TWO Tralee schools have a 100 per cent rate of students progressing to third level colleges according to data released on Schooldays.ie
They are named as Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí and Tralee Community College (Coláiste Gleann Lí).
The data gives a breakdown of where 2015 Leaving Certificate students went to college this autumn.
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In Tralee 477 students completed the Leaving Cert last June with 408 of them moving onto third level education.
Unsurprisingly the majority of new college students went to the Institute of Technology Tralee (125). Behind the ITT was University College Cork (88) followed by University of Limerick (56) and Cork Institute of Technology (26).
Five other Kerry schools have a 100% rate. They are, Coláiste Ide, Dingle, Listowel Community College, Presentation Secondary Listowel, St Joseph’s Secondary in Ballybunion and Mean Scoil Nua An Leith Triuighin Castlegregory.
Full breakdown of college places as follows…
Mercy Mounthawk
Total sitting Leaving Cert 2015: 177 – Total of main colleges 157
UCD 3 , DCU 2 , TCD 4 , UCC 42 , NUIG 15 , UL 22 , DIT 2 , Carlow IT 1 , Cork IT 14 , Galway Mayo 1 , LIT 3 , Sligo 1 , Tralee 43 , Waterford 2 , Mary Immaculate College 2
CBS The Green
Total sitting Leaving Cert 2015: 119 – Total of main colleges 80
UCD 2 , TCD 4 , UCC 14 , NUIG 3 , UL 14 , Cork IT 5 , Galway Mayo 1 , LIT 3 , Sligo 1 , Tralee 29 , Waterford 1 , Mary Immaculate College 3
Presentation Secondary School
Total sitting Leaving Cert 2015: 100 – Total of main colleges 97.
UCD 2 , DCU 1 , TCD 8 , UCC 25 , NUIG 9 , NUIM 2 , UL 8 , Cork IT 5 , Galway Mayo 2 , LIT 1 , Tralee 17 , Waterford 3 , Mary Immaculate College 14
Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí
Total sitting Leaving Cert 2015: 47 – Total of main colleges 47
UCD 3 , TCD 5 , UCC 7 , NUIG 3 , UL 11 , Cork IT 2 , LIT 2 , Tralee 13 , Mary Immaculate College 1
Colaiste Gleann Li
Total sitting Leaving Cert 2015: 23 – Total of main colleges 27.
DCU 1 , UL 1 , Dundalk 2 , Tralee 23
Some schools have a rate over 100 per cent as some colleges use different methods in compiling data which can lead to double counting.