Limerick City East Secondary School
Limerick ETSS, Groody Road, Towlerton, Castletroy, Limerick · V94 32H4 · Roll number 68309N
Limerick City East Secondary School is one of 7 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Castletroy. Every school in and around Castletroy →
What stands out about Limerick City East Secondary School
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 811 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 811 pupils, 587% more than the 118 of 2019/20.
- 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 Educate Together; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2018/19 to 2025/26Limerick City East Secondary School had 811 pupils in 2025/26, against 49 in 2018/19 (+1,555%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 7 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Limerick City East Secondary 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 Limerick City East Secondary 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 Limerick City East Secondary 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 Limerick City East Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Limerick City East Secondary 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Limerick City East Secondary School has grown by 587% since 2019/20. All the schools around Castletroy together changed by +6%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest post-primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 1 have more pupils than Limerick City East Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +587%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick City East Secondary School | 811 | +587% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Castletroy College | 1,360 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.6 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh | 606 | −7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 2.7 km | |
| Colaiste Mhichil | 349 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Ardscoil Mhuire | 591 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Coláiste Nano Nagle | 365 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| St Munchin's College | 682 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km |
The other 21 post-primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Clements College | 411 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ | 315 | −23% | Catholic | All in Irish | 4.2 km | |
| Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ | 746 | +19% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Ardscoil Ris | 728 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Crescent College Comprehensive | 922 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.7 km | |
| Villiers Secondary School | 508 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.6 km | |
| Thomond Community College | 597 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Mungret Community College | 991 | +175% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.8 km | |
| Glenstal Abbey School | 203 | −11% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Colaiste Chiarain | 821 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Salesian Secondary College | 746 | +5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| John The Baptist Community School | 960 | −12% | Inter-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa | 518 | −19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Colaiste Mhuire | 269 | −32% | Inter-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste Iósaef | 505 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College) | 537 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Pól | 715 | +40% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Desmond College | 539 | +38% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 39 km |
| Scoil Mhuire & Íde | 754 | +6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Hazelwood College | 562 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 41 km | |
| Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef | 669 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 57 km |
Living in Castletroy
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V94 Eircode area
Housing in Castletroy →The median sale price rose from €275,000 in 2023 to €351,500 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Castletroy
Cost of living in Castletroy →New tenancies in Castletroy averaged €2,041 a month in 2025, against €1,873 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Castletroy, V94 32H4
Post-primary schools near Limerick City East Secondary School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Limerick City East Secondary School
Is Limerick City East Secondary 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 Limerick City East Secondary School have?
811 pupils in 2025/26. That is +587% since 2019/20.
Does Limerick City East Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: Limerick City East Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Limerick City East Secondary School?
Limerick City East Secondary School has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Educate Together.
How do pupils get a place at Limerick City East Secondary 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 Limerick City East Secondary School?
The nearest are Castletroy College (2.6 km), Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh (2.7 km) and Colaiste Mhichil (3.1 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Castletroy; 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).