Typically, SACMEQ results present estimates based on the grade 6 pupil as the unit of analysis. Other results regarding the school, school heads, teachers, etc. are generated from these pupil-based analyses as well. Results concerning pupils are usually disaggregated by region, gender, location, and socio-economic status.

Since many professionals analyze SACMEQ data for different purposes, the specific choice of analytic approach depends on the interest of the individual researcher; among the techniques used are:

• Multivariate analysis methods satisfying multilevel models
• Regression methods
• Decomposition of variances through correlation analysis, etc.
• Other relevant secondary analyses by interested parties