District Matric Results 2025 – Pass Rates & Rankings

Name: South African Matric Results Database
Creator: Matric Performance
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Explore matric 2025 performance across education districts: pass rates, total candidates, achieved passes and rank positioning. Filter by province to narrow regional comparisons or view multi‑year averages for stability trends. Use this dashboard to identify top performing districts.

Tip: Remove the year to see long‑term average performance; add a province for focused regional ranking.

How to use district rankings for real insight

District rankings are most valuable when you treat them as a “where to look next” tool, not a final judgment. Districts can differ widely in the number of schools they manage, the size of matric cohorts, the mix of rural and urban communities, and the resources available to learners. Two districts may have the same pass rate but very different realities beneath the surface.

Start by choosing your comparison frame. If you want a fairer operational comparison, filter within a province first. This keeps policy context and administration more consistent. If you want a national scan, leave the province blank, but expect more variation driven by geography and socio‑economic conditions.

Next, decide whether you care more about the latest year or stability over time. A single year can be affected by cohort composition, local disruptions, or program changes. The “All Years (Average)” view reduces volatility and can better represent typical performance. Once you’ve identified a district of interest, switch back to a specific year to understand recent movement.

Finally, always read the pass rate alongside Schools, Total Wrote, and Total Achieved. A district with a small cohort can jump up and down the table with a relatively small change in learner outcomes. A district with a large cohort can move slowly but still represent a major difference in the number of learners passing. Use this page to identify consistent top performers, improving districts, and outliers worth investigating—then drill down to school‑level results for practical, local explanations.

District Performance Rankings

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Showing district performance for all 10 years (2016-2025) across all provinces

