St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines
73-79 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6 · D06 CH79 · Roll number 60560E
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines is one of 41 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Rathmines West. Every school in and around Rathmines West →
What stands out about St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines
- 500 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 500 pupils, 17% more than the 429 of 2019/20.
- A boys’ school.
- Charges fees.
- 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 The Spiritan Education Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines had 500 pupils in 2025/26, against 455 in 2015/16 (+10%). Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines
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 St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines 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 St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines
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 St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines 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 boys only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines has grown by 17% since 2019/20. All the schools around Rathmines West together changed by +7%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest post-primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 2 have more pupils than St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +17%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | ||
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.7 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 0.7 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 0.8 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 1.1 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.2 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.3 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 1.6 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.9 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 2 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.2 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.4 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.6 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.6 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 4 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4.3 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 4.9 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 5 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.3 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.4 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 5.8 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.9 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.8 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.4 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.5 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.7 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 32 km |
Living in Rathmines West
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D06 Eircode area
Housing in Rathmines West →The median sale price rose from €678,200 in 2023 to €749,600 in 2025 (+11%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D06 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Rathmines West
Cost of living in Rathmines West →New tenancies in Rathmines West averaged €1,651 a month in 2025, against €1,623 in 2024 (+2%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Rathmines West, D06 CH79
Post-primary schools near St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines
Is St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines 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 St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines have?
500 pupils in 2025/26. That is +17% since 2019/20.
Does St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines teach through Irish?
No: St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines?
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is The Spiritan Education Trust.
How do pupils get a place at St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines?
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 St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines?
The nearest are Christian Brothers, Synge St. (0.7 km), St Louis High School (0.7 km) and Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School (0.8 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 West; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).