No-fee schools in South Africa

There are 17 861 no-fee schools in South Africa. No-fee schools are public schools that may not charge school fees. They are funded by the state, mostly in quintiles 1 to 3.

No-fee schools by province

• Eastern Cape4 647 schools
• Free State752 schools
• Gauteng1 433 schools
• KwaZulu-Natal5 061 schools
• Limpopo3 504 schools
• Mpumalanga0 schools
• North West1 263 schools
• Northern Cape272 schools
• Western Cape929 schools

Towns with the most no-fee schools

• Polokwane 593
• Johannesburg 472
• Cape Town 399
• Pretoria 336
• Mthatha 246
• Burgersfort 195
• Mount Frere 191
• East London 185
• King Williams Town 178
• Idutywa 176
• Matatiele 156
• Lusikisiki 151
• Gqeberha 150
• Bizana 146
• Giyani 143
• Butterworth 131
• Engcobo 128
• Flagstaff 128
• Cofimvaba 125
• Qumbu 125
• Makhado 124
• Groblersdal 120
• Kuruman 118
• Willowvale 109
• Mqanduli 104
• Queenstown 104
• Nongoma 103
• Malamulele 100
• Libode 97
• Port St Johns 96