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Schools in and around Rathmines East · Department of Education

Rathmines East has 18 fee-paying secondary schools in and around it

Families in Rathmines East have 81 primary schools, 45 secondary schools and 9 special schools within 3 km, teaching 41,393 pupils. Around Rathmines East, single-sex schools make up 47% of the post-primaries, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (39%). Nothing here grades or ranks these schools: Ireland publishes no results school by school, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.

135schools in or within 3 km12teach through Irish48DEIS
Schools
135
in or within 3 km of Rathmines East
9 inside the town itself
Pupils
41,393
+8% since 2019/20
Ireland: +5%
Teach through Irish
12 of 135
teach every subject through Irish
Ireland: 8%
DEIS
48 of 135
get extra support for disadvantaged areas
Ireland: 30%
School Grade
Not graded
no school results are published (Education Act 1998, s.53)

Counted from the Department of Education’s 2025/26 lists: every school in the town or within 3 km of it, against every school in Ireland.

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about Rathmines East’s schools

18 of 45secondary schools charge fees126post-primary schools within 10 km

Fee-paying secondary schools

Several of the secondary schools within reach charge fees; the others are free. Fee-paying schools are listed with the rest below, each with its own page. Fee-paying: St Andrews College (1,011), Belvedere College S.J (1,011), The High School (811) and Terenure College (800), and 14 more. Every school ↓

A wide choice at twelve

126 post-primary schools lie within 10 km, so families here have a real choice at twelve; each admits on its own policy. The nearest: Sandford Park School Ltd (0.2 km), Gonzaga College (0.3 km) and Muckross Park College (0.6 km). Post-primary choices ↓

From the Department of Education’s school lists: facts, not judgements of how well a school teaches.

Every school

The 135 schools in and around Rathmines East

Each school in or within 3 km of Rathmines East links to a page of its own. Ireland publishes no school-by-school results, which is why these cards have no letters.

