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Alexandra College

Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryChurch of IrelandGirlsFee-payingBoarding

Milltown, Dublin 6 · D06 KX50 · Roll number 60910F

Alexandra College is one of 45 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Rathmines East. Every school in and around Rathmines East →

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Pupils
664
September, 2025/26
Girls
Since 2019/20
+13%
from 589 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Church of Ireland
Patron: Council of Alexandra College
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Alexandra College

  • 664 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+13%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • A girls’ school.
  • Charges fees.
  • Takes day pupils and boarders.
  • A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
  • Its patron is Council of Alexandra College; its ethos is Church of Ireland.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Alexandra College had 664 pupils in 2025/26, against 473 in 2015/16 (+40%). Its largest roll was 666, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

02004006008002015/162018/192021/222025/26Pupils

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Alexandra 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 Alexandra 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Alexandra 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 in

Getting a place at Alexandra College

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Alexandra 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 charges fees, set by the school. It takes girls only. It takes boarders as well as day pupils.

Pupils
664
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+13%
from 589 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Alexandra College has grown by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Rathmines East together changed by +8%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Alexandra College+13%
The post-primary schools around Rathmines East+11%
All Irish post-primary schools+15%

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

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 1 have more pupils than Alexandra College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +13%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.

Alexandra College664
Gonzaga College576
Sandford Park School Ltd437
Muckross Park College709
Our Lady's Grove295
The Teresian School230
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish0.7 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish1.3 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish1.3 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish1.5 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish1.5 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish1.6 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish1.6 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish1.6 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish1.8 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish1.8 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish2 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish2.1 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish2.2 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish2.3 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish2.4 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish2.4 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish2.6 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish2.8 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓2.8 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish2.8 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓3 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish3 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish3 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish3.1 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish3.2 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish3.2 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish3.3 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish3.3 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓3.3 km
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓3.3 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓3.4 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish3.4 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish3.5 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓3.5 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish3.5 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓3.6 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish3.7 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish3.7 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish3.7 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓3.8 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓3.9 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish4 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓4.1 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish4.1 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish4.2 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish4.2 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓4.2 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish4.3 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓4.7 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓4.8 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓4.8 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish5.1 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓5.1 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓5.1 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓5.3 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish5.4 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓5.5 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish5.6 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓5.6 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓5.6 km
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish5.6 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓5.7 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓5.8 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish5.8 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓6 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓6.1 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓6.1 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish6.4 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish6.5 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish6.6 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓6.6 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓6.7 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish6.7 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓6.7 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓7.1 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish7.1 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓7.1 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish7.2 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓7.2 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish7.2 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish7.3 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish7.3 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish7.6 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish7.6 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish7.7 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish7.8 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓7.8 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓7.9 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish8.1 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓8.1 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓8.2 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓8.3 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.5 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓8.5 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish8.6 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓8.6 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.8 km
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish8.8 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish9 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish9.1 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓9.2 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓9.2 km
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.4 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.5 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.5 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish9.5 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish9.6 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.9 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓9.9 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish10 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish10 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish11 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish12 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish12 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish12 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish13 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish13 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish13 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish13 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish13 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish13 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish14 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish15 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish15 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish16 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish16 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish17 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish17 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish25 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish31 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish33 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish33 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish33 km
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓34 km
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish34 km
Living nearby

Living in Rathmines East

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€783,000
476 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€2,022
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the D06 Eircode area

Housing in Rathmines East →

The median sale price rose from €674,100 in 2023 to €738,100 in 2025 (+9%).

2023€674,100
2024€689,400
2025€738,100

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€1,022,900
Second-hand homes€692,100

Property Price Register sales in the D06 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Rathmines East

Cost of living in Rathmines East →

New tenancies in Rathmines East averaged €2,022 a month in 2025, against €1,964 in 2024 (+3%).

2024€1,964
2025€2,022

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

Rathmines East, D06 KX50

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Alexandra College

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Gonzaga College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
576 pupils+4% since 2019/200.7 km
Sandford Park School Ltd
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Inter-denominational
Fee-paying
437 pupils+8% since 2019/201.3 km
Muckross Park College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
709 pupils+0% since 2019/201.3 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
295 pupils−3% since 2019/201.5 km
The Teresian School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
230 pupils+16% since 2019/201.5 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Inter-denominational
Fee-paying
475 pupils+18% since 2019/201.6 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 60910F

Questions about Alexandra College

Is Alexandra 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 Alexandra College have?

664 pupils in 2025/26. That is +13% since 2019/20.

Does Alexandra College teach through Irish?

No: Alexandra College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Alexandra College?

Alexandra College has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Council of Alexandra College.

How do pupils get a place at Alexandra 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 Alexandra College?

The nearest are Gonzaga College (0.7 km), Sandford Park School Ltd (1.3 km) and Muckross Park College (1.3 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 Rathmines East; 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).