St Paul's Community College
Browne's Road, Waterford City · X91 TX24 · Roll number 72241E
St Paul's Community College is one of 9 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Lisduggan. Every school in and around Lisduggan →
What stands out about St Paul's Community College
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 792 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 792 pupils, 46% more than the 541 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.
- 299 girls and 493 boys: more of one than the other.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the To be decided ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Paul's Community College had 792 pupils in 2025/26, against 489 in 2015/16 (+62%). Girls are 38% 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 Paul's 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 St Paul's 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 St Paul's 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 St Paul's Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Paul's 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.
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: St Paul's Community College has grown by 46% since 2019/20. All the schools around Lisduggan together changed by +4%.
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, 2 have more pupils than St Paul's Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +46%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's Community College | 792 | +46% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 458 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.7 km |
| Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School | 479 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford | 494 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| St Angela's Secondary School | 937 | −0% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| De La Salle College | 1,023 | −5% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Waterpark College | 621 | +19% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km |
The other 10 post-primary schools in Co. Waterford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown School | 415 | +2% | Quaker | English | 2.5 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge | 146 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.9 km | |
| Ardscoil na Mara | 1,227 | +3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Declan's Community College | 783 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Augustines College | 1,069 | +42% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Meánscoil San Nioclás | 159 | +11% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 37 km |
| Ardscoil na nDéise | 265 | −18% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 338 | −8% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Dungarvan College-Coláiste Dhún Garbhán | 247 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Blackwater Community School | 943 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 56 km |
Living in Lisduggan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the X91 Eircode area
Housing in Lisduggan →The median sale price rose from €265,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the X91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Lisduggan
Cost of living in Lisduggan →New tenancies in Lisduggan averaged €1,316 a month in 2025, against €1,185 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Lisduggan, X91 TX24
Post-primary schools near St Paul's 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 St Paul's Community College
Is St Paul's 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 St Paul's Community College have?
792 pupils in 2025/26. That is +46% since 2019/20.
Does St Paul's Community College teach through Irish?
No: St Paul's Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Paul's Community College?
St Paul's Community College has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is To be decided ETB.
How do pupils get a place at St Paul's 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 St Paul's Community College?
The nearest are Presentation Secondary School (0.7 km), Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School (1.2 km) and C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford (1.5 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 Lisduggan; 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).