Condition rating of South Africa's public schools by province
Condition of schools as per assessments carried out by South Africa's provincial education departments and submitted to the Education Facilities Management System.
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10 rows, 13 columns.
- province Category
- name of province Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- province_code Category
- abbreviated province name FS, GP, KZN, LP, MP, NC, NW, WC, EC, ZA
- number_of_schools Number
- total number of schools 552 – 22789
- very_poor Number
- number of schools assessed in very poor condition. See methodology for definitions 0 – 506
- poor Number
- number of schools assessed in poor condition. See methodology for definitions 0 – 2544
- fair Number
- number of schools assessed in fair condition. See methodology for definitions 46 – 5998
- good Number
- number of schools assessed in good condition. See methodology for definitions 130 – 11153
- excellent Number
- number of schools assessed in excellent condition. See methodology for definitions 8 – 2588
- percent_very_poor Number
- percentage province's schools assessed in very poor condition. 0 – 4.4
- percent_poor Number
- percentage of province's schools assessed in poor condition. 0 – 35.6
- percent_fair Number
- percentage of province's schools assessed in fair condition. 3 – 62.7
- percent_good Number
- percentage of province's schools assessed in good condition. 15.2 – 69.3
- percent_excellent Number
- percentage of province's schools assessed in excellent condition. 0.5 – 33.9
First rows
| province | province_code | number_of_schools | very_poor | poor | fair | good | excellent | percent_very_poor | percent_poor | percent_fair | percent_good | percent_excellent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free State | FS | 927 | 8 | 24 | 105 | 593 | 197 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 11.3 | 64 | 21.3 |
| Gauteng | GP | 2210 | 0 | 2 | 142 | 1532 | 534 | 0 | 0.1 | 6.4 | 69.3 | 24.2 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | KZN | 5801 | 18 | 221 | 679 | 3949 | 934 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 11.7 | 68.1 | 16.1 |
| Limpopo | LP | 3686 | 152 | 383 | 1009 | 1893 | 249 | 4.1 | 10.4 | 27.4 | 51.4 | 6.8 |
| Mpumalanga | MP | 1629 | 62 | 580 | 731 | 248 | 8 | 3.8 | 35.6 | 44.9 | 15.2 | 0.5 |
| Northern Cape | NC | 552 | 5 | 129 | 280 | 130 | 8 | 0.9 | 23.4 | 50.7 | 23.6 | 1.4 |
| North West | NW | 1453 | 41 | 204 | 911 | 284 | 13 | 2.8 | 14 | 62.7 | 19.5 | 0.9 |
| Western Cape | WC | 1515 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 956 | 513 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63.1 | 33.9 |
| Eastern Cape | EC | 5016 | 220 | 1001 | 2095 | 1568 | 132 | 4.4 | 20 | 41.8 | 31.3 | 2.6 |
| South Africa | ZA | 22789 | 506 | 2544 | 5998 | 11153 | 2588 | 2.2 | 11.2 | 26.3 | 48.9 | 11.4 |
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