Secondary schools4 in Rathmines East, 41 within 3 km
Muckross Park College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
709 pupils+0% since 2019/20
Alexandra College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Church of Ireland
GirlsFee-payingBoarding
664 pupils+13% since 2019/20
Gonzaga College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
576 pupils+4% since 2019/20
Sandford Park School Ltd
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Inter-denominational
Fee-paying
437 pupils+8% since 2019/20
St Conleths College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Fee-paying
339 pupils+19% since 2019/200.2 km outside the town
Catholic University School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
544 pupils+7% since 2019/200.4 km outside the town
The Teresian School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
230 pupils+16% since 2019/200.5 km outside the town
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
500 pupils+17% since 2019/200.5 km outside the town
Loreto College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
588 pupils+5% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town
Christian Brothers, Synge St.
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEISBoys
256 pupils−3% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town
St Louis High School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
690 pupils+2% since 2019/200.7 km outside the town
Stratford College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Jewish
Fee-paying
189 pupils+28% since 2019/200.8 km outside the town
The High School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Church of Ireland
Fee-paying
811 pupils+11% since 2019/200.9 km outside the town
St Michaels College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
731 pupils+10% since 2019/201 km outside the town
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
437 pupils1.2 km outside the town
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Church of Ireland
302 pupils+39% since 2019/201.2 km outside the town
C.B.S. Westland Row
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
205 pupils+52% since 2019/201.2 km outside the town
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Inter-denominational
Fee-paying
475 pupils+18% since 2019/201.2 km outside the town
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
295 pupils−3% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
Marian College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
319 pupils−8% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
De La Salle College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
463 pupils+45% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
Presentation College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
262 pupils+55% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
Presentation Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Catholic
443 pupils+26% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
366 pupils1.8 km outside the town
Show all 45 secondary schools
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
437 pupils+460% since 2019/202 km outside the town
C.B.S. James Street
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
251 pupils+65% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
Gaelcholáiste
296 pupils+13% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Ringsend College
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
DEIS
191 pupils+1% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Larkin Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
DEIS
403 pupils+3% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Clogher Road Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
DEIS
297 pupils+46% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Loreto High School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
625 pupils−5% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
Mount Anville Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
726 pupils+4% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
Terenure College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
800 pupils+16% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
Mount Carmel Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEISGirls
386 pupils−4% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
St Pauls C.B.S.
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
244 pupils+15% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
Loreto College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEISGirls
320 pupils−20% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
Coláiste Eoin
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GaelcholáisteBoys
517 pupils+4% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
St Andrews College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Presbyterian
Fee-paying
1,011 pupils+2% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
Our Ladys School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
799 pupils+5% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
Coláiste Íosagáin
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GaelcholáisteGirls
488 pupils+1% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
Belvedere College S.J
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
1,011 pupils+1% since 2019/202.7 km outside the town
St Josephs Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
283 pupils+48% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Willow Park School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-payingBoarding
206 pupils−0% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
O'Connell School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
222 pupils+8% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Ballinteer Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
415 pupils+2% since 2019/203 km outside the town
Primary schools5 in Rathmines East, 76 within 3 km
St Marys Central N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
588 pupils+9% since 2019/20
S.N. Brighde
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
358 pupils−18% since 2019/20
Ranelagh Multi Denom N.S.
Primary · Multi-denominational
221 pupils−5% since 2019/20
Sandford Parish National School
Primary · Church of Ireland
196 pupils−15% since 2019/20
Gaelscoil Lios na nOg
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
188 pupils−18% since 2019/20
Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
Special classes
295 pupils+852% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town
Kildare Place N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
189 pupils−8% since 2019/200.3 km outside the town
St. Louis National School
Primary · Catholic
590 pupils0.6 km outside the town
Sancta Maria C B S
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
103 pupils+3% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town
Scoil Caitriona na mBraithre
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
134 pupils−17% since 2019/200.7 km outside the town
Our Ladys N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
176 pupils−31% since 2019/200.7 km outside the town
Gaelscoil Eoin
Primary · Multi-denominational
Gaelscoil
64 pupils0.8 km outside the town
St Christopher's NS
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
598 pupils−4% since 2019/200.8 km outside the town
Scoil Naisiunta Stratford
Primary · Jewish
Special classes
88 pupils−5% since 2019/200.8 km outside the town
Zion Parish Primary School
Primary · Church of Ireland
91 pupils−2% since 2019/200.9 km outside the town
John Scottus N.S.
Primary · Multi-denominational
136 pupils−28% since 2019/200.9 km outside the town
Rathgar N.S.
Primary · Methodist
94 pupils+3% since 2019/200.9 km outside the town
St Clares Convent N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
163 pupils−42% since 2019/201.1 km outside the town
Islamic National School
Primary · Muslim
Special classes
414 pupils+36% since 2019/201.1 km outside the town
Dublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary School
Primary · Multi-denominational
Special classes
174 pupils1.2 km outside the town
South City CNS
Primary · Multi-denominational
DEIS
148 pupils+19% since 2019/201.2 km outside the town
St Patricks
Primary · Church of Ireland
24 pupils−29% since 2019/201.2 km outside the town
Presentation Primary School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
224 pupils+17% since 2019/201.2 km outside the town
Griffith Barracks Multi D School
Primary · Multi-denominational
403 pupils+30% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
Show all 81 primary schools
Our lady's Grove Primary School
Primary · Catholic
409 pupils−7% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
St Josephs Boys N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Boys
363 pupils−18% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
St Brigids Primary School
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
229 pupils−13% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town
Scoil Treasa Naofa
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
175 pupils−9% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town
Scoil na mBrathar
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
155 pupils+0% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town
St Catherines West N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
193 pupils−6% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Goatstown Stillorgan Primary School
Primary · Multi-denominational
Special classes
170 pupils1.6 km outside the town
Gaelscoil na Fuinseoige
Primary · Multi-denominational
GaelscoilSpecial classes
441 pupils+215% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
City Quay N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
151 pupils−3% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Scoil Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
GirlsSpecial classes
286 pupils+3% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
Gaelscoil Mologa
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
229 pupils+0% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
Harolds Cross N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
398 pupils+4% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
Presentation Primary School
Primary · Catholic
GirlsSpecial classes
367 pupils−37% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
Scoil Naisiunta an Dea Aoire
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
209 pupils−0% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
St Audoens N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
171 pupils−8% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
Scoil Iosagain Boys Senior
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
83 pupils+22% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
S.N. Paroiste Maitiu Nfa
Primary · Church of Ireland
212 pupils−5% since 2019/201.9 km outside the town
Shellybanks Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
Special classes
333 pupils+20% since 2019/201.9 km outside the town
Star of the Sea
Primary · Catholic
BoysSpecial classes
223 pupils−31% since 2019/202 km outside the town
Rathfarnham Educate Together
Primary · Multi-denominational
188 pupils−13% since 2019/202.1 km outside the town
Presentation Primary School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
165 pupils+29% since 2019/202.1 km outside the town
Central Infs School
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
149 pupils−7% since 2019/202.1 km outside the town
St Patricks Girls N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISGirls
143 pupils−12% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Central Senior Mxd N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
227 pupils−18% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Naomh Padraig Boys
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
137 pupils+0% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Scoil Chaoimhin
Primary · Catholic
GaelscoilDEIS
68 pupils+13% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Marist National School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
210 pupils−26% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Canal Way Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
391 pupils+23% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Scoil Mhuire Boys
Primary · Catholic
Boys
367 pupils−17% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
St Laurence O'Toole's National School
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
159 pupils−2% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Holy Cross N.S.
Primary · Catholic
260 pupils−14% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
St. James's Primary School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
278 pupils+11% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Taney N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
384 pupils−12% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Clochar Loreto N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
445 pupils−11% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Gaelscoil Laighean
Primary · Multi-denominational
Gaelscoil
130 pupils2.3 km outside the town
Rutland National School
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
152 pupils−6% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
Scoil Mhuire Ogh 1
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
212 pupils−10% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
Muire Og 2 Loreto Con
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
191 pupils−12% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior Boys
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
69 pupils+6% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
161 pupils−17% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
120 pupils−20% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
Booterstown Boys
Primary · Catholic
BoysSpecial classes
189 pupils−38% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
Our Lady of Mercy Convent School
Primary · Catholic
Girls
247 pupils−9% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
Paradise Place ETNS
Primary · Multi-denominational
DEISSpecial classes
239 pupils−2% since 2019/202.7 km outside the town
S.N. San Treasa
Primary · Catholic
430 pupils−3% since 2019/202.8 km outside the town
St Vincents Inf Boys
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoys
88 pupils−18% since 2019/202.8 km outside the town
S.N. San Vinseann Cailin
Primary · Catholic
DEISGirlsSpecial classes
208 pupils−15% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Marley Grange N.S.
Primary · Catholic
461 pupils−7% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Stanhope Street Primary School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
384 pupils+14% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Scoil Naithi
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
231 pupils−3% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Gardiner Street Convent
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
298 pupils−27% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
St Attractas Senior N.S.
Primary · Catholic
371 pupils+4% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
St Josephs Mxd N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
211 pupils−5% since 2019/203 km outside the town
St Pius X G N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Girls
540 pupils−0% since 2019/203 km outside the town
Ballinteer Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
Special classes
399 pupils+2% since 2019/203 km outside the town
S.N. Cnoc Ainbhil
Primary · Catholic
Girls
434 pupils−8% since 2019/203 km outside the town
St Attractas Junior N.S.
Primary · Catholic
337 pupils−2% since 2019/203 km outside the town
Special schools0 in Rathmines East, 9 within 3 km
St Peters Special Sch
Special · Catholic
70 pupils+17% since 2019/200.4 km outside the town
Catherine Mc Auley N Sc
Special · Catholic
99 pupils+0% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town
St Declans Special Sch
Special · Catholic
35 pupils−3% since 2019/200.9 km outside the town
Enable Ireland Sandymount School
Special · Catholic
49 pupils+14% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town
An Taonad Reamhscoile
Special · Catholic
96 pupils−3% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
Henrietta Street School
Special · Catholic
20 pupils+0% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
St L O Tooles 2 Spec
Special · Catholic
14 pupils−42% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
An Cosan CSS
Special · Multi-denominational
56 pupils2.7 km outside the town
Hospital School CHI at Temple Street
Special · Catholic
66 pupils−3% since 2019/202.8 km outside the town
Map

Where the 135 schools in and around Rathmines East are

Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Rathmines East’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.

