St Raphaels College

The facts

Special classes

1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:

• 1 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Loughrea. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.

Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district H62 (Loughrea) was €335,000 in 2025. That is up 71.8% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Loughrea Urban at 0.31 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 40% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

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Other schools in Loughrea

• Ballymana N S Primary school, Galway
• Gaelscoil Riabhach Primary school, Galway
• Kilchreest Central Sch Primary school, Galway
• S N Aindreis Naofa Primary school, Galway
• S N Breandain Naofa Primary school, Galway
• S N Cill Cuile Primary school, Galway
• S N Cill Richill Primary school, Galway
• S N Cillini Dioma Primary school, Galway
• S N Ide Naofa Primary school, Galway
• S N Seosamh Naofa Primary school, Galway
• Scoil Naomh Eanna Primary school, Galway
• St Brendans N S Primary school, Galway