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Tank Road, Ramelton, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal · F92 WT21 · Roll number 18251B
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ramelton. Every school in and around Ramelton →
What stands out about Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton
- A small primary school: 32 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- The smallest of the 4 primary schools around Ramelton.
- Its patron is Presbytery of Derry & Donegal; its ethos is Presbyterian.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton had 32 pupils in 2025/26, against 30 in 2015/16 (+7%). Girls are 41% of them. Its largest roll was 32, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton
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 Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton 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 Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton
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 Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton 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.
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, 4 have more pupils than Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton | 32 | – | Presbyterian | English | ||
| Scoil Mhuire | 206 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.3 km |
| Browneknowe N.S. | 48 | −28% | Presbyterian | English | 3.2 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 68 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| Cashelshanaghan N.S. | 28 | +4% | Presbyterian | English | 4 km | |
| Portlean N.S. | 20 | −17% | Presbyterian | English | 5.8 km | |
| S N Talamh na Coille | 467 | −2% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km |
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh Fiachra | 519 | −6% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Scoil Naomh Proinnseas | 119 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Moyle N.S. | 81 | −7% | Presbyterian | English | 8.4 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 231 | +19% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Letterkenny Educate Together NS | 420 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 199 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Rathmullen N.S. | 119 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| S.N. Baile Raighin | 215 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Gaelscoil Adhamhnain | 410 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Ray N.S. | 51 | −20% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 480 | +11% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Choilmcille | 659 | +82% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Ceathru Caol | 53 | −47% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 24 | −23% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Cranford N.S. | 48 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 426 | −6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 127 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Garvans N.S. | 33 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Trianta | 33 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | 13 km | |
| St Muras N.S. | 189 | −12% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Glenmaquin N.S. | 21 | −9% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Monreagh N.S. | 48 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 37 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. an Leinbh Iosa | 84 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Drumfad N.S. | 35 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Scoil Iosagain | 779 | +0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St. Mura's National School | 26 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Caislean | 66 | +38% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha | 67 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Baoithin | 113 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Gartan N.S. | 19 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Naomh Aonghus | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Glenswilly N.S. | 262 | −4% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 136 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Raphoe Central N.S. | 185 | −6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Orans N.S. | 228 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Adhamhnain | 158 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Choluim | 30 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Davadogs N.S. | 27 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eighneach | 75 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Creeslough N.S. | 31 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 192 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 166 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. | 100 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Phádraig | 118 | −6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Glasain | 28 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 66 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 21 km |
| Scoil an tStratha Mhóir | 64 | −25% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Cuilm Cille | 38 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 64 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Baile Mor | 7 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Fothar | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iósaf | 45 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 162 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 64 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 196 | −1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál | 124 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| St Mary's National School | 155 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Domhnach Mor | 22 | −51% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S N na Croise Naofa | 33 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Dunfanaghy N.S. | 24 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Murroe National School | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille Naofa | 17 | −62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Robertson N.S. | 89 | +35% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Killygordan N.S. | 22 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B & C | 489 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. an Droim Mor | 229 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Naomh Treasa C | 52 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Baile an Bhailsig | 47 | +68% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| Dooish N.S. | 191 | −12% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Taodhbhog | 55 | +49% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill | 167 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S N na gCluainte | 96 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Gleann Coimhead | 57 | −34% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| SN Naomh Samhthann | 40 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| St Francis' National School | 132 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Gleneely N.S. | 45 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scoil Fhionáin | 204 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 31 km |
| S N Caiseal na gCorr | 44 | +2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. an Choimin | 54 | −30% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 32 km |
| Glentogher Con N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fionan | 199 | −12% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Gort an Choirce | 40 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Donaigh | 33 | +6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 121 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach | 124 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Naomh Bridhid | 92 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 163 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Scoil Naomh Colmchille | 186 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 28 | −22% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 35 km |
| S N Cnoc na Naomh | 87 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Naomh Dubhthach | 27 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Treasa Naofa | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Duchoraidh | 4 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 103 | +27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| Scoil Bhrighde | 28 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 118 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh | 40 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Adhamhnain | 131 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 97 | −16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 41 km |
| Naomh Bodain | 108 | +44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 57 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Loch an Iubhair | 25 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Chonaill | 107 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Dhubhthaigh | 91 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 42 km |
| Scoil Eoghan | 212 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Moville N.S. | 32 | −41% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill | 75 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid | 61 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich | 10 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| Scoil Cholmchille | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 18 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 45 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 133 | +8% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Francis N.S. | 159 | +2% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Chróine | 265 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird | 16 | −48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 42 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Min A Ghabhann N.S. | 39 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 155 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai | 14 | −52% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 49 km |
| S N na hAcrai | 70 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil an Linbh Íosa | 274 | +30% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Chill Coinnigh | 5 | −75% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil Roisin | 51 | −14% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 51 km |
| Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala | 219 | −8% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Glebe N.S. | 121 | +20% | Church of Ireland | English | 52 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri | 55 | −38% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 52 km | |
| St Riaghans N.S. | 26 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Naomh Adhamhnain | 123 | +62% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor I | 13 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 54 km |
| Gortnacart N.S. | 16 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 54 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Frosses N.S. | 77 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| St Conals | 68 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Scoil Naomh Peadar | 135 | +75% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Mhin Teineadh de | 21 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 56 km | |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor II | 21 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 56 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 94 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| Ardara Mixed N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| S.N. Naomh Naille | 113 | +14% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Inver N.S. | 20 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Earnan | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Robertson N.S. | 67 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. an Bhreacaigh | 24 | −31% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 60 km |
| S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe | 54 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 61 km |
| S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| Killaghtee N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Bruckless N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Killybegs Common N.S. | 75 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| S.N. Neill Mor | 240 | +22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh | 211 | −2% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| Rockfield N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| Gaelscoil Eirne | 29 | −40% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 69 km |
| Scoil Naomh Chaitriona | 77 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| Kilbarron N.S. | 44 | +16% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| Holy Family National School | 193 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| S.N. Fhionntra | 5 | −88% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| S.N. Min an Aoire | 14 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 72 km |
| St Macartans Central | 276 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 74 km |
| Scoil Chartha Naofa | 111 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 75 km |
| S N na Carraige | 59 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 76 km |
| S.N. an Chaiseal | 58 | −17% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 78 km |
Living in Ramelton
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F92 Eircode area
Housing in Ramelton →The median sale price rose from €188,000 in 2023 to €214,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Donegal
Cost of living in Ramelton →New tenancies in Co. Donegal averaged €977 a month in 2025, against €893 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Ramelton, F92 WT21
Primary schools near Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton
Is Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton 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 Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton have?
32 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton teach through Irish?
No: Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton?
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton has a Presbyterian ethos. Its patron is Presbytery of Derry & Donegal.
How do pupils get a place at Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton?
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 Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton?
The nearest are Scoil Mhuire (0.3 km), Browneknowe N.S. (3.2 km) and Scoil Naomh Cholmcille (3.8 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 Ramelton; 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).