Hilton College (South Africa) - Academics

Academics

The years of study at Hilton are referred to as forms 1 to 5. Matric is the equivalent of grade 12 or form 5 and has boys aged 17 or 18 and "First form" is the equivalent of grade 8 or year 8 and has boys aged 13 or 14.

The pupil-teacher ratio is 10:1.

Hilton College leavers write the Independent Examinations Board exams.

IEB Results 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Number of candidates 112 86 98 116 100 97 103 101 111 95 112 116 112
Number of failures 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
University endorsement (%) 88.4 92 86 91.4 94 88 94.2 94.1 96.4 94 92 96.6 98.2
A aggregates (%) 18.2 10.1 18 17 22.3 36 34 28.4 27.1 30 27 26.8 34.82
A-B-C aggregates (%) 67.2 71.2 70 71.3 65 65 71 64 90
Subject distinctions 113 48 112 79 88 141 167 128 140 142 174 168 178
Number in top 50* 1 2 3 1 1 0 4 1 1

Hilton also produced 15 Rhodes scholars for study at the University of Oxford and two Elsie Ballot scholars for study at the University of Cambridge.

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