Moville Community College
Carrownaff, Moville, Co Donegal · F93 DN29 · Roll number 76084L
Moville Community College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Moville. Every school in and around Moville →
What stands out about Moville Community College
- 648 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 648 pupils, 25% more than the 519 of 2019/20.
- 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.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Donegal ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Moville or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Moville Community College had 648 pupils in 2025/26, against 546 in 2015/16 (+19%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Moville Community College
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 Moville Community College 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 Moville Community College
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 Moville Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Moville Community College 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: Moville Community College has grown by 25% since 2019/20. All the schools around Moville together changed by +7%.
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.
Each of the 1 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Moville Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +25%; 0 of the 1 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moville Community College | 648 | +25% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Carndonagh Community School | 1,118 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
The other 25 post-primary schools in Co. Donegal
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Eoghain | 13 | −59% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Crana College | 585 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Secondary School | 885 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Mulroy College | 617 | +17% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Loreto Community School | 810 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| The Royal and Prior School | 609 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Deele College | 840 | +39% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Coláiste Ailigh | 324 | +23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 50 km | |
| Errigal College | 662 | +153% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 938 | +2% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| St Eunan's College | 1,003 | +15% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Finn Valley College | 424 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| St Columbas College | 983 | +17% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola | 455 | +2% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 67 km |
| Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh | 87 | −49% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 73 km |
| Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille | 11 | – | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 75 km |
| Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair | 414 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 79 km |
| Rosses Community School | 509 | +26% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 87 km |
| St Columba's Comprehensive School | 400 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 90 km |
| Abbey Vocational School | 999 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 90 km | |
| Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada | 61 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 94 km |
| Coláiste Cholmcille | 682 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 105 km |
| St. Catherine's Vocational School | 359 | −2% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 108 km |
| Magh Ene College | 333 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 112 km | |
| Coláiste na Carraige | 210 | −2% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 117 km |
Living in Moville
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F93 Eircode area
Housing in Moville →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 Co. Donegal
Cost of living in Moville →New tenancies in Co. Donegal averaged €977 a month in 2025, against €893 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Moville, F93 DN29
Post-primary schools near Moville Community College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Moville Community College
Is Moville Community College 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 Moville Community College have?
648 pupils in 2025/26. That is +25% since 2019/20.
Does Moville Community College teach through Irish?
No: Moville Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Moville Community College?
Moville Community College has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Donegal ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Moville Community College?
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 Moville Community College?
The nearest are Carndonagh Community School (16 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 Moville; 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).