St L O Tooles 2 Spec · Catholic · 14 pupilsHenrietta Street School · Catholic · 20 pupilsSt Declans Special Sch · Catholic · 35 pupilsEnable Ireland Sandymount School · Catholic · 49 pupilsAn Cosan CSS · Multi-denominational · 56 pupilsHospital School CHI at Temple Street · Catholic · 66 pupilsSt Peters Special Sch · Catholic · 70 pupilsAn Taonad Reamhscoile · Catholic · 96 pupilsCatherine Mc Auley N Sc · Catholic · 99 pupilsSt Patricks · Church of Ireland · 24 pupilsGaelscoil Eoin · Multi-denominational · 64 pupilsScoil Chaoimhin · Catholic · 68 pupilsNaomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior Boys · Catholic · 69 pupilsScoil Iosagain Boys Senior · Catholic · 83 pupilsScoil Naisiunta Stratford · Jewish · 88 pupilsSt Vincents Inf Boys · Catholic · 88 pupilsZion Parish Primary School · Church of Ireland · 91 pupilsRathgar N.S. · Methodist · 94 pupilsSancta Maria C B S · Catholic · 103 pupilsScoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior School · Catholic · 120 pupilsGaelscoil Laighean · Multi-denominational · 130 pupilsScoil Caitriona na mBraithre · Catholic · 134 pupilsJohn Scottus N.S. · Multi-denominational · 136 pupilsNaomh Padraig Boys · Catholic · 137 pupilsSt Patricks Girls N.S. · Catholic · 143 pupilsSouth City CNS · Multi-denominational · 148 pupilsCentral Infs School · Catholic · 149 pupilsCity Quay N.S. · Catholic · 151 pupilsRutland National School · Catholic · 152 pupilsScoil na mBrathar · Catholic · 155 pupilsSt Laurence O'Toole's National School · Catholic · 159 pupilsGaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire · Catholic · 161 pupilsSt Clares Convent N.S. · Catholic · 163 pupilsPresentation Primary School · Catholic · 165 pupilsGoatstown Stillorgan Primary School · Multi-denominational · 170 pupilsSt Audoens N.S. · Catholic · 171 pupilsDublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary School · Multi-denominational · 174 pupilsScoil Treasa Naofa · Catholic · 175 pupilsOur Ladys N.S. · Catholic · 176 pupilsGaelscoil Lios na nOg · Catholic · 188 pupilsRathfarnham Educate Together · Multi-denominational · 188 pupilsKildare Place N.S. · Church of Ireland · 189 pupilsStratford College · Jewish · 189 pupilsBooterstown Boys · Catholic · 189 pupilsRingsend College · Multi-denominational · 191 pupilsMuire Og 2 Loreto Con · Catholic · 191 pupilsSt Catherines West N.S. · Church of Ireland · 193 pupilsSandford Parish National School · Church of Ireland · 196 pupilsC.B.S. Westland Row · Catholic · 205 pupilsWillow Park School · Catholic · 206 pupilsS.N. San Vinseann Cailin · Catholic · 208 pupilsScoil Naisiunta an Dea Aoire · Catholic · 209 pupilsMarist National School · Catholic · 210 pupilsSt Josephs Mxd N.S. · Catholic · 211 pupilsS.N. Paroiste Maitiu Nfa · Church of Ireland · 212 pupilsScoil Mhuire Ogh 1 · Catholic · 212 pupilsRanelagh Multi Denom N.S. · Multi-denominational · 221 pupilsO'Connell School · Catholic · 222 pupilsStar of the Sea · Catholic · 223 pupilsPresentation Primary School · Catholic · 224 pupilsCentral Senior Mxd N.S. · Catholic · 227 pupilsSt Brigids Primary School · Catholic · 229 pupilsGaelscoil Mologa · Catholic · 229 pupilsThe Teresian School · Catholic · 230 pupilsScoil Naithi · Catholic · 231 pupilsParadise Place ETNS · Multi-denominational · 239 pupilsSt Pauls C.B.S. · Catholic · 244 pupilsOur Lady of Mercy Convent School · Catholic · 247 pupilsC.B.S. James Street · Catholic · 251 pupilsChristian Brothers, Synge St. · Catholic · 256 pupilsHoly Cross N.S. · Catholic · 260 pupilsPresentation College · Catholic · 262 pupilsSt. James's Primary School · Catholic · 278 pupilsSt Josephs Secondary School · Catholic · 283 pupilsScoil Mhuire · Catholic · 286 pupilsHarcourt Terrace Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 295 pupilsOur Lady's Grove Secondary School · Catholic · 295 pupilsGaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh · Multi-denominational · 296 pupilsClogher Road Community College · Multi-denominational · 297 pupilsGardiner Street Convent · Catholic · 298 pupilsSt Patricks Cathedral Grammar School · Church of Ireland · 302 pupilsMarian College · Catholic · 319 pupilsLoreto College · Catholic · 320 pupilsShellybanks Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 333 pupilsSt Attractas Junior N.S. · Catholic · 337 pupilsSt Conleths College · Catholic · 339 pupilsS.N. Brighde · Catholic · 358 pupilsSt Josephs Boys N.S. · Catholic · 363 pupilsGoatstown Educate Together Secondary School · Multi-denominational · 366 pupilsPresentation Primary School · Catholic · 367 pupilsScoil Mhuire Boys · Catholic · 367 pupilsSt Attractas Senior N.S. · Catholic · 371 pupilsTaney N.S. · Church of Ireland · 384 pupilsStanhope Street Primary School · Catholic · 384 pupilsMount Carmel Secondary School · Catholic · 386 pupilsCanal Way Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 391 pupilsHarolds Cross N.S. · Catholic · 398 pupilsBallinteer Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 399 pupilsGriffith Barracks Multi D School · Multi-denominational · 403 pupilsLarkin Community College · Inter-denominational · 403 pupilsOur lady's Grove Primary School · Catholic · 409 pupilsIslamic National School · Muslim · 414 pupilsBallinteer Community School · Inter-denominational · 415 pupilsS.N. San Treasa · Catholic · 430 pupilsS.N. Cnoc Ainbhil · Catholic · 434 pupilsSandford Park School Ltd · Inter-denominational · 437 pupilsHarolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School · Multi-denominational · 437 pupilsSandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School · Multi-denominational · 437 pupilsGaelscoil na Fuinseoige · Multi-denominational · 441 pupilsPresentation Community College · Catholic · 443 pupilsClochar Loreto N.S. · Catholic · 445 pupilsMarley Grange N.S. · Catholic · 461 pupilsDe La Salle College · Catholic · 463 pupilsSt Kilian's Deutsche Schule · Inter-denominational · 475 pupilsColáiste Íosagáin · Catholic · 488 pupilsSt. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines · Catholic · 500 pupilsColáiste Eoin · Catholic · 517 pupilsSt Pius X G N.S. · Catholic · 540 pupilsCatholic University School · Catholic · 544 pupilsGonzaga College · Catholic · 576 pupilsSt Marys Central N.S. · Catholic · 588 pupilsLoreto College · Catholic · 588 pupilsSt. Louis National School · Catholic · 590 pupilsSt Christopher's NS · Catholic · 598 pupilsLoreto High School · Catholic · 625 pupilsAlexandra College · Church of Ireland · 664 pupilsSt Louis High School · Catholic · 690 pupilsMuckross Park College · Catholic · 709 pupilsMount Anville Secondary School · Catholic · 726 pupilsSt Michaels College · Catholic · 731 pupilsOur Ladys School · Catholic · 799 pupilsTerenure College · Catholic · 800 pupilsThe High School · Church of Ireland · 811 pupilsSt Andrews College · Presbyterian · 1,011 pupilsBelvedere College S.J · Catholic · 1,011 pupils© OpenStreetMap contributors
PrimaryPost-primarySpecialSize: pupilsCatholicChurch of Ireland and other ProtestantMulti- and inter-denominationalOther faiths

Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Language

Teaching through Irish in and around Rathmines East

The schools by teaching language, with Ireland’s share as the black tick.

All-Irish 129%
Partly in Irish 21%
English-medium 12190%

12 of Rathmines East’s 135 schools teach every subject through Irish: S.N. Brighde, Gaelscoil Lios na nOg and Gaelscoil Eoin.

Who goes there

Who Rathmines East’s schools serve

How the area’s pupils divide, against Co. Dublin’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26

Pupils at DEIS schools26%
Pupils at all-Irish schools8%
Girls52%
Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools56%
Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools50%

Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.

DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools

Primary pupils33%
Post-primary pupils20%
Share of pupilsAround Rathmines EastCo. DublinIreland
Pupils at DEIS schools26%28%27%
Pupils at all-Irish schools8%6%6%
Girls52%49%49%
Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools56%38%29%
Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools50%18%6%

The share of pupils at DEIS schools around Rathmines East, 26%, is close to Ireland’s 27% (Co. Dublin: 28%). Where this area differs most from Ireland is post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools, at 50% against 6%. St Christopher's NS, with 598 pupils, is the largest school here in DEIS.

Each of the 135 schools
SchoolPupilsGirlsDEISAll-Irish
Muckross Park CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary709100%
Alexandra CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary664100%
St Marys Central N.S.Primary58856%
Gonzaga CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary5760%
Sandford Park School LtdPost-primary · Voluntary secondary43743%
S.N. BrighdePrimary35852%✓
Ranelagh Multi Denom N.S.Primary22150%
Sandford Parish National SchoolPrimary19646%
Gaelscoil Lios na nOgPrimary18847%✓
Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National SchoolPrimary29544%
St Conleths CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary33938%
Kildare Place N.S.Primary18951%
Catholic University SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary5440%
St Peters Special SchSpecial7026%
The Teresian SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary230100%
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesPost-primary · Voluntary secondary5000%
St. Louis National SchoolPrimary59052%
Sancta Maria C B SPrimary10339%✓
Loreto CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary588100%
Christian Brothers, Synge St.Post-primary · Voluntary secondary2560%✓
Catherine Mc Auley N ScSpecial9946%
Scoil Caitriona na mBraithrePrimary13446%✓
St Louis High SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary690100%
Our Ladys N.S.Primary17647%✓
Gaelscoil EoinPrimary6447%✓
Stratford CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary18944%
St Christopher's NSPrimary59852%✓
Scoil Naisiunta StratfordPrimary8844%
Zion Parish Primary SchoolPrimary9154%
John Scottus N.S.Primary13638%
The High SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary81144%
Rathgar N.S.Primary9449%
St Declans Special SchSpecial3520%
St Michaels CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary7310%
St Clares Convent N.S.Primary16342%
Islamic National SchoolPrimary41450%
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary43746%
Dublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary SchoolPrimary17446%
South City CNSPrimary14854%✓
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary30251%
St PatricksPrimary2463%
Presentation Primary SchoolPrimary22455%✓
C.B.S. Westland RowPost-primary · Voluntary secondary20551%✓
St Kilian's Deutsche SchulePost-primary · Voluntary secondary47543%
Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary295100%
Griffith Barracks Multi D SchoolPrimary40345%
Marian CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary319–✓
De La Salle CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary46322%
Our lady's Grove Primary SchoolPrimary40952%
St Josephs Boys N.S.Primary3630%
Presentation CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary26260%✓
St Brigids Primary SchoolPrimary22961%✓
Scoil Treasa NaofaPrimary17546%✓
Enable Ireland Sandymount SchoolSpecial4949%
Scoil na mBratharPrimary15528%✓
St Catherines West N.S.Primary19345%
Goatstown Stillorgan Primary SchoolPrimary17046%
Presentation Community CollegePost-primary · ETB44352%
Gaelscoil na FuinseoigePrimary44149%✓
City Quay N.S.Primary15142%✓
Scoil MhuirePrimary286100%
Gaelscoil MologaPrimary22948%✓
Harolds Cross N.S.Primary39847%✓
Presentation Primary SchoolPrimary367100%
Scoil Naisiunta an Dea AoirePrimary20947%✓
St Audoens N.S.Primary17151%✓
Scoil Iosagain Boys SeniorPrimary831%✓
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary36645%
S.N. Paroiste Maitiu NfaPrimary21249%
Shellybanks Educate Together National SchoolPrimary33349%
Star of the SeaPrimary2230%
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary43750%
Rathfarnham Educate TogetherPrimary18854%
Presentation Primary SchoolPrimary16558%✓
Central Infs SchoolPrimary14948%✓
St Patricks Girls N.S.Primary143100%✓
Central Senior Mxd N.S.Primary22748%✓
Naomh Padraig BoysPrimary1371%✓
Scoil ChaoimhinPrimary6847%✓✓
Marist National SchoolPrimary21079%✓
Canal Way Educate Together National SchoolPrimary39149%
Scoil Mhuire BoysPrimary3670%
St Laurence O'Toole's National SchoolPrimary15970%✓
C.B.S. James StreetPost-primary · Voluntary secondary25139%✓
Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighPost-primary · Voluntary secondary29655%✓
Ringsend CollegePost-primary · ETB19160%✓
Holy Cross N.S.Primary26044%
Larkin Community CollegePost-primary · ETB40350%✓
St. James's Primary SchoolPrimary27845%✓
Taney N.S.Primary38447%
Clochar Loreto N.S.Primary44599%
Gaelscoil LaigheanPrimary13055%✓
Clogher Road Community CollegePost-primary · ETB29740%✓
Rutland National SchoolPrimary15249%✓
Loreto High SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary625100%
Scoil Mhuire Ogh 1Primary21255%✓
Muire Og 2 Loreto ConPrimary19152%✓
Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior BoysPrimary690%✓
Mount Anville Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary726100%
Terenure CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary8000%
Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary386100%✓
St Pauls C.B.S.Post-primary · Voluntary secondary2442%✓
Gaelscoil Cholaiste MhuirePrimary16153%✓
Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior SchoolPrimary12019%✓
Loreto CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary320100%✓
Booterstown BoysPrimary1890%
Coláiste EoinPost-primary · Voluntary secondary5170%✓
St Andrews CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary1,01152%
Our Ladys SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary799100%
An Taonad ReamhscoileSpecial9642%
Coláiste ÍosagáinPost-primary · Voluntary secondary488100%✓
Henrietta Street SchoolSpecial2030%
St L O Tooles 2 SpecSpecial147%
Our Lady of Mercy Convent SchoolPrimary247100%
Belvedere College S.JPost-primary · Voluntary secondary1,0110%
An Cosan CSSSpecial5611%
Paradise Place ETNSPrimary23948%✓
S.N. San TreasaPrimary43049%
St Vincents Inf BoysPrimary880%✓
Hospital School CHI at Temple StreetSpecial6648%
S.N. San Vinseann CailinPrimary208100%✓
Marley Grange N.S.Primary46144%
Stanhope Street Primary SchoolPrimary38463%✓
St Josephs Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary28394%✓
Scoil NaithiPrimary23151%✓
Willow Park SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary2060%
O'Connell SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary222–✓
Gardiner Street ConventPrimary29850%✓
St Attractas Senior N.S.Primary37141%
Ballinteer Community SchoolPost-primary · Community school41548%✓
St Josephs Mxd N.S.Primary21150%✓
St Pius X G N.S.Primary540100%
Ballinteer Educate Together National SchoolPrimary39946%
S.N. Cnoc AinbhilPrimary434100%
St Attractas Junior N.S.Primary33754%

Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.

Who runs them

Who runs Rathmines East’s schools

Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.

94 of Rathmines East’s 135 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (59), Educate Together (11) and Edmund Rice Schools Trust (7). 48 of the 135 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).

CatholicChurch of Ireland and other ProtestantMulti- and inter-denominationalOther faiths
Primary schools 81 schools69%
Secondary schools 45 schools67%
Special schools 9 schools89%
All of Rathmines East’s schools 135 schools70%
Ireland 3,938 schools80%

Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.

Patrons

The 36 patrons of Rathmines East’s schools

Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.

The schools around Rathmines East answer to 36 patrons, and Archbishop of Dublin leads with 59 of the 135 schools and 34% of their pupils. Education and Training Boards run 6 of them. Educate Together runs 11.

PatronEthosSchoolsPupils
Archbishop of DublinSt Christopher's NS, St. Louis, St Marys Central, St Pius X G, Marley Grange, Clochar Loreto, S.N. Cnoc Ainbhil, S.N. San Treasa, Our lady's Grove Primary School, Harolds Cross, Stanhope Street Primary School, St Attractas Senior, Presentation Primary School, Scoil Mhuire Boys, St Josephs Boys, S.N. Brighde, St Attractas Junior, Gardiner Street Convent, Scoil Mhuire, St. James's Primary School, Holy Cross, Our Lady of Mercy Convent School, Scoil Naithi, St Brigids Primary School, Gaelscoil Mologa, Presentation Primary School, Star of the Sea, Scoil Mhuire Ogh 1, St Josephs Mxd, Marist, Scoil Naisiunta an Dea Aoire, S.N. San Vinseann Cailin, Muire Og 2 Loreto Con, Booterstown Boys, Our Ladys, Scoil Treasa Naofa, St Audoens, Presentation Primary School, St Clares Convent, Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire, St Laurence O'Toole's, Scoil na mBrathar, Rutland, City Quay, St Patricks Girls, Naomh Padraig Boys, Scoil Caitriona na mBraithre, Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior School, Sancta Maria C B S, Catherine Mc Auley N Sc, An Taonad Reamhscoile, St Vincents Inf Boys, Scoil Iosagain Boys Senior, St Peters Special Sch, Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior Boys, Hospital School CHI at Temple Street, St Declans Special Sch, Henrietta Street School, St L O Tooles 2 SpecCatholic5914,280
Educate TogetherHarolds Cross Educate Together, Sandymount Park Educate Together, Ballinteer Educate Together, Canal Way Educate Together, Goatstown Educate Together, Shellybanks Educate Together, Harcourt Terrace Educate Together, Paradise Place ETNS, Rathfarnham Educate Together, Dublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary School, Goatstown Stillorgan Primary SchoolMulti-denominational113,429
Edmund Rice Schools TrustColáiste Eoin, Coláiste Íosagáin, Christian Brothers, Synge St., C.B.S. James Street, St Pauls C.B.S., O'Connell School, C.B.S. Westland RowCatholic72,183
Le Chéile Schools TrustOur Ladys School, Muckross Park College, St Louis High School, De La Salle College, Our Lady's GroveCatholic52,956
City of Dublin ETBPresentation, Larkin, Clogher Road, Ringsend College, An Cosan CSSCatholic, Inter-denominational, Multi-denominational51,390
An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil na Fuinseoige, Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh, Gaelscoil Lios na nOg, Gaelscoil Laighean, Gaelscoil EoinMulti-denominational, Catholic51,119
Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COITaney, S.N. Paroiste Maitiu Nfa, Sandford Parish, St Catherines West, Zion Parish Primary SchoolChurch of Ireland51,076
Loreto Education TrustLoreto High School, Loreto College, Loreto CollegeCatholic31,533
The Spiritan Education TrustSt Michaels College, St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines, Willow Park SchoolCatholic31,437
Minister for Education & SkillsCentral Senior Mxd, Central Infs School, Scoil ChaoimhinCatholic3444
Society of Jesus (Jesuits)Belvedere College S.J, Gonzaga CollegeCatholic21,587
Religious Sisters of CharityMount Carmel, St JosephsCatholic2669
Dublin Talmud TorahStratford College, Scoil Naisiunta StratfordJewish2277
Board of Governors of St Andrew's CollegeSt Andrews CollegePresbyterian11,011
Board of Governors of the High SchoolThe High SchoolChurch of Ireland1811
Carmelite Order (Irish Province)Terenure CollegeCatholic1800
Mount Anville Sacred Heart Education TrustMount AnvilleCatholic1726
Council of Alexandra CollegeAlexandra CollegeChurch of Ireland1664
Marist Education AuthorityCatholic University SchoolCatholic1544
Der Deutsche SchulvereinSt Kilian's Deutsche SchuleInter-denominational1475
Board of Governors of Sandford Park SchoolSandford Park School LtdInter-denominational1437
Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Carmelite Order (Irish Province)BallinteerInter-denominational1415
Islamic Foundation of IrelandIslamicMuslim1414
Griffith Barracks Multi-denominational School Company Limited by GuaranteeGriffith Barracks Multi D SchoolMulti-denominational1403
St Conleth's LtdSt Conleths CollegeCatholic1339
Marist Brothers (Province of West Central Europe)Marian CollegeCatholic1319
Board of Governors of St Patrick's Cathedral Grammar SchoolSt Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolChurch of Ireland1302
CEISTPresentation CollegeCatholic1262
Teresian Association IrelandThe Teresian SchoolCatholic1230
The Ranelagh Multidenominational AssociationRanelagh Multi DenomMulti-denominational1221
Board of Governors of the Church of Ireland College of EducationKildare PlaceChurch of Ireland1189
City of Dublin Education and Training BoardSouth City CNSMulti-denominational1148
The John Scottus Education Trust Company Limited by GuaranteeJohn ScottusMulti-denominational1136
Conference of Methodist Church in IrelandRathgarMethodist194
Enable Ireland Disability ServicesEnable Ireland Sandymount SchoolCatholic149
Dean of St Patrick's CatheralSt PatricksChurch of Ireland124

Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.

Getting a place

How children get a place in Rathmines East

Starting primary school

Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.

Moving to secondary school

Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools. The 18 fee-paying schools here set their own fees and admissions.

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.

Which schools are growing

Since 2019/20, 38 of these 119 schools have grown by 5% or more and 42 have shrunk as much; across Ireland the number of pupils changed by +5%.

Harcourt Terrace Educate Together+852%
Sandymount Park Educate Together+460%
Gaelscoil na Fuinseoige+215%
C.B.S. James Street+65%
Presentation College+55%
C.B.S. Westland Row+52%
St Josephs+48%
Clogher Road+46%
De La Salle College+45%
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School+39%
All 119 schools
Islamic+36%
Griffith Barracks Multi D School+30%
Presentation Primary School+29%
Stratford College+28%
Presentation+26%
Canal Way Educate Together+23%
Scoil Iosagain Boys Senior+22%
Shellybanks Educate Together+20%
St Conleths College+19%
South City CNS+19%
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule+18%
Presentation Primary School+17%
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines+17%
Terenure College+16%
The Teresian School+16%
St Pauls C.B.S.+15%
Stanhope Street Primary School+14%
Scoil Chaoimhin+13%
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh+13%
Alexandra College+13%
The High School+11%
St. James's Primary School+11%
St Michaels College+10%
St Marys Central+9%
Sandford Park School Ltd+8%
O'Connell School+8%
Catholic University School+7%
Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior Boys+6%
Loreto College+5%
Our Ladys School+5%
Harolds Cross+4%
Coláiste Eoin+4%
St Attractas Senior+4%
Mount Anville+4%
Gonzaga College+4%
Rathgar+3%
Sancta Maria C B S+3%
Scoil Mhuire+3%
Larkin+3%
Ballinteer Educate Together+2%
St Andrews College+2%
Ballinteer+2%
St Louis High School+2%
Belvedere College S.J+1%
Ringsend College+1%
Coláiste Íosagáin+1%
Gaelscoil Mologa+0%
Muckross Park College+0%
Scoil na mBrathar+0%
Naomh Padraig Boys+0%
St Pius X G−0%
Scoil Naisiunta an Dea Aoire−0%
Willow Park School−0%
Paradise Place ETNS−2%
St Attractas Junior−2%
Zion Parish Primary School−2%
St Laurence O'Toole's−2%
Scoil Naithi−3%
City Quay−3%
Christian Brothers, Synge St.−3%
Our Lady's Grove−3%
S.N. San Treasa−3%
Mount Carmel−4%
St Christopher's NS−4%
Ranelagh Multi Denom−5%
S.N. Paroiste Maitiu Nfa−5%
St Josephs Mxd−5%
Loreto High School−5%
Scoil Naisiunta Stratford−5%
Rutland−6%
St Catherines West−6%
Our lady's Grove Primary School−7%
Marley Grange−7%
Central Infs School−7%
Marian College−8%
St Audoens−8%
Kildare Place−8%
S.N. Cnoc Ainbhil−8%
Our Lady of Mercy Convent School−9%
Scoil Treasa Naofa−9%
Scoil Mhuire Ogh 1−10%
Clochar Loreto−11%
Taney−12%
St Patricks Girls−12%
Muire Og 2 Loreto Con−12%
St Brigids Primary School−13%
Rathfarnham Educate Together−13%
Holy Cross−14%
S.N. San Vinseann Cailin−15%
Sandford Parish−15%
Scoil Caitriona na mBraithre−17%
Scoil Mhuire Boys−17%
Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire−17%
Gaelscoil Lios na nOg−18%
Central Senior Mxd−18%
St Vincents Inf Boys−18%
S.N. Brighde−18%
St Josephs Boys−18%
Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior School−20%
Loreto College−20%
Marist−26%
Gardiner Street Convent−27%
John Scottus−28%
St Patricks−29%
Our Ladys−31%
Star of the Sea−31%
Presentation Primary School−37%
Booterstown Boys−38%
St Clares Convent−42%

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September, 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary). No capacity is published, so how full a school is can’t be shown.

