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School · Primary · Inter DenominationaliSource and licenceSource: Department of Education (Ireland), Data on Individual Schools 2025/26, as held on the WhatSchool platforms. Independent edition, not affiliated with the Department. Boards of management are not held in this dataset.How we handle data

How Ireland performs in international assessments

iScores are on each study's own scale. Rank is among participating countries.

These are national results. Individual schools may differ a great deal, and the Department of Education does not publish exam results for individual schools.

492PISA mathematics (2022)rank 11 of 81OECD average 500
516PISA reading (2022)rank 3 of 81OECD average 500
504PISA science (2022)rank 11 of 81OECD average 500

TIMSS and PIRLSiOECD PISA 2022; IEA TIMSS 2019; IEA PIRLS 2021, as held on WhatSchool.

AssessmentYearScoreRank
PIRLS reading, grade 420215772 of 56
TIMSS mathematics, grade 420195488 of 58
TIMSS mathematics, grade 820195247 of 39
TIMSS science, grade 4201952818 of 57
TIMSS science, grade 8201952310 of 39

School results

No school-level results are published

Irish schools do not publish league tables. Inspections by the Department of Education Inspectorate are reported in school inspection reports.

Department of Education (gov.ie)