Rank	District	Province	Schools	Total Wrote	Total Achieved	Pass Rate	Years of Data
#1	JOHANNESBURG WEST	GAUTENG	55	56,500	51,251	90.7%	10 years
#2	TSHWANE SOUTH	GAUTENG	107	115,727	104,329	90.2%	10 years
#3	Fezile Dabi	FREE STATE	66	50,958	45,877	90.0%	10 years
#4	Motheo	FREE STATE	93	97,424	86,095	88.4%	10 years
#5	Thabo Mofutsanyana	FREE STATE	103	85,705	75,572	88.2%	10 years
#6	JOHANNESBURG NORTH	GAUTENG	87	80,517	70,340	87.4%	10 years
#7	TSHWANE NORTH	GAUTENG	56	72,956	63,512	87.1%	10 years
#8	Xhariep	FREE STATE	28	11,713	10,190	87.0%	10 years
#9	METRO NORTH	WESTERN CAPE	80	89,808	77,967	86.8%	10 years
#10	JOHANNESBURG EAST	GAUTENG	108	82,700	71,721	86.7%	10 years
#11	SEDIBENG EAST	GAUTENG	36	31,067	26,922	86.7%	10 years
#12	GAUTENG WEST	GAUTENG	67	77,932	67,391	86.5%	10 years
#13	EKURHULENI SOUTH	GAUTENG	80	125,058	107,643	86.1%	10 years
#14	OVERBERG	WESTERN CAPE	22	20,701	17,808	86.0%	10 years
#15	Lejweleputswa	FREE STATE	76	64,540	55,392	85.8%	10 years
#16	EKURHULENI NORTH	GAUTENG	99	108,186	92,597	85.6%	10 years
#17	BOJANALA	NORTH WEST	174	145,455	123,686	85.0%	10 years
#18	TSHWANE WEST	GAUTENG	60	81,585	69,276	84.9%	10 years
#19	METRO CENTRAL	WESTERN CAPE	93	86,558	73,411	84.8%	10 years
#20	GAUTENG NORTH	GAUTENG	19	20,244	17,167	84.8%	10 years
#21	Namakwa	NORTHERN CAPE	22	8,339	7,051	84.6%	10 years
#22	EDEN & CENTRAL KAROO	WESTERN CAPE	53	58,721	49,582	84.4%	10 years
#23	AMAJUBA	KWAZULU-NATAL	75	75,607	63,760	84.3%	10 years
#24	JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	GAUTENG	91	70,443	59,130	83.9%	10 years
#25	JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	GAUTENG	72	89,554	74,317	83.0%	10 years
#26	UGU	KWAZULU-NATAL	139	96,088	79,732	83.0%	10 years
#27	UMKHANYAKUDE	KWAZULU-NATAL	170	136,619	113,307	82.9%	10 years
#28	WEST COAST	WESTERN CAPE	28	27,418	22,729	82.9%	10 years
#29	UMGUNGUNDLOVU	KWAZULU-NATAL	157	118,312	97,865	82.7%	10 years
#30	SEDIBENG WEST	GAUTENG	49	63,039	52,073	82.6%	10 years
#31	DR. K. KAUNDA	NORTH WEST	68	65,135	53,798	82.6%	10 years
#32	UMLAZI	KWAZULU-NATAL	178	196,977	162,269	82.4%	10 years
#33	GAUTENG EAST	GAUTENG	59	81,502	67,082	82.3%	10 years
#34	METRO SOUTH	WESTERN CAPE	71	92,826	76,034	81.9%	10 years
#35	METRO EAST	WESTERN CAPE	76	102,924	83,479	81.1%	10 years
#36	EHLANZENI	MPUMALANGA	155	152,779	123,308	80.7%	10 years
#37	Z F MGCAWU	NORTHERN CAPE	20	21,976	17,692	80.5%	10 years
#38	CAPE WINELANDS	WESTERN CAPE	71	80,451	64,711	80.4%	10 years
#39	PINETOWN	KWAZULU-NATAL	170	173,108	138,643	80.1%	10 years
#40	NGAKA M. MOLEMA DISTRICT	NORTH WEST	131	86,205	68,901	79.9%	10 years
#41	NELSON MANDELA METRO	EASTERN CAPE	108	105,080	83,411	79.4%	10 years
#42	KING CETSHWAYO	KWAZULU-NATAL	209	168,425	132,966	79.0%	10 years
#43	ZULULAND	KWAZULU-NATAL	217	153,262	120,978	78.9%	10 years
#44	GERT SIBANDE	MPUMALANGA	129	133,725	105,459	78.9%	10 years
#45	HARRY GWALA	KWAZULU-NATAL	94	66,299	52,215	78.8%	10 years
#46	UTHUKELA	KWAZULU-NATAL	142	101,754	79,700	78.3%	10 years
#47	NKANGALA DISTRICT	MPUMALANGA	173	146,446	114,700	78.3%	10 years
#48	VHEMBE EAST	LIMPOPO	164	142,324	111,339	78.2%	10 years
#49	DR. R.S. MOMPATI	NORTH WEST	85	50,240	39,198	78.0%	10 years
#50	ILEMBE	KWAZULU-NATAL	124	81,723	63,695	77.9%	10 years
#51	BUFFALO CITY	EASTERN CAPE	137	97,177	75,471	77.7%	10 years
#52	UMZINYATHI	KWAZULU-NATAL	146	88,201	68,425	77.6%	10 years
#53	ALFRED NZO WEST	EASTERN CAPE	88	81,514	62,778	77.0%	10 years
#54	WATERBERG 2	LIMPOPO	56	31,697	24,376	76.9%	10 years
#55	Pixley Ka Seme	NORTHERN CAPE	26	14,424	11,040	76.5%	10 years
#56	MOGALAKWENA	LIMPOPO	102	44,408	33,944	76.4%	10 years
#57	VHEMBE WEST	LIMPOPO	140	99,236	75,771	76.4%	10 years
#58	SARAH BAARTMAN	EASTERN CAPE	55	31,905	24,255	76.0%	10 years
#59	BOHLABELA	MPUMALANGA	141	137,034	104,044	75.9%	10 years
#60	ALFRED NZO EAST	EASTERN CAPE	46	53,763	40,527	75.4%	10 years
#61	Frances Baard	NORTHERN CAPE	48	41,610	31,350	75.3%	10 years
#62	OR TAMBO INLAND	EASTERN CAPE	105	105,080	78,756	75.0%	10 years
#63	CHRIS HANI WEST	EASTERN CAPE	91	51,716	38,486	74.4%	10 years
#64	CAPRICORN SOUTH	LIMPOPO	179	130,531	97,033	74.3%	10 years
#65	MOPANI WEST	LIMPOPO	117	83,483	61,980	74.2%	10 years
#66	CHRIS HANI EAST	EASTERN CAPE	60	44,822	33,144	74.0%	10 years
#67	JOE GQABI	EASTERN CAPE	51	39,551	29,242	73.9%	10 years
#68	John Taolo Gaetsewe	NORTHERN CAPE	34	29,169	21,384	73.3%	10 years
#69	AMATHOLE EAST	EASTERN CAPE	93	76,744	56,169	73.2%	10 years
#70	MOPANI EAST	LIMPOPO	142	96,139	69,338	72.1%	10 years
#71	OR Tambo Coastal	EASTERN CAPE	82	108,351	77,321	71.4%	10 years
#72	CAPRICORN NORTH	LIMPOPO	176	89,287	63,484	71.1%	10 years
#73	AMATHOLE WEST	EASTERN CAPE	104	39,007	26,773	68.6%	10 years
#74	SEKHUKHUNE SOUTH	LIMPOPO	174	97,393	65,924	67.7%	10 years
#75	SEKHUKHUNE EAST	LIMPOPO	161	89,562	58,715	65.6%	10 years