Inspections

Inspection reports for Rathmines East’s schools

The Department of Education’s Inspectorate: every school’s reports linked, none rated

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.

The reports describe what inspectors saw and what each school should do next. They give no overall grade, so none is shown here; the 135 schools below each link their own.

SchoolReports on gov.ie
Muckross Park CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Alexandra CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Marys Central N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Gonzaga CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Sandford Park School LtdPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. BrighdePrimaryInspection reports ↗
Ranelagh Multi Denom N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Sandford Parish National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil Lios na nOgPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Conleths CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Kildare Place N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Catholic University SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Peters Special SchSpecialInspection reports ↗
The Teresian SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St. Louis National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Sancta Maria C B SPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Loreto CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Christian Brothers, Synge St.Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Catherine Mc Auley N ScSpecialInspection reports ↗
Scoil Caitriona na mBraithrePrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Louis High SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Our Ladys N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil EoinPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Stratford CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Christopher's NSPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Naisiunta StratfordPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Zion Parish Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
John Scottus N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
The High SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Rathgar N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Declans Special SchSpecialInspection reports ↗
St Michaels CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Clares Convent N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Islamic National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Dublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
South City CNSPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St PatricksPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Presentation Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
C.B.S. Westland RowPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Kilian's Deutsche SchulePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Griffith Barracks Multi D SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Marian CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
De La Salle CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Our lady's Grove Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Josephs Boys N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Presentation CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Brigids Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Treasa NaofaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Enable Ireland Sandymount SchoolSpecialInspection reports ↗
Scoil na mBratharPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Catherines West N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Goatstown Stillorgan Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Presentation Community CollegePost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil na FuinseoigePrimaryInspection reports ↗
City Quay N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil MhuirePrimaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil MologaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Harolds Cross N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Presentation Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Naisiunta an Dea AoirePrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Audoens N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Iosagain Boys SeniorPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Paroiste Maitiu NfaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Shellybanks Educate Together National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Star of the SeaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Rathfarnham Educate TogetherPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Presentation Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Central Infs SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Patricks Girls N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Central Senior Mxd N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Naomh Padraig BoysPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil ChaoimhinPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Marist National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Canal Way Educate Together National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Mhuire BoysPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Laurence O'Toole's National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
C.B.S. James StreetPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Ringsend CollegePost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
Holy Cross N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Larkin Community CollegePost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
St. James's Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Taney N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Clochar Loreto N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil LaigheanPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Clogher Road Community CollegePost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
Rutland National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Loreto High SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Mhuire Ogh 1PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Muire Og 2 Loreto ConPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior BoysPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Mount Anville Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Terenure CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Pauls C.B.S.Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil Cholaiste MhuirePrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Loreto CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Booterstown BoysPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Coláiste EoinPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Andrews CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Our Ladys SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
An Taonad ReamhscoileSpecialInspection reports ↗
Coláiste ÍosagáinPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Henrietta Street SchoolSpecialInspection reports ↗
St L O Tooles 2 SpecSpecialInspection reports ↗
Our Lady of Mercy Convent SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Belvedere College S.JPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
An Cosan CSSSpecialInspection reports ↗
Paradise Place ETNSPrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. San TreasaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Vincents Inf BoysPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Hospital School CHI at Temple StreetSpecialInspection reports ↗
S.N. San Vinseann CailinPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Marley Grange N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Stanhope Street Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Josephs Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil NaithiPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Willow Park SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
O'Connell SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Gardiner Street ConventPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Attractas Senior N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Ballinteer Community SchoolPost-primary · Community schoolInspection reports ↗
St Josephs Mxd N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Pius X G N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Ballinteer Educate Together National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Cnoc AinbhilPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Attractas Junior N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗

Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.

Post-primary choices

Post-primary schools within reach of Rathmines East

All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school

Families in Rathmines East have 126 post-primary schools within 10 km: 95 voluntary secondary schools, 17 ETB schools, 11 community schools and 3 comprehensive schools. 59 of them are single-sex, 32 for girls and 27 for boys. Fees are charged at 28 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 6 of them.

