TIMSS South Africa 2011 Fast Facts

2011 Sample

285 schools

10,085 learners

Average age 16 years

Grade 9 tested

IndicatorMathematicsScience
Average achievement (standard error)351.9 (2.5)331.6 (3.7)
International benchmarks 
% Learners below 40075.574.8
% Learners at or above 40024.525.2
% Learners at or above 4758.511.0
% Learners at or above 5503.14.4
% Learners at or above 6250.61.2
Average achievement by gender (standard error)
Boys (standard error)354 (3.0)335 (4.1)
Girls (standard error)350 (3.4)328 (4.5)
Average achievement by age in years (standard error)
12-13300 (19.8) 251 (28.1)
14-15385 (3.2)377 (4.1)
16-17343 (2.6)320 (4.2)
18-19302 (3.0)264 (4.3)
20-21286 (12.4)242 (13.3)
Average achievement by poverty quintile (standard error)  
Quintile 1316 (5.7)279 (7.9)
Quintile 2318 (3.59)285 (6.4)
Quintile 3336 (3.96)314 (5.9)
Quintile 4360 (5.62)348 (7.6)
Quintile 5438 (9.69)445 (12.6)
Independent474 (17.08)479 (19.1)
Average achievement by test language (standard error)
Always/almost always spoken 405 (4.5) 412 (5.9)
Sometimes spoken 337 (2.2) 310 (3.4)
Never spoken 312 (4.9) 264 (6.1)
Average achievement by bullying at school (standard error)
Almost never bullied 393 (3.9) 392 (5.1)
Bullied about monthly362 (2.3)346 (3.4)
Bullied about weekly322 (3.0)287 (4.4)