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Borris Mxd N.S.

PrimaryCatholic

Lower Main Street, Borris, Co. Carlow · R95 RH6F · Roll number 00651R

Borris Mxd N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Borris. Every school in and around Borris →

Pupils
196
September, 2025/26
98 girls, 98 boys
Since 2019/20
−9%
from 215 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Borris Mxd N.S.

  • 196 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−9%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
  • The only primary school in Borris or within 3 km of it.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Borris Mxd N.S. had 196 pupils in 2025/26, down from 211 in 2015/16 (−7%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 215, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

0601201802402015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Borris Mxd N.S.

Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.

What the Department of Education does publish for Borris Mxd N.S. is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.

Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Borris Mxd N.S.

The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗

Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.

Getting in

Getting a place at Borris Mxd N.S.

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Borris Mxd N.S. directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.

A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.

Pupils
196
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−9%
from 215 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Borris Mxd N.S. has shrunk by 9% since 2019/20. All the schools around Borris together changed by +1%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Borris Mxd−9%
The primary schools around Borris−9%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Borris Mxd N.S. has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −9%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.

Borris Mxd196
St Patrick's32
Skeaghvastheen85
Baile an Chuilinn126
Scoil Nais Mhichil42
Goresbridge68
S.N. Muire Gan Smal148
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Borris Mxd N.S.196−9%CatholicEnglish
St Patrick's National School32−22%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
Skeaghvastheen N.S.85−13%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
Baile an Chuilinn N.S.126+5%CatholicEnglish5.5 km
Scoil Nais Mhichil42−16%CatholicEnglish6 km
Goresbridge N.S.68−23%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal148−8%CatholicEnglish✓6.6 km
The other 37 primary schools in Co. Carlow
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Nais Mhuire59−19%CatholicEnglish8.5 km
S.N. Nmh Fhingin34−6%CatholicEnglish✓9.8 km
Scoil N Moling-Glynn51−2%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Bridgets Monastery Boys Senior School134−9%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St Marys N.S.90−15%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Queen of Universe N.S.253−2%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
S.N. Fhoirtcheirn/Fhinin106−12%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Newtown Dunleckney Mxd144−1%CatholicEnglish14 km
St Brendans N.S.30+30%CatholicEnglish14 km
St Laserians Mxd N.S.182+3%CatholicEnglish15 km
Our Lady's National School26−24%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Nais Molaise123+15%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Cill Damhain87−16%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Peadar agus Pol239−15%CatholicEnglish19 km
Ballinabranna Mxd N.S.184−6%CatholicEnglish21 km
S N Cluain na nGall146+13%CatholicEnglish21 km
Fr Cullen Memorial N.S.231+21%CatholicEnglish22 km
Rathoe N.S.175−1%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Muire Gan Smal61−6%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Ceatharlach137+3%Church of IrelandEnglish25 km
Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc444−7%CatholicAll in Irish26 km
S.N. Muire Lourdes195−22%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Phadraig Naofa150−40%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Bennekerry National School377−11%CatholicEnglish26 km
St Columbas N.S.93+58%Church of IrelandEnglish✓26 km
Holy Family National School592–CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S N Naomh Fhiach570−3%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal345−17%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa111−19%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys Snr Sch165−34%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Nais Bhride190−15%CatholicEnglish28 km
Carlow Educate Together NS389+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓28 km
Ballyconnell N.S.199+20%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Fiontain Naofa41+58%CatholicEnglish31 km
St Patricks N.S.207−2%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
St Josephs N.S.149+3%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Treasa Naomha52−26%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Living nearby

Living in Borris

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€197,000
41 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,316
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Carlow

Homes in the R95 Eircode area

Housing in Borris →

The median sale price rose from €289,400 in 2023 to €351,700 in 2025 (+22%).

2023€289,400
2024€325,000
2025€351,700

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€385,600
Second-hand homes€276,500

Property Price Register sales in the R95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Carlow

Cost of living in Borris →

New tenancies in Co. Carlow averaged €1,316 a month in 2025, against €1,199 in 2024 (+10%).

2024€1,199
2025€1,316

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Borris, R95 RH6F

Nearby

Primary schools near Borris Mxd N.S.

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Borris Mxd N.S.

Is Borris Mxd N.S. a good school?

We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.

How many pupils does Borris Mxd N.S. have?

196 pupils in 2025/26. That is −9% since 2019/20.

Does Borris Mxd N.S. teach through Irish?

No: Borris Mxd N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Borris Mxd N.S.?

Borris Mxd N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.

How do pupils get a place at Borris Mxd N.S.?

Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.

Which schools of the same kind are near Borris Mxd N.S.?

The nearest are St Patrick's National School (5.1 km), Skeaghvastheen N.S. (5.1 km) and Baile an Chuilinn N.S. (5.5 km).

Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Borris; nothing here rates the school.

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).