Within 10 km
126
post-primary schools; 45 in the area
Single-sex
59
of the 126 within reach
Nearest
0.2 km
Sandford Park School Ltd
SchoolTakesAlsoPupilsAway
Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysFee-paying4370.2 km
Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying5760.3 km
Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7090.6 km
Alexandra CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of IrelandGirlsFee-paying, Boarding6641 km
St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysFee-paying3391.1 km
St Louis High SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6901.3 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying5001.4 km
The Teresian SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying2301.6 km
Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying5441.8 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–4371.9 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.Voluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS2561.9 km
Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying5881.9 km
All 126 post-primary schools within reach
SchoolTakesAlsoPupilsAway
Stratford CollegeVoluntary secondary · JewishGirls and boysFee-paying1891.9 km
Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS3192.2 km
The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of IrelandGirls and boysFee-paying8112.2 km
St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying7312.2 km
St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysFee-paying4752.3 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–2952.3 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of IrelandGirls and boys–3022.6 km
C.B.S. Westland RowVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2052.6 km
Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2622.6 km
Presentation Community CollegeETB · CatholicGirls and boys–4432.6 km
De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boys–4632.7 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–4372.9 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–3663 km
Clogher Road Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2973.1 km
Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS1913.2 km
Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS3203.3 km
Mount Anville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying7263.5 km
C.B.S. James StreetVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2513.5 km
Coláiste EoinVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysGaelcholáiste5173.6 km
Terenure CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying8003.6 km
St Andrews CollegeVoluntary secondary · PresbyterianGirls and boysFee-paying1,0113.6 km
Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysGaelcholáiste2963.6 km
Coláiste ÍosagáinVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsGaelcholáiste4883.6 km
Larkin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS4033.7 km
Our Ladys SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7993.7 km
Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying6253.8 km
Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS3863.8 km
Rosary CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2503.8 km
St Pauls C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2443.8 km
Willow Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying, Boarding2064 km
Belvedere College S.JVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying1,0114.1 km
St Josephs Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2834.2 km
O'Connell SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2224.3 km
St. Tiernan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3684.3 km
Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS4154.3 km
St Benildus CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–9494.3 km
Blackrock CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying, Boarding1,0414.4 km
Oatlands CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6234.4 km
Templeogue CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6374.4 km
Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–5214.5 km
Wesley CollegeVoluntary secondary · MethodistGirls and boysFee-paying, Boarding9424.7 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2894.7 km
Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6184.9 km
St Josephs C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS3105 km
St Raphaela's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6375 km
Marino CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2975.1 km
Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS3495.1 km
Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–5775.3 km
Assumption Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS2705.4 km
Meanscoil Iognáid RísVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS5215.6 km
St Pauls Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS4665.6 km
St Vincents C.B.S. GlasnevinVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS4085.6 km
Árdscoil RísVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–5635.7 km
Holy Faith Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6475.7 km
St Mac Dara's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–9155.7 km
Rosmini Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS1395.7 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of IrelandGirls and boys–9035.7 km
Greenhills CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS1865.8 km
St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of IrelandGirls and boysFee-paying, Boarding3576.1 km
Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7996.1 km
Newpark Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of IrelandGirls and boys–8846.1 km
Scoil ChaitrionaVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS5236.2 km
Cabra Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2646.2 km
Coláiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS2726.2 km
St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–7276.3 km
St Declan's CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6516.3 km
Maryfield CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–5276.3 km
St Mary's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS8306.4 km
Tallaght Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS8406.5 km
Clonturk CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–9686.6 km
Rosemont SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying3076.8 km
Rockford Manor Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–2736.8 km
St Dominics CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7906.9 km
Coláiste de hÍdeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS2666.9 km
St Pauls CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6507 km
Loreto College FoxrockVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying6607.1 km
St. David's CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS5507.2 km
Ellenfield Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS1507.2 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–7257.2 km
Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying1867.2 km
Kylemore CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS4797.3 km
St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS3207.3 km
St. Seton's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · OtherGirls and boysDEIS7417.5 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–7417.5 km
St Kevins CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS5037.5 km
Our Lady Of Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS4077.6 km
Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying5497.6 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–4118 km
Beneavin De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS5858.1 km
Firhouse Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–8258.1 km
Mercy College CoolockVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS4028.1 km
Trinity Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS5648.2 km
Chanel CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS4518.2 km
Kingswood Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–1,0068.2 km
St Michaels Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS6468.2 km
Clonkeen CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6358.3 km
Manor House SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6528.3 km
Mount Sackville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying6368.4 km
Coláiste EoinETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2578.5 km
Coolock Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2058.9 km
Old Bawn Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–1,0249 km
Holy Child Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2759 km
Phobailscoil IosoldeCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS7649 km
Edmund Rice CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boys–9129.1 km
Coláiste BrídeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–9939.3 km
Rathdown SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of IrelandGirls and boysFee-paying, Boarding3649.3 km
Árdscoil La SalleVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2899.4 km
New Cross CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS4179.4 km
Cabinteely Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS5129.4 km
Castleknock CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying7719.5 km
The Donahies Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS4889.6 km
St Marks Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS9319.7 km
Moyle Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–7639.8 km
Collinstown Park Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS63010 km

Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.

Special needs

Special schools and classes around Rathmines East

9 special schools serve the area: St Peters Special Sch, Catherine Mc Auley N Sc, St Declans Special Sch, Enable Ireland Sandymount School, An Taonad Reamhscoile, Henrietta Street School, St L O Tooles 2 Spec, An Cosan CSS and Hospital School CHI at Temple Street, 505 pupils between them. 33 of the 81 primary schools have special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑

Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.

Towns its size

Rathmines East beside the 77 other Irish towns of 11,800 to 22,800 people

Each town’s schools in or within 3 km, listed by population: Ireland publishes no results, so none is ranked

TownPeopleSchoolsPupilsAll-IrishDEIS schoolsNearest post-primary
Stepaside22,7967325,639514%0.9 km
…
Templeogue18,07611840,646834%0.5 km
Dún Laoghaire17,9945217,578119%0.8 km
Rathfarnham17,50811139,3911022%0.3 km
Maynooth17,259126,74230%0.3 km
Rathmines East16,92313541,3931236%0.2 km
Leixlip16,7332913,76710%0.4 km
Dundrum16,5708935,482107%0.4 km
Ballinteer16,0387228,62458%0.5 km
East Wall15,90713839,4861044%1.1 km
…
Summerhill11,91111831,929851%0.3 km

No other town of its size has as many pupils at the schools around it as Rathmines East. Every one of them has an all-Irish school within 3 km.

Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.

Pupils over time

Pupil numbers around Rathmines East

Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.

The schools in and around Rathmines East had 37,916 pupils in 2015/16 and 41,393 in 2025/26. Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National School grew most: +852% since 2019/20.

Pupils at schools in and around Rathmines East

020,00040,00060,0002015/162018/192021/222025/26Pupils

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.

Neighbours

Schools in the towns around Rathmines East

For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.

Rathmines WestPortobelloRathgarBallsbridgeClonskeaghSandymountRathmines WestPortobelloRathgarBallsbridgeClonskeaghSandymountRathmines East
TownSchoolsPupilsAll-IrishDEIS schoolsNearest post-primary
Rathmines East13541,3931236%0.2 km
Rathmines West
1.3 km		13639,314938%0 km
Portobello
1.6 km		11029,104746%0.4 km
Rathgar
1.7 km		10534,594821%0.3 km
Ballsbridge
1.8 km		11631,567942%0.7 km
Clonskeagh
2.1 km		10639,8461010%0.3 km
Sandymount
2.1 km		13340,8011026%0.8 km

Of Rathmines East’s neighbours, Ballsbridge saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+10%) and Rathmines West the least (+7%); Rathmines East itself: +8%.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Which schools count. Every school in Rathmines East or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
  • The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
  • Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
  • 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.
  • Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
  • No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
  • What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
  • Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
  • The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.

Questions about schools in Rathmines East

How many schools are there in Rathmines East?

In Rathmines East or within 3 km of it: 81 primary schools, 45 secondary schools and 9 special schools, with 41,393 pupils between them.

Are there schools in Rathmines East that teach through Irish?

Yes, 12: S.N. Brighde, Gaelscoil Lios na nOg and Gaelscoil Eoin teach every subject through Irish.

Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Rathmines East?

18 of the 45: Alexandra College, Gonzaga College, Sandford Park School Ltd and St Conleths College. The others are free.

What is the best school in Rathmines East?

We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.

How do I get a place at a school in Rathmines East?

Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.

Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

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).