with the
exception of the former Transkei where they rarely exist. Average school size
is high and LCR and LERs are favourable. There are 406 secondary schools.
Table 17: Indicators by type of public school 2004
Type Schools Enrolment Classrooms Educators LCR LER ECR
PRIMARY & SECONDARY COMBINED SCHOOLS: ALL GRADES R-12
Average 604 17 19
Total 62 37,454 1,073 1,158 34.9 32.3 1.08
COMBINED SCHOOLS: GRADES R-9
Average 410 9 12
Total 2385 977,679 20,567 28,691 47.5 34.1 1.40
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS: GRADES 5-9
Average 317 10 11
Total 31 9,832 304 337 32.3 29.2 1.11
FARM SCHOOLS: MOSTLY PRIMARY GRADES
Average 58 3 3
Total 449 25,849 1,325 1,143 19.5 22.6 0.86
FULL PRIMARY SCHOOLS: GRADES R-7
Average 297 9 9
Total 1701 505,108 14,564 15,057 34.7 33.5 1.03
JUNIOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS: GRADES R-3 or 4
Average 183 7 6
Total 415 75,758 2,810 2,633 27.0 28.8 0.94
SENIOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS: GRADES 4 or 5-7
Average 396 13 12
Total 90 35,624 1,214 1,087 29.3 32.8 0.90
HOSPITAL SCHOOLS: MOSTLY PRIMARY GRADES
Average 72 2 2
Total 8 578 15 16 38.5 36.1 1.07
FULL SECONDARY SCHOOLS: GRADES 8-12
Average 603 17 21
Total 406 244,707 7,084 8,472 34.5 28.9 1.20
‘LOWER’ SECONDARY SCHOOLS: GRADES 8-10
Average 135 5 6
Total 54 7,278 284 314 25.6 23.2 1.11
SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS: GRADES 10-12
Average 389 10 14
Total 417 162,292 4,181 5,756 38.8 28.2 1.38
MUSEUM SCHOOL
Average 1 1 3
Total 1 1 1 3 1.0 0.3 3.00
EASTERN CAPE
Average 346 9 11
Total 6,019 2,082,160 53,422 64,667 39.0 32.2 1.21
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