This article has been updated since first published to add the results of Elite Secondary College
Kempton Park matric learners did the city proud with an average pass rate of 89.3 per cent during the 2017 National Senior Certificate exams.
The national pass rate was 76.5 per cent.
Five of the smaller schools, which had less matriculants sitting for the exams, achieved a 100 pass rate.
These schools were Maranatha Christian School, Windsor House Academy, Panorama School, Elite Secondary College and Supero Private Combined School.
DA political head for Kempton Park and Tembisa, Refiloe Nt’sekhe, congratulated all the schools on their exceptional achievements.
Here are all the local schools’ pass rates with the number of learners who wrote the exams in brackets:
Maranatha Christian School 100% (63)
Supero Private Combined School 100% (27)
Elite Secondary College 100% (26)
Windsor House Academy 100% (16)
Panorama School 100% (9)
Hoërskool Jeugland 98.8% (166)
Norkem Park High School 98% (151)
Hoërskool Kempton Park 97.4% (258)
Sir Pierre Van Ryneveld High School 94.9% (177)
Spartan High School 93% (71)
Hoërskool Birchleigh High School 92.8% (265)
Oos-Rand Akademie 90% (10)
Rhodesfield Technical High School 84.3% (210)
Oxford Combined College 82.6% (46)
Sunrise Combined School 75% (40)
St Christopher’s Academy 62.1% (29)
Taalnet 60% (20)
