Athboy Community School
ATHBOY, CO MEATH · C15 XY73 · Roll number 91517D
Athboy Community School is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Athboy. Every school in and around Athboy →
What stands out about Athboy Community School
- 681 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 681 pupils, 16% more than the 588 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 Louth & Meath ETB & Bishop of Meath; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Athboy Community School had 681 pupils in 2025/26, against 591 in 2015/16 (+15%). Girls are 44% 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 Athboy 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 Athboy 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 Athboy 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 Athboy Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Athboy 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: Athboy Community School has grown by 16% since 2019/20. All the schools around Athboy 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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 4 have more pupils than Athboy Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +16%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athboy Community School | 681 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn | 140 | +9% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 3.6 km | |
| St Ciaran's Community School | 619 | −4% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 814 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Eureka Secondary School | 735 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Boyne Community School | 1,008 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Patrick's Classical School | 967 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km |
The other 17 post-primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph's Secondary School, Navan, | 682 | −7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Beaufort College | 926 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 920 | +14% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste na Mí | 913 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Coláiste Clavin | 519 | +40% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Oliver Post Primary | 630 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| O'Carolan College | 725 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Enfield Community College | 684 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Community College Dunshaughlin | 1,120 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste Rioga | 267 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Ratoath College | 1,132 | +6% | Inter-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| De Lacy College | 929 | +68% | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Ashbourne Community School | 1,109 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| St Peter's College | 1,214 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Laytown & Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School | 520 | +1,344% | Multi-denominational | English | 42 km | |
| Colaiste na hInse | 1,021 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | 45 km | |
| Franciscan College | 321 | −26% | Catholic | English | 45 km |
Living in Athboy
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the C15 Eircode area
Housing in Athboy →The median sale price rose from €340,000 in 2023 to €375,000 in 2025 (+10%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the C15 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Athboy
Cost of living in Athboy →New tenancies in Athboy averaged €1,249 a month in 2025, against €1,178 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Athboy, C15 XY73
Post-primary schools near Athboy 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 Athboy Community School
Is Athboy 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 Athboy Community School have?
681 pupils in 2025/26. That is +16% since 2019/20.
Does Athboy Community School teach through Irish?
No: Athboy Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Athboy Community School?
Athboy Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Louth & Meath ETB & Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Athboy 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 Athboy Community School?
The nearest are Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn (3.6 km), St Ciaran's Community School (11 km) and Scoil Mhuire (12 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 Athboy; 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).