Share of children in education institutions in South Africa from 2014- 2018, by type
In 2018, majority of the children between the ages of six and 13 years (93.4 percent) were enrolled in public schools, contrary to the 6.6 percent registered in private schools. Moreover, in the preceding year, the percentage of children within the age group who were in private schools reached its highest, at 6.8 percent. Overall, the share of children attending both public and private schools was relatively stable throughout the period under study.