Bottom of the School League Tables

Posted on March 17th, 2008 in Dundalk, Education, Enniscorthy, Living in Ireland, Schools, Templemore, Thomastown, Worst Places in Ireland by census-analysis

The 2007 figures on Irish leaving cert pupils and entry figures for Irish third level institutions show that the average percentage of students going into 3rd level education in Ireland is 75%. (This does not include those going to UK or abroad)

There are some schoools where less than 60% of pupils went into Irish 3rd level education.
These schools are:

St Joseph’s Secondary, An Uaimh, Co Meath
Gormanston College, Co Meath
St Caimin’s Community School, Shannon, Co. Clare
Community College, Esker, Co Dublin
Castleblayney College, Co. Monaghan
Our Lady’s Secondary, Templemore, Co Tipperary
Brigidine Convent, Mountrath, Co Laoise
CBS, Colaiste Eamonn Ris, Wexford
Grennan College, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny
St Mary’s College, Dundalk, Co Louth
Mount Temple Comprehensive, Dublin 3
Killina Secondary School, Rahan, Co Offaly
St Brendan’s College, Belmullet, Co Mayo
Deutsche Schule, St. Kilian’s, Dublin 14
St. Fintan’s High School, Sutton, Dublin 13
Gairm Scoil, Athenry, Co Galway
Castleknock Community College, Dublin 15
Vocational School, Borris, Carlow
Eureka Secondary, Kells, Co Meath
Colaiste Bride, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford
Kylemore Abbey, Co. Galway

Figures:

Each year the Irish Times puts together some figures of each secondary school’s Leaving Cert students and combines them with figures from Third Level institutions in Ireland . . The Universities and Colleges record which school the first year students were enrolled at in the previous year. The two sets of figures combined give us some idea of the percentages of Leaving Cert students from each school that are entering Third Level education in Ireland. A league table is produced of all the secondary schools in Ireland . Of course - these figures are not a full indication of a schools’ performance - but it is all we have. The figures don’t include students who go on to Universities outside the Republic of Ireland. But in the absence of any Irish Government school performance figures - it is all we have to help pick out schools that might be better or worse than others at preparing students for qualifying for entry to University or other 3rd level education.

Best Secondary Schools in Ireland.

Posted on March 17th, 2008 in Abbeyfeale, Ballinasloe, Bandon, Bantry, Best Places in Ireland, Carlow, Carrick-on-Suir, Charleville, Claremorris, Cork City, Education, Galway City, Letterkenny, Limerick City, Listowel, Living in Ireland, Roscommon, Schools, Sligo, Tralee, Tuam, Tullamore by census-analysis

How are the figures obtained?

Each year the Irish Times puts together some figures of each secondary school’s Leaving Cert students and combines them with figures from Third Level institutions in Ireland . . The Universities and Colleges record which school the first year students were enrolled at in the previous year. The two sets of figures combined give us some idea of the percentages of Leaving Cert students from each school that are entering Third Level education in Ireland. A league table is produced of all the secondary schools in Ireland . Of course - these figures are not a full indication of a schools’ performance - but it is all we have. The figures don’t include students who go on to Universities outside the Republic of Ireland. But in the absence of any Irish Government school performance figures - it is all we have to help pick out schools that might be better or worse than others at preparing students for qualifying for entry to University or other 3rd level education.

The 2007 figures showed a few schools with 100% of Leaving Cert pupils going on to third level in Ireland.

Coláiste Iosagain, Stillorgan, Co Dublin
Yeats College, Galway
Jesus & Mary Secondary School, Salthill, Galway
St Joseph’s, Nun’s Island, Galway
Tralee Community College, Co Kerry
St Francis Capuchin College, Rochestown, Cork
Scoil Na Mbraithre, Charleville, Co Cork
Coláiste Eoin, Stillorgan, Co Dublin
Colaiste Na Coiribe, Tuam Rd, Galway
Institute of Education, Dublin 2
CBS, Mitchelstown, Co Cork
Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, Co Galway
Scoil Mhuire, Sydney Place, Cork
Colaiste Mhuire, Ballygar, Co Galway
St Ita’s, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick
Coláiste Iascaigh, Easkey, Co Sligo

Galway and Cork schools seemed to do well in this schools league table .

