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Raheny Lane, Rathmore Road, Lusk, Co. Dublin · K45 WN50 · Roll number 76213T
Lusk Community College is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Lusk. Every school in and around Lusk →
What stands out about Lusk Community College
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 1,104 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 1,104 pupils, 61% more than the 685 of 2019/20.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- Outside Lusk’s outline, 0.2 km away; listed with Lusk, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Lusk Community College had 1,104 pupils in 2025/26, against 376 in 2015/16 (+194%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 10 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Lusk 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 Lusk 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 Lusk 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 Lusk Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Lusk 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Lusk Community College has grown by 61% since 2019/20. All the schools around Lusk 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.
Lusk Community College has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +61%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.6 km | |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.1 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.7 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.2 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.3 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 19 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 21 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 25 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 26 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 28 km |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 29 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 35 km |
Living in Lusk
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the K45 Eircode area
Housing in Lusk →The median sale price rose from €366,000 in 2023 to €490,000 in 2025 (+34%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the K45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Lusk
Cost of living in Lusk →New tenancies in Lusk averaged €1,981 a month in 2025, against €1,944 in 2024 (+2%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗














near Lusk, K45 WN50
Post-primary schools near Lusk 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 Lusk Community College
Is Lusk 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 Lusk Community College have?
1,104 pupils in 2025/26. That is +61% since 2019/20.
Does Lusk Community College teach through Irish?
No: Lusk Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Lusk Community College?
Lusk Community College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Lusk 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 Lusk Community College?
The nearest are St Joseph's Secondary School (4.5 km), Donabate Community College (4.6 km) and Skerries Community College (6.1 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 Lusk; 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).