Showing 1-20 of 75 districts

Pass Rate Trends Over Time by District

This table shows pass rate trends through color intensity and sparklines - brighter badges indicate improving trends, darker badges indicate declining trends

District	Province	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ALFRED NZO EAST	EASTERN CAPE	57.0%	62.4%	71.9%	77.4%	68.1%	72.6%	77.0%	85.2%	85.9%	81.1%
ALFRED NZO WEST	EASTERN CAPE	63.0%	67.4%	72.8%	76.9%	67.4%	73.7%	82.7%	84.3%	87.0%	84.3%
AMAJUBA	KWAZULU-NATAL	77.4%	80.5%	81.8%	85.1%	80.5%	79.7%	85.7%	87.0%	89.8%	91.3%
AMATHOLE EAST	EASTERN CAPE	51.6%	56.7%	68.7%	77.0%	67.3%	74.4%	78.0%	82.5%	87.8%	85.1%
AMATHOLE WEST	EASTERN CAPE	52.0%	53.4%	54.7%	64.9%	63.3%	75.1%	78.3%	77.3%	81.5%	80.3%
BOHLABELA	MPUMALANGA	72.5%	72.5%	76.9%	76.7%	74.6%	74.2%	79.4%	69.1%	78.6%	83.5%
BOJANALA	NORTH WEST	84.5%	82.6%	84.1%	89.6%	81.2%	81.7%	81.5%	84.4%	89.4%	90.8%
BUFFALO CITY	EASTERN CAPE	66.4%	66.2%	73.3%	78.2%	73.7%	78.8%	81.4%	81.3%	84.4%	85.3%
CAPE WINELANDS	WESTERN CAPE	84.7%	82.4%	80.7%	81.0%	78.9%	76.7%	77.7%	74.8%	83.6%	84.6%
CAPRICORN NORTH	LIMPOPO	58.8%	58.9%	64.2%	70.5%	65.2%	68.0%	75.9%	80.9%	84.9%	87.9%
CAPRICORN SOUTH	LIMPOPO	62.8%	60.4%	67.7%	76.0%	72.7%	74.2%	76.8%	81.9%	85.8%	85.0%
CHRIS HANI EAST	EASTERN CAPE	54.6%	61.6%	70.2%	71.9%	62.2%	69.6%	79.6%	84.1%	88.5%	88.1%
CHRIS HANI WEST	EASTERN CAPE	62.6%	67.9%	69.1%	75.7%	70.5%	71.9%	72.0%	81.1%	84.4%	83.8%
DR. K. KAUNDA	NORTH WEST	82.8%	76.8%	81.4%	85.8%	79.6%	79.3%	80.8%	83.5%	87.8%	87.8%
DR. R.S. MOMPATI	NORTH WEST	76.1%	74.1%	73.1%	84.0%	71.4%	73.0%	76.9%	77.2%	84.7%	87.2%
EDEN & CENTRAL KAROO	WESTERN CAPE	84.8%	81.8%	81.1%	84.1%	79.1%	84.4%	83.5%	84.6%	89.3%	89.1%
EHLANZENI	MPUMALANGA	79.5%	76.9%	82.4%	84.4%	74.5%	75.4%	76.2%	81.8%	88.4%	88.0%
EKURHULENI NORTH	GAUTENG	87.2%	89.2%	88.8%	89.2%	82.5%	82.4%	83.0%	82.3%	86.0%	87.4%
EKURHULENI SOUTH	GAUTENG	86.6%	80.8%	86.5%	87.3%	85.3%	86.2%	85.7%	86.0%	87.4%	87.9%
Fezile Dabi	FREE STATE	91.8%	90.2%	92.3%	90.1%	86.2%	87.1%	90.4%	89.6%	93.5%	89.4%
Frances Baard	NORTHERN CAPE	78.4%	75.5%	71.4%	74.5%	65.0%	69.5%	72.0%	73.8%	84.7%	86.3%
GAUTENG EAST	GAUTENG	79.8%	82.9%	85.9%	84.4%	78.3%	77.6%	83.6%	82.8%	84.5%	83.7%
GAUTENG NORTH	GAUTENG	79.1%	75.4%	87.2%	90.3%	86.8%	79.9%	87.4%	88.4%	89.0%	86.9%
