Coláiste Rioga
Dunshaughlin, Meath · A85 KF64 · Roll number 76614O
Coláiste Rioga is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Dunshaughlin. Every school in and around Dunshaughlin →
What stands out about Coláiste Rioga
- A small post-primary school: 267 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- On the lists since 2021/22: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Louth & Meath ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2021/22 to 2025/26Coláiste Rioga had 267 pupils in 2025/26, against 11 in 2021/22 (+2,327%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 4 of the 4 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Coláiste Rioga
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 Coláiste Rioga 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 Coláiste Rioga
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 Coláiste Rioga
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Rioga 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.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Coláiste Rioga.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Rioga | 267 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Community College Dunshaughlin | 1,120 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.4 km | |
| Ratoath College | 1,132 | +6% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.2 km | |
| De Lacy College | 929 | +68% | Multi-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| Ashbourne Community School | 1,109 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Peter's College | 1,214 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Maynooth Community College | 1,013 | +66% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km |
The other 18 post-primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne Community School | 1,008 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Coláiste na Mí | 913 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 814 | −1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Beaufort College | 926 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 920 | +14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School, Navan, | 682 | −7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Patrick's Classical School | 967 | +7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Enfield Community College | 684 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Franciscan College | 321 | −26% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn | 140 | +9% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Coláiste Clavin | 519 | +40% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Laytown & Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School | 520 | +1,344% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Athboy Community School | 681 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Colaiste na hInse | 1,021 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| St Ciaran's Community School | 619 | −4% | Inter-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Eureka Secondary School | 735 | +5% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| O'Carolan College | 725 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| St Oliver Post Primary | 630 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 51 km |
Living in Dunshaughlin
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A85 Eircode area
Housing in Dunshaughlin →The median sale price rose from €420,000 in 2023 to €460,000 in 2025 (+10%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A85 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Dunshaughlin
Cost of living in Dunshaughlin →New tenancies in Dunshaughlin averaged €1,850 a month in 2025, against €1,658 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Dunshaughlin, A85 KF64
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Rioga
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Rioga
Is Coláiste Rioga 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 Coláiste Rioga have?
267 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Coláiste Rioga teach through Irish?
No: Coláiste Rioga teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coláiste Rioga?
Coláiste Rioga has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Louth & Meath ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Rioga?
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 Coláiste Rioga?
The nearest are Community College Dunshaughlin (1.4 km), Ratoath College (5.2 km) and De Lacy College (8 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 Dunshaughlin; 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).