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Charleville Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6, Dubllin 6 · D06 F860 · Roll number 60890C
St Louis High School 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 Louis High School
- 690 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+2%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A girls’ school.
- 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 Le Chéile Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Louis High School had 690 pupils in 2025/26, against 635 in 2015/16 (+9%). Its largest roll was 692, in 2021/22. 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 Louis High School
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 Louis High School 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 Louis High School
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 Louis High School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Louis High School 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 takes girls only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Louis High School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+2%). 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.
St Louis High School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +2%; 4 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | ||
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 0.5 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 0.7 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.3 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 1.3 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 1.6 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.7 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.8 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 1.9 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 2 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 3.3 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.4 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.9 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 4 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.6 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 4.8 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 4.9 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 4.9 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 5.2 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.1 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.1 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.6 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.3 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.4 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.4 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.7 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.8 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-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 | |
| 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 | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 33 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 F860
Post-primary schools near St Louis High School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Louis High School
Is St Louis High School 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 Louis High School have?
690 pupils in 2025/26. That is +2% since 2019/20.
Does St Louis High School teach through Irish?
No: St Louis High School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Louis High School?
St Louis High School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at St Louis High School?
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 Louis High School?
The nearest are Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School (0.5 km), St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines (0.7 km) and Sandford Park School Ltd (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 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).