GAUTENG WEST	GAUTENG	91.4%	88.6%	89.1%	88.3%	83.8%	79.6%	82.3%	86.8%	88.3%	89.3%
GERT SIBANDE	MPUMALANGA	75.9%	76.5%	77.5%	79.4%	70.9%	72.2%	77.7%	79.8%	87.7%	87.1%
HARRY GWALA	KWAZULU-NATAL	64.0%	66.8%	72.0%	77.6%	75.0%	76.1%	82.6%	87.1%	88.9%	89.7%
ILEMBE	KWAZULU-NATAL	52.5%	64.9%	71.1%	81.0%	76.9%	75.6%	83.9%	88.6%	89.5%	91.5%
JOE GQABI	EASTERN CAPE	62.3%	67.0%	67.4%	76.5%	61.5%	69.2%	71.7%	83.9%	85.2%	88.4%
JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL	GAUTENG	83.6%	80.0%	81.3%	81.3%	79.9%	80.8%	81.9%	83.1%	87.2%	88.5%
JOHANNESBURG EAST	GAUTENG	87.4%	88.0%	90.5%	88.5%	85.3%	83.4%	84.3%	82.4%	88.7%	89.7%
JOHANNESBURG NORTH	GAUTENG	86.1%	84.2%	88.7%	88.2%	87.3%	84.9%	86.2%	86.4%	89.5%	90.9%
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH	GAUTENG	85.8%	84.0%	85.1%	82.6%	78.9%	77.6%	81.9%	84.9%	87.7%	89.6%
JOHANNESBURG WEST	GAUTENG	87.0%	88.6%	90.2%	88.7%	88.0%	86.5%	89.8%	92.6%	97.0%	96.2%
John Taolo Gaetsewe	NORTHERN CAPE	70.3%	71.4%	73.3%	77.8%	60.0%	67.2%	68.1%	73.8%	81.4%	87.0%
KING CETSHWAYO	KWAZULU-NATAL	63.5%	71.7%	73.9%	79.5%	74.9%	77.5%	81.9%	83.5%	88.6%	89.4%
Lejweleputswa	FREE STATE	86.2%	84.5%	85.2%	87.8%	83.9%	85.6%	85.7%	85.4%	87.5%	86.0%
METRO CENTRAL	WESTERN CAPE	88.2%	84.1%	84.9%	83.1%	84.0%	84.1%	85.0%	82.3%	85.2%	87.0%
METRO EAST	WESTERN CAPE	82.7%	77.7%	76.4%	78.2%	73.6%	77.3%	78.4%	83.8%	88.6%	90.2%
METRO NORTH	WESTERN CAPE	88.5%	85.8%	85.1%	86.3%	85.4%	86.2%	85.9%	85.8%	88.8%	89.2%
METRO SOUTH	WESTERN CAPE	85.3%	82.9%	80.9%	81.0%	79.0%	80.3%	79.0%	78.5%	84.3%	87.7%
MOGALAKWENA	LIMPOPO	66.5%	67.6%	71.7%	69.6%	67.2%	72.3%	78.6%	82.7%	87.8%	90.9%
MOPANI EAST	LIMPOPO	67.4%	68.1%	68.7%	72.5%	67.7%	62.1%	68.5%	77.7%	85.2%	85.1%
MOPANI WEST	LIMPOPO	63.9%	67.7%	64.4%	69.2%	69.2%	67.5%	76.8%	83.8%	87.2%	87.8%
Motheo	FREE STATE	85.6%	82.5%	85.1%	87.9%	85.2%	87.9%	90.8%	91.2%	92.2%	91.7%
Namakwa	NORTHERN CAPE	91.0%	83.0%	83.7%	89.9%	78.6%	81.2%	80.0%	81.7%	86.0%	90.5%
NELSON MANDELA METRO	EASTERN CAPE	66.2%	72.6%	76.1%	81.4%	75.6%	78.3%	80.4%	83.1%	86.7%	87.4%
NGAKA M. MOLEMA DISTRICT	NORTH WEST	84.7%	82.9%	80.3%	84.4%	69.1%	75.2%	78.4%	79.0%	85.7%	85.6%
NKANGALA DISTRICT	MPUMALANGA	79.5%	73.5%	78.7%	80.8%	74.7%	72.2%	74.5%	76.5%	85.2%	87.4%
OR Tambo Coastal	EASTERN CAPE	47.2%	62.0%	69.6%	77.9%	64.4%	68.0%	71.1%	78.4%	83.9%	82.2%
