Carndonagh Community School
Carndonagh Community School, P.O. Box 4, Carndonagh, Co Donegal · F93 VK61 · Roll number 91406R
Carndonagh Community School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Carndonagh. Every school in and around Carndonagh →
What stands out about Carndonagh Community School
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 1,118 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+5%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- A community school: run by a board of the local Education and Training Board and the religious or other bodies that founded it.
- Its patron is Donegal ETB & Bishop of Derry; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Carndonagh or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Carndonagh Community School had 1,118 pupils in 2025/26, against 1,050 in 2015/16 (+6%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 1,166, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Carndonagh Community School
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for Carndonagh Community School is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on Carndonagh Community School
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at Carndonagh Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Carndonagh Community School directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Carndonagh Community School has grown by 5% since 2019/20. All the schools around Carndonagh together changed by +4%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest post-primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Carndonagh Community School has more pupils than any of the 4 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +5%; 3 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carndonagh Community School | 1,118 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Moville Community College | 648 | +25% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Coláiste Eoghain | 13 | −59% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Crana College | 585 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Secondary School | 885 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
The other 22 post-primary schools in Co. Donegal
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulroy College | 617 | +17% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Loreto Community School | 810 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Coláiste Ailigh | 324 | +23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| Errigal College | 662 | +153% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 938 | +2% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Eunan's College | 1,003 | +15% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| The Royal and Prior School | 609 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Deele College | 840 | +39% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola | 455 | +2% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 54 km |
| Finn Valley College | 424 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| St Columbas College | 983 | +17% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille | 11 | – | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 60 km |
| Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh | 87 | −49% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 65 km |
| Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair | 414 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 66 km |
| Rosses Community School | 509 | +26% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| St Columba's Comprehensive School | 400 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 82 km |
| Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada | 61 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 83 km |
| Abbey Vocational School | 999 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 86 km | |
| St. Catherine's Vocational School | 359 | −2% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 101 km |
| Coláiste Cholmcille | 682 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 102 km |
| Magh Ene College | 333 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 108 km | |
| Coláiste na Carraige | 210 | −2% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 109 km |
Living in Carndonagh
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F93 Eircode area
Housing in Carndonagh →The median sale price rose from €161,000 in 2023 to €175,000 in 2025 (+9%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Carndonagh
Cost of living in Carndonagh →New tenancies in Carndonagh averaged €740 a month in 2025, against €680 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Carndonagh, F93 VK61
Post-primary schools near Carndonagh Community School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Carndonagh Community School
Is Carndonagh Community School a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does Carndonagh Community School have?
1,118 pupils in 2025/26. That is +5% since 2019/20.
Does Carndonagh Community School teach through Irish?
No: Carndonagh Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Carndonagh Community School?
Carndonagh Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Donegal ETB & Bishop of Derry.
How do pupils get a place at Carndonagh Community School?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near Carndonagh Community School?
The nearest are Moville Community College (16 km), Coláiste Eoghain (16 km) and Crana College (17 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Carndonagh; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).