Ballyea Mixed N.S.
Ballyea, Darragh, Ennis, Co. Clare · V95 Y025 · Roll number 13418J
Ballyea Mixed N.S. is one of 12 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ennis. Every school in and around Ennis →
What stands out about Ballyea Mixed N.S.
- 212 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+2%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ennis’s outline, 3.8 km away; listed with Ennis, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Ballyea Mixed N.S. had 212 pupils in 2025/26, against 196 in 2015/16 (+8%). Girls are 45% of them. Its largest roll was 224, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Ballyea Mixed 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 Ballyea Mixed 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.
Inspection reports on Ballyea Mixed 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 a place at Ballyea Mixed N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ballyea Mixed 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Ballyea Mixed N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+2%). All the schools around Ennis together changed by +1%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 3 have more pupils than Ballyea Mixed N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +2%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | ||
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.7 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 35 km |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 61 km |
Living in Ennis
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Homes in the V95 Eircode area
Housing in Ennis →The median sale price rose from €251,500 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+27%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ennis
Cost of living in Ennis →New tenancies in Ennis averaged €1,157 a month in 2025, against €1,095 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ennis, V95 Y025
Primary schools near Ballyea Mixed 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 Ballyea Mixed N.S.
Is Ballyea Mixed 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 Ballyea Mixed N.S. have?
212 pupils in 2025/26. That is +2% since 2019/20.
Does Ballyea Mixed N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Ballyea Mixed N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ballyea Mixed N.S.?
Ballyea Mixed N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.
How do pupils get a place at Ballyea Mixed 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 Ballyea Mixed N.S.?
The nearest are Inch N.S. (4.7 km), S N Chathair Aodha (5.2 km) and Clarecastle National School (5.4 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 Ennis; 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).