Church Street National School
Church Street, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick · V94 P588 · Roll number 10929T
Church Street National School is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Rathkeale. Every school in and around Rathkeale →
What stands out about Church Street National School
- A small primary school: 14 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 14 pupils, 46% fewer than the 26 of 2019/20.
- In 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.
- The smallest of the 4 primary schools around Rathkeale.
- 9 girls and 5 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert COI; its ethos is Church of Ireland.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Church Street National School had 14 pupils in 2025/26, down from 27 in 2015/16 (−48%). Girls are 64% of them. Its largest roll was 27, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Church Street National 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 Church Street National 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 Church Street National 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 Church Street National School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Church Street National School directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Church Street National School has shrunk by 46% since 2019/20. All the schools around Rathkeale 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 primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Church Street National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −46%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church Street National School | 14 | −46% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | |
| Scoil Aine Naofa | 224 | +33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.7 km |
| Scoil Naomh Iosef | 86 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.8 km |
| St James N.S. | 110 | −25% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Coolcappa N.S. | 54 | +32% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Croagh National School | 78 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 107 | −6% | Catholic | English | 6 km |
The other 126 primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Chriost an Slanaitheoir | 204 | +6% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| S.N. Molua B | 82 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Scoil Sean Tsraide | 127 | −11% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Muire, Eas Géitine | 157 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| S.N. Ciarain | 66 | +40% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Scoil Cill Colmain | 101 | −24% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Gaelscoil O Doghair | 201 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Courtenay National School | 251 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Mahoonagh N.S. | 237 | +6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Josephs Convent | 225 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 140 | −9% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Shanagolden N.S. | 92 | −21% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Cill Churnain | 174 | +19% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Kilmeedy N.S. | 48 | +129% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Our Ladys Abbey | 125 | −15% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Nicholas Church of Ireland School | 54 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Granagh National School | 74 | +21% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Carrickerry N.S. | 49 | −21% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Cill Lachtain | 235 | +28% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Ballysteen N.S. | 17 | −54% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Pallaskenry N.S. | 135 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kildimo National School | 138 | −27% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Sheanain | 99 | +10% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Monagea National School | 206 | −6% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Fiodhnach | 73 | +18% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Croom National School | 169 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Banogue National School | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Beal Atha Grean | 109 | +9% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Ide Naofa | 89 | +14% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire National School | 39 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Tobar Padraig | 143 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Gearoid Ui Ghriobhtha | 30 | −21% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ide | 22 | −4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 141 | −14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Cre Cumhra | 214 | −7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Ballymartin N.S. | 103 | +7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S N Naomh Iosef | 290 | −10% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Josephs | 74 | −15% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Templeglantine N.S. | 76 | +49% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Athlacca N.S. | 88 | −31% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Limerick City East Educate Together NS | 373 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Raithin | 389 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Scoil Neassain | 668 | −6% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Bruree National School | 168 | −7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Glengurt N.S. | 115 | +8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Fedamore CNS | 10 | −50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Ballyguiltenane N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Fergus Primary School | 159 | +21% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naomh | 267 | −8% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Phoil Naofa | 573 | −9% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Athea N School | 171 | +16% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Carnane Mxd N.S. | 30 | −39% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Mathair de | 362 | +8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes N.S. | 161 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| An Mhodh Scoil | 578 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| S N Muire na hEireann | 262 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Chriost Ri B | 278 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Limerick School Project | 203 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| J F K Memorial School | 218 | −15% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace School | 326 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Salesian Primary School | 361 | −12% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Michaels | 116 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 61 | +53% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Le Chéile National School | 174 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Dromtrasna N.S. | 122 | −27% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Gaelscoil Sheoirse | 82 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 27 km |
| St Michaels N.S. | 126 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Iosagain | 222 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Presentation Primary School | 279 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Gaelscoil Sairseal | 369 | +44% | Catholic | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| Knockea National School | 191 | −8% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Thomond Primary School | 215 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Dean Cussen | 219 | −14% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Corpus Christi N.S. | 403 | +22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Donoughmore N.S. | 140 | −31% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Johns Convent | 223 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| St Mary's National School | 152 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| St John the Baptist Boys N.S. | 69 | +116% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Mocheallóg | 281 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Convent of Mercy N.S. | 110 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| St Brigids N.S. | 457 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa B | 197 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa C | 197 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Abbeyfeale B N.S. 1 | 98 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Ide | 654 | −17% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Meenkilly N.S. | 101 | +20% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Loch Guir | 6 | −81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 85 | −11% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Bohermore N.S. | 100 | +233% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Ailbhe | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Bulgaden N.S. | 19 | −32% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Milford Grange N School | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Moin A Lin | 847 | −5% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh | 412 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Scoil Baile an Aird | 83 | −33% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Nais Cnoc Aine | 200 | +31% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Nais Cathair Chinn Lis | 100 | −19% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Caherline N.S. | 183 | +1% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S N Lios na Groi | 295 | −11% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Martinstown N.S. | 54 | −37% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Ardpatrick N.S. | 48 | −25% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Hospital N.S. | 156 | −14% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Athain | 139 | −20% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Ailbhe | 187 | −9% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Kilfinane Convent Primary School | 145 | +1% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Cloverfield N.S. | 42 | −34% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Kilteely N.S. | 32 | +52% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Castleconnell N.S. | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Cnoc Loinge B | 72 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S N Toinn an Tairbh | 79 | −26% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Ma Rua | 142 | −22% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Glenbrohane N.S. | 23 | −45% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Nicker N.S. | 113 | −18% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Garrydoolis N.S. | 29 | −17% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil na mBearnan | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Chaitríona | 82 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Ballylanders N.S. | 128 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Gallbhaile | 135 | +14% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Cnoch A Deaga | 48 | +71% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Bilboa N School | 95 | −18% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Oola National School | 67 | −26% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Doon Convent N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 56 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| S N Gleann gCreabhar | 50 | −19% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Kilbehenny N.S. | 100 | +30% | Catholic | English | 55 km |
Living in Rathkeale
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V94 Eircode area
Housing in Rathkeale →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 Co. Limerick
Cost of living in Rathkeale →New tenancies in Co. Limerick averaged €1,619 a month in 2025, against €1,436 in 2024 (+13%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Rathkeale, V94 P588
Primary schools near Church Street National School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Church Street National School
Is Church Street National 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 Church Street National School have?
14 pupils in 2025/26. That is −46% since 2019/20.
Does Church Street National School teach through Irish?
No: Church Street National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Church Street National School?
Church Street National School has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert COI.
How do pupils get a place at Church Street National 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 Church Street National School?
The nearest are Scoil Aine Naofa (0.7 km), Scoil Naomh Iosef (0.8 km) and St James N.S. (4.1 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 Rathkeale; 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).