Suncrest High School (Vanderbijlpark)

Suncrest High School in Vanderbijlpark, where the sun is crest-ing over the vaal and 46 teachers are trying to wrangle 1061 kids like it's a taxi rank on a Friday afternoon. That's 23 learners per teacher, which means your educator is basically doing a stadium tour every lesson. "Sir can you help me?" Bro, sir is already three rows deep helping someone else, just figure it out. The school's own description says it "serves 1,061 learners supported by 46 educators." Supported. Like the 46 of them are holding up the ceiling with their bare hands while the CAPS curriculum rains down on everyone. And the boldest thing they put in that description is "fee-paying and does not offer boarding facilities." That's it. That's the whole pitch. Pay us, sleep somewhere else, good luck. But listen, a 92.4% matric pass rate in Vanderbijlpark is actually no joke. While half the Vaal Triangle was worried about load shedding killing the wi-fi and the generator running out of diesel, these kids still came through. That is genuine, and the teachers who pulled that off on a 23 to 1 ratio deserve a proper braai and a long weekend. Overall verdict: Suncrest is basically a taxi with too many passengers and not enough drivers, but somehow it still arrives at the destination on time, which is more than you can say for most things in this country.