Springs Girls' High School (Springs)

Springs Girls' High School. Wait, Girls' High? Co-educational? So they built a whole school, named it after girls, and then said actually you know what, bring the boys too. That is like naming a place "Ladies' Bathroom" and then just leaving the door open for everyone. Someone in Springs had a vision and then immediately gave up on it. 883 learners and 39 teachers. That is a 22.6 to 1 ratio, meaning your teacher is basically a taxi driver trying to manage 22 people all talking at once, except unlike the taxi there is no music and you cannot jump out at the robots. Your teacher has seen things. Your teacher is tired. Your teacher is counting down to December just like you are. But listen, 98.5% matric pass rate. In Springs. That is actually not a joke, that is impressive. Those kids are out here passing matric while Eskom is doing its thing, while the East Rand is being the East Rand, while half the class is probably still confused about whether this is a girls' school or not. The learners at Springs Girls' are clearly built different and they are clearly not letting the chaos of anything stop them from getting that certificate. Overall verdict: An identity crisis wrapped in a Gauteng winter with a pass rate that will genuinely make your Cape Town cousins jealous.