OR TAMBO INLAND	EASTERN CAPE	67.0%	68.9%	71.1%	76.0%	64.9%	69.9%	76.9%	79.7%	83.1%	81.3%
OVERBERG	WESTERN CAPE	92.7%	87.7%	82.4%	86.0%	80.7%	81.8%	84.0%	84.1%	88.3%	92.4%
PINETOWN	KWAZULU-NATAL	66.4%	75.5%	77.4%	83.0%	75.9%	74.8%	80.5%	85.6%	89.4%	92.2%
Pixley Ka Seme	NORTHERN CAPE	82.9%	74.1%	70.2%	72.3%	67.3%	68.7%	78.3%	74.2%	85.4%	89.3%
SARAH BAARTMAN	EASTERN CAPE	76.9%	71.8%	73.1%	74.7%	69.2%	71.9%	75.5%	76.6%	78.6%	86.4%
SEDIBENG EAST	GAUTENG	85.8%	87.8%	90.2%	89.7%	87.2%	82.0%	85.3%	83.7%	87.1%	89.4%
SEDIBENG WEST	GAUTENG	81.9%	81.9%	88.5%	82.8%	76.7%	79.1%	81.7%	82.9%	85.1%	86.0%
SEKHUKHUNE EAST	LIMPOPO	49.1%	53.4%	60.5%	63.6%	56.6%	59.0%	64.9%	74.9%	84.0%	86.7%
SEKHUKHUNE SOUTH	LIMPOPO	55.5%	61.6%	66.8%	69.3%	59.9%	59.7%	67.2%	73.7%	80.4%	83.7%
Thabo Mofutsanyana	FREE STATE	90.0%	90.0%	90.0%	88.2%	85.8%	82.5%	87.3%	89.4%	90.6%	89.4%
TSHWANE NORTH	GAUTENG	84.3%	88.9%	89.6%	90.6%	83.2%	83.4%	83.5%	86.4%	90.0%	92.0%
TSHWANE SOUTH	GAUTENG	86.6%	89.9%	91.7%	93.6%	89.6%	89.3%	88.9%	90.4%	91.7%	90.3%
TSHWANE WEST	GAUTENG	80.7%	83.7%	86.3%	84.8%	85.1%	82.3%	82.1%	84.2%	88.9%	89.6%
UGU	KWAZULU-NATAL	65.3%	73.1%	79.7%	86.3%	81.6%	80.4%	87.2%	89.5%	91.7%	91.8%
UMGUNGUNDLOVU	KWAZULU-NATAL	76.6%	81.5%	77.6%	83.0%	80.4%	76.5%	84.2%	85.1%	89.3%	90.4%
UMKHANYAKUDE	KWAZULU-NATAL	69.2%	77.0%	78.2%	80.8%	80.6%	75.0%	86.3%	90.0%	92.9%	93.6%
UMLAZI	KWAZULU-NATAL	74.4%	75.5%	76.9%	82.8%	81.3%	80.0%	82.8%	86.1%	89.9%	92.0%
UMZINYATHI	KWAZULU-NATAL	58.0%	65.0%	73.1%	77.4%	72.7%	71.7%	79.9%	86.6%	89.1%	88.8%
UTHUKELA	KWAZULU-NATAL	67.8%	72.9%	76.7%	79.2%	73.5%	74.6%	80.0%	82.9%	85.0%	86.2%
VHEMBE EAST	LIMPOPO	69.9%	78.4%	80.2%	81.6%	77.1%	70.8%	72.3%	82.5%	85.8%	85.9%
VHEMBE WEST	LIMPOPO	71.4%	75.0%	79.7%	80.2%	72.8%	66.9%	70.8%	79.1%	84.8%	86.9%
WATERBERG 2	LIMPOPO	63.5%	73.5%	73.2%	81.5%	78.6%	71.3%	77.6%	78.4%	85.0%	82.8%
WEST COAST	WESTERN CAPE	87.5%	85.9%	82.0%	83.5%	82.2%	80.8%	78.9%	77.7%	84.2%	87.4%
Xhariep	FREE STATE	92.0%	82.7%	83.5%	88.9%	80.8%	85.5%	87.5%	86.6%	92.2%	87.9%
Z F MGCAWU	NORTHERN CAPE	79.7%	78.0%	74.6%	75.6%	71.3%	79.8%	83.8%	81.4%	86.3%	90.1%
ZULULAND	KWAZULU-NATAL	58.0%	64.9%	73.8%	79.1%	76.7%	78.2%	83.7%	87.2%	89.5%	88.9%

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