Other top schools with over 90% entry to Irish 3rd level institutions

Blackrock College, Co Dublin
Scoil Mhuire, Carrick On Suir, Co Tipperary
Mount Mercy College, Cork
Loreto High School, Beaufort, Dublin 14
St Joseph of Cluny, Killiney, Co Dublin
Loreto, Foxrock, Dublin 18
Gaelcholaiste Cheatharlach, Easca, Carlow
Hamilton High School, Bandon, Co Cork
Gonzaga College, Dublin 6
CBC, Monkstown, Co Dublin
Scoil Damhnait, Achill, Co Mayo
Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ, Limerick
Mount Anville School, Dublin 14
Colaiste An Phiarsaigh, Glanmire, Cork
St Vincent’s, Dundalk, Co Louth
Loreto College, St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2
Tarbert Comprehensive, Co Kerry
Presentation College, Mardyke, Cork
Terenure College, Dublin 6w
Glenstal Abbey, Co Limerick
The Teresian School, Dublin 4
Summerhill College, Sligo
L. S. U., Our Lady’s Bower, Athlone, Co Westmeath
Mean Scoil Na Toirbhirte, An Daingean, Co Kerry
St Mary’s College, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Mount St Michael, Claremorris, Co Mayo
Clochar Loreto, Letterkeny, Co Donegal
CBS, Roscommon
Muckross Park College, Dublin 4
Community School, Dunmore, Tuam, Co Galway
Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co Cork
St Andrew’s College, Blackrock, Co Dublin
Colaiste Iognaid, Galway
Presentation Secondary, Listowel, Co Kerry
St Gerard’s, Bray, Co Wicklow
Ursuline College, Finisklin, Sligo
Colaiste Choilm, Tullamore, Co Offaly
Gaelcholaiste Chiarrai, Tralee, Co Kerry
Ardscoil Mhuire, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Cistercian College, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Sandford Park School, Dublin 6
St. Louis Community School, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
Ard Scoil Phobal Bheanntrai, Bantry, Co Cork
Coláiste Daibhéid, An T-Ardán Theas, Corcaigh

New Ross 5th Worst Town

Posted on March 5th, 2008 in Census, Employment, Living in Ireland, New Ross, Rathangan, Worst Places in Ireland by census-analysis

New Ross came fifth in our top 20 Worst towns in Ireland . Our chart was based on census figures from 2006 and used statistics on Education, Housing, Lone Parents, IT, Unemployment to analyse all the towns with populations over 1500.At the 2006 census - the population of New Ross was 7709 .The  unemployment rate in New Ross was 9.86% and was the 5th highest rate of unemployment in Ireland
In New Ross - 4.9% of the workforce are unable to work because of disability or ill health - which is slightly above over the national average of 4.71% .

Most workers in New Ross are are employed in manufacturing (15.86% of the workforce)

Lone parents- make up 24.4% of all households in New Ross well above the National average of 19.29%

Housing: Local Authority rented homes make up 16.56% of the dwelling units in New Ross - the fourh highest  percentage in the country behind Rathangan, Lonford and Rathnew.
Rented homes in New Ross make up 40.37% of all homes in the town - 50% above the average for Ireland of 28.1%.
26.27% of houses in New Ross are owned outright - with no mortgage outstanding - just below the average for Ireland as a whole.

