Cabra Community College
Kilkieran Road, Cabra, Dublin 7 · D07 XC84 · Roll number 70150O
Cabra Community College is one of 31 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Cabra West. Every school in and around Cabra West →
What stands out about Cabra Community College
- A small post-primary school: 264 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 264 pupils, 102% more than the 131 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 City of Dublin ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Cabra Community College had 264 pupils in 2025/26, against 151 in 2015/16 (+75%). Girls are 42% of them. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Cabra 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 Cabra 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 Cabra 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 Cabra Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Cabra 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: Cabra Community College has grown by 102% since 2019/20. All the schools around Cabra West together changed by +6%.
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 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Cabra Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +102%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 0.6 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 0.6 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 0.9 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.3 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.3 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.6 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.7 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.1 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 6 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.2 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.4 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 6.7 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.7 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.1 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.1 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.6 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.2 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.4 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.6 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.6 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.6 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.8 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 9.3 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.4 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.5 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.6 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 9.8 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 11 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km |
Living in Cabra West
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D07 Eircode area
Housing in Cabra West →The median sale price rose from €382,700 in 2023 to €467,200 in 2025 (+22%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D07 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Cabra West
Cost of living in Cabra West →New tenancies in Cabra West averaged €1,606 a month in 2025, against €1,618 in 2024 (−1%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Cabra West, D07 XC84
Post-primary schools near Cabra 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 Cabra Community College
Is Cabra 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 Cabra Community College have?
264 pupils in 2025/26. That is +102% since 2019/20.
Does Cabra Community College teach through Irish?
No: Cabra Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Cabra Community College?
Cabra Community College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is City of Dublin ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Cabra 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 Cabra Community College?
The nearest are Coláiste Mhuire (0.6 km), St Declan's College (0.6 km) and St Dominics College (0.9 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 Cabra West; 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).