Davitt College
Springfield, Castlebar, Co. Mayo · F23 VY15 · Roll number 76060U
Davitt College is one of 3 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Castlebar. Every school in and around Castlebar →
What stands out about Davitt College
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 902 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 902 pupils, 27% more than the 710 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 largest of the 3 post-primary schools around Castlebar.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Mayo, Sligo & Leitrim ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Davitt College had 902 pupils in 2025/26, down from 954 in 2015/16 (−5%). Girls are 57% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Davitt College
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 Davitt College 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 Davitt College
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 Davitt College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Davitt College 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Davitt College has grown by 27% since 2019/20. All the schools around Castlebar together changed by +9%.
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.
Davitt College has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +27%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davitt College | 902 | +27% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 542 | −9% | Catholic | English | 0.2 km | |
| St. Geralds College | 688 | +11% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Balla Secondary School | 476 | +42% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Rice College | 615 | +34% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Sacred Heart School | 530 | −3% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 482 | +3% | Catholic | English | 18 km |
The other 19 post-primary schools in Co. Mayo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Louis Community School | 701 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 95 | −41% | Catholic | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 404 | −4% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Muire Agus Padraig | 394 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 402 | +6% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballinrobe Community School | 865 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| St. Tiernan's College | 253 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 541 | −6% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Moyne College | 221 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 551 | +16% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Muredachs College | 403 | +14% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Joseph's Community College | 223 | +44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Ballyhaunis Community School | 717 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 571 | +19% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St. Patrick's College | 181 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Coláiste Pobail Acla | 232 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Colaiste Chomain | 29 | −40% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 58 km |
| St. Brendan's College | 357 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Our Lady's Secondary School | 265 | +37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
Living in Castlebar
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Homes in the F23 Eircode area
Housing in Castlebar →The median sale price rose from €210,000 in 2023 to €280,000 in 2025 (+33%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F23 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Castlebar
Cost of living in Castlebar →New tenancies in Castlebar averaged €1,247 a month in 2025, against €1,138 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Castlebar, F23 VY15
Post-primary schools near Davitt College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Davitt College
Is Davitt College 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 Davitt College have?
902 pupils in 2025/26. That is +27% since 2019/20.
Does Davitt College teach through Irish?
No: Davitt College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Davitt College?
Davitt College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Mayo, Sligo & Leitrim ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Davitt College?
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 Davitt College?
The nearest are St Joseph's Secondary School (0.2 km), St. Geralds College (1.2 km) and Balla Secondary School (11 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 Castlebar; 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).