Central Heating is not installed in 16.56% of all dwellings in New Ross - which is 50% worse than the national averageof 10.22%.
Information Technology. : 46.48% of households own personal computers in New Ross - compared to 53.3% nationally. But 18.5% had broadband at the last census - not much lower than the Irish average at the time of 20.18% .
Also - 56.75% of homes had no internet access at all in New Ross - compared to the average of 51%

Education : 18.8% of the people living in New Ross - were only educated to primary school level or had no  formal education at all. This is very close to the national average of 16.72%.
People with a third level degree or a higher qualification - make up just 11.43% of the New Ross  workforce - which is about two thirds of the national average of 16.57%.
Community involvement in New Ross is just below the average for the country. In New Ross 14.2%  of the over 15s said they carry out some sort of voluntary work compared to the national average of 15.42%

The percentage of people with a disability in New Ross is below the national average of 9.8% at 9.3%.

Carrick on Suir - another bad Tipperary Town?

Posted on March 5th, 2008 in Best Places in Ireland, Carrick-on-Suir, Housing, Ireland, Living in Ireland, People, Worst Places in Ireland by census-analysis

Carrick-on-Suir was the fourth worst town in our chart of the worst place to live in Ireland . Based on census 2006 information we have compiled a top 20 list of the best and worst places to live in  Ireland. Of course people will disagree with these positions - but they are based on facts and figures like unemployment, housing, lone parents and education.At the 2006 census 2006 - the population of Carrick-on-Suir was 5906 .The unemployment rate was 9.59% -  this compares badly with a National Average of 5.92% and was the 6th highest rate of unemployment in Ireland
In Carrick-on-Suir - 6.66% of the workforce are unable to work because of disability or ill health - which is  over the national average of 4.71% .
Of those people in work - the largest proportion are employed in manufacturing (20% of the workforce) .Lone parent households in Carrick-on-Suir- make up 26.86% of all households. This is the 5th highest in Ireland and about 25% above the National average of 19.29%

Local Authority rented homes make up 15.57% of the dwelling units in Carrick-on-Suir - the ninth highest percentage in Ireland.
Rented homes make up 34.45% of all homes in Carrick-on-Suir - slightly above the average for Ireland of 28.1%.
28% of occupied houses in Carrick-on-Suir are owned outright - with no mortgage outstanding - the same as the average for Ireland as a whole.

Heating: 10.93% of all dwellings in Carrick-on-Suir have no central heating - which is aroud the same as the rest of the country (10.22%).
I.T. : 40.98% of households own personal computers in Carrick-on-Suir - compared to 53.3% nationally. Only 13.6% had broadband at the last census - much lower than the Irish average at the time of 20.18% . Also - 67.4% of homes had no internet access at all in Carrick-on-Suir - compared to the average of 51%

Education : 22.43% of the people living in Carrick-on-Suir - only went as far as primary school or had no formal education at all. This is very close to 40% above the national average of 16.72%.
People with a third level degree or a higher qualification - make up just 6.76% of the Carrick-on-Suir workforce - which is less than half the national average of 16.57%

Community involvement in Carrick-on-Suir is just below the average for the country. In Carrick-on-Suir 15.3% of the over 15s said they carry out some sort of voluntary work compared to the national average of 15.42%

The percentage of people with a disability in Carrick-on-Suir is above the national average of 9.8% at 12.2%.

Income Levels in Ireland

Posted on March 5th, 2008 in Employment, Living in Ireland by census-analysis

The CSO - Central Statistics Office released some figures on disposable income levels in Ireland . (Income after Tax and PRSI) The figures are from 2005.County Dublin residents have the highest income levels in the country at 22793 euro per annum. Donegal residents seem to be the poorest with an annual disposable income of 16546 Euro. This is just 72% of the Dublin income levels.

Income Figures per year in Euros by County

22793 Dublin
21186 Kildare
20482 Limerick
20187 Wicklow
20164 Irish Average
20034 Cork
19921 Louth
19719 Meath
19597 Waterford
19413 North Tipperary
19355 Galway
19290 Sligo
18969 South Tipperary
18957 Westmeath
18806 Longford
18722 Clare
18706 Monaghan
18324 Leitrim
18289 Offaly
18099 Laois
18051 Cavan
18040 Wexford
18037 Roscommon
18032 Kilkenny
17879 Mayo
17733 Carlow
17364 Kerry
16546 Donegal