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The facts

What DEIS means here

DEIS Rural. This is the rural strand: extra literacy and numeracy support, School Completion Programme access and enhanced capitation. It does not carry reduced class sizes.

Added to DEIS in the 2022 expansion, so its supports are relatively recent.

Worth knowing: several things people associate with DEIS are now available in every school. Schoolbooks are free at primary and post-primary regardless of DEIS status, and since 2025 all primary schools are eligible for the hot school meals programme. What remains specific to DEIS is the staffing — reduced class sizes in Urban Band 1, the Home School Community Liaison coordinator, School Completion Programme access and enhanced capitation.

Band as published in the Department's DEIS list, last revised 2022-10-12.

What DEIS is, band by band, HEAR college entry, and whether it says anything about how good a school is →

The area around this school

School planning area: Causeway. 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 V92 (Tralee) was €270,000 in 2025. That is up 68.8% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Lixnaw at -3.78 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 30% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Other schools in Causeway

• Ballyduff National School Primary school, Kerry
• Causeway Comprehensive School Secondary school, Kerry
• Freastogail Mhuire Mxd Primary school, Kerry
• S N Bhaile An Chrosaigh Primary school, Kerry
• S N Cill Lúraigh Primary school, Kerry
• S N Mhuire De Lourdes Primary school, Kerry
• S N Naomh Eirc Primary school, Kerry
• S N Sliabh A Mhadra Primary school, Kerry
• S N Treasa Naofa Mxd Primary school, Kerry
• Scoil Chriost Ri Primary school, Kerry
• Scoil Naomh Erc Primary school, Kerry
• Scoil Naomh Iosef Primary school, Kerry