Elphin Community College
Elphin, Castlerea, Co Roscommon · F45 NF83 · Roll number 72280O
Elphin Community College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Elphin. Every school in and around Elphin →
What stands out about Elphin Community College
- A small post-primary school: 206 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 206 pupils, 27% more than the 162 of 2019/20.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Galway & Roscommon ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Elphin or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Elphin Community College had 206 pupils in 2025/26, against 132 in 2015/16 (+56%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Elphin Community 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 Elphin Community 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 Elphin Community 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 Elphin Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Elphin Community 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Elphin Community College has grown by 27% since 2019/20. All the schools around Elphin together changed by +8%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Elphin Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +27%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elphin Community College | 206 | +27% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Scoil Mhuire | 671 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Community School | 686 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Abbey Community College | 620 | +51% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Castlerea Community School | 389 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Mohill Community College | 531 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Mercy College | 505 | −1% | Catholic | English | 24 km |
The other 4 post-primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.B.S. Roscommon | 450 | +18% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Roscommon Community College | 603 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Nathy's College | 687 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Coláiste Chiaráin | 1,040 | +127% | Catholic | English | 50 km |
Living in Elphin
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F45 Eircode area
Housing in Elphin →The median sale price rose from €135,000 in 2023 to €155,000 in 2025 (+15%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Roscommon
Cost of living in Elphin →New tenancies in Co. Roscommon averaged €1,092 a month in 2025, against €1,000 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Elphin, F45 NF83
Post-primary schools near Elphin Community College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Elphin Community College
Is Elphin Community 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 Elphin Community College have?
206 pupils in 2025/26. That is +27% since 2019/20.
Does Elphin Community College teach through Irish?
No: Elphin Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Elphin Community College?
Elphin Community College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Galway & Roscommon ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Elphin Community 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 Elphin Community College?
The nearest are Scoil Mhuire (9.5 km), Community School (14 km) and Abbey Community College (15 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 Elphin; 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).