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S.N. Baile Raighin

PrimaryChurch of IrelandSpecial classes

Letterkenny, Co. Donegal · F92 CX29 · Roll number 19411C

S.N. Baile Raighin is one of 9 primary schools in or within 3 km of Letterkenny. Every school in and around Letterkenny →

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Pupils
215
September, 2025/26
107 girls, 108 boys
Since 2019/20
−9%
from 236 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Church of Ireland
Patron: Joint patronage between Bishop of Derry & Raphoe COI and the Presbytery of Derry & Donegal
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Baile Raighin

  • 215 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.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is Joint patronage between Bishop of Derry & Raphoe COI and the Presbytery of Derry & Donegal; its ethos is Church of Ireland.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Baile Raighin had 215 pupils in 2025/26, down from 222 in 2015/16 (−3%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 236, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

0601201802403002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Baile Raighin

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 S.N. Baile Raighin 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 S.N. Baile Raighin

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 S.N. Baile Raighin

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

Families apply to S.N. Baile Raighin 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.

Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.

Pupils
215
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−9%
from 236 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Baile Raighin has shrunk by 9% since 2019/20. All the schools around Letterkenny together changed by +18%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Baile Raighin−9%
The primary schools around Letterkenny+10%
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.

Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than S.N. Baile Raighin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −9%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Baile Raighin215
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480
Scoil Choilmcille659
St Patricks426
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410
S N Talamh na Coille467
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓1.1 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish1.9 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓2 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish2.4 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish2.5 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish3.8 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓6 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓6.2 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish6.4 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓6.7 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓7.5 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish7.7 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish9.5 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish9.8 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish10 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓11 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish12 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish13 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓13 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓13 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish13 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓16 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish18 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish18 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish19 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓22 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓22 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓23 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish26 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish26 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish26 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish36 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish41 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish42 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish42 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish44 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓45 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish46 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish48 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish49 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish49 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish51 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish51 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish54 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓55 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish58 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓58 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓59 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish60 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓64 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓66 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓70 km
Living nearby

Living in Letterkenny

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

Median sale price
€188,000
1,019 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,138
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the F92 Eircode area

Housing in Letterkenny →

The median sale price rose from €188,000 in 2023 to €214,000 in 2025 (+14%).

2023€188,000
2024€208,000
2025€214,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€327,700
Second-hand homes€182,800

Property Price Register sales in the F92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Letterkenny

Cost of living in Letterkenny →

New tenancies in Letterkenny averaged €1,138 a month in 2025, against €1,043 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,043
2025€1,138

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

Location

Directions ↗

Letterkenny, F92 CX29

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Baile Raighin

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

Letterkenny Educate Together NS
Primary · Multi-denominational
DEISSpecial classes
420 pupils+43% since 2019/201.1 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal
Primary · Catholic
480 pupils+11% since 2019/201.9 km
Scoil Choilmcille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
659 pupils+82% since 2019/202 km
St Patricks N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
426 pupils−6% since 2019/202.4 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
410 pupils−12% since 2019/202.5 km
S N Talamh na Coille
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
467 pupils−2% since 2019/203.8 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 19411C

Questions about S.N. Baile Raighin

Is S.N. Baile Raighin 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 S.N. Baile Raighin have?

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

Does S.N. Baile Raighin teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Baile Raighin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Baile Raighin?

S.N. Baile Raighin has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Joint patronage between Bishop of Derry & Raphoe COI and the Presbytery of Derry & Donegal.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Baile Raighin?

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 S.N. Baile Raighin?

The nearest are Letterkenny Educate Together NS (1.1 km), S.N. Muire Gan Smal (1.9 km) and Scoil Choilmcille (2 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 Letterkenny; 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).