St Louis Community School
Chapel Street, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo · F12 RP76 · Roll number 91494R
St Louis Community School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Kiltimagh. Every school in and around Kiltimagh →
What stands out about St Louis Community School
- 701 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 701 pupils, 20% more than the 584 of 2019/20.
- A community school: run by a board of the local Education and Training Board and the religious or other bodies that founded it.
- Its patron is Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim ETB & Sisters of St Louis; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Kiltimagh or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Louis Community School had 701 pupils in 2025/26, against 694 in 2015/16 (+1%). Girls are 49% of them. Its roll rose in 9 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 Community 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 Community 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 Community 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 Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Louis Community 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: St Louis Community School has grown by 20% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kiltimagh together changed by +17%.
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 St Louis Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +20%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Louis Community School | 701 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Balla Secondary School | 476 | +42% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Muire Agus Padraig | 394 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 402 | +6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 404 | −4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 482 | +3% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyhaunis Community School | 717 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
The other 19 post-primary schools in Co. Mayo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Community College | 223 | +44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Davitt College | 902 | +27% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 542 | −9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St. Geralds College | 688 | +11% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Ballinrobe Community School | 865 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 95 | −41% | Catholic | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Moyne College | 221 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Muredachs College | 403 | +14% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 551 | +16% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 541 | −6% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Rice College | 615 | +34% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Sacred Heart School | 530 | −3% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St. Tiernan's College | 253 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| St. Patrick's College | 181 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 571 | +19% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Acla | 232 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Colaiste Chomain | 29 | −40% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 71 km |
| St. Brendan's College | 357 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| Our Lady's Secondary School | 265 | +37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
Living in Kiltimagh
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F12 Eircode area
Housing in Kiltimagh →The median sale price rose from €180,000 in 2023 to €205,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F12 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Mayo
Cost of living in Kiltimagh →New tenancies in Co. Mayo averaged €1,117 a month in 2025, against €1,002 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Kiltimagh, F12 RP76
Post-primary schools near St Louis Community 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 Community School
Is St Louis Community 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 Community School have?
701 pupils in 2025/26. That is +20% since 2019/20.
Does St Louis Community School teach through Irish?
No: St Louis Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Louis Community School?
St Louis Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim ETB & Sisters of St Louis.
How do pupils get a place at St Louis Community 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 Community School?
The nearest are Balla Secondary School (10 km), Scoil Muire Agus Padraig (11 km) and Coláiste Cholmáin (13 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 Kiltimagh; 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).