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Raheen National School

PrimaryCatholic

Raheen, Headford, Killarney, Co. Kerry · V93 HR40 · Roll number 09304S

Raheen National School is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Gneevgullia. Every school in and around Gneevgullia →

Pupils
34
September, 2025/26
13 girls, 21 boys
Since 2019/20
−6%
from 36 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Kerry
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Raheen National School

  • A small primary school: 34 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−6%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • 13 girls and 21 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Gneevgullia’s outline, 6.8 km away; listed with Gneevgullia, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Raheen National School had 34 pupils in 2025/26, down from 42 in 2015/16 (−19%). Girls are 38% of them. Its largest roll was 42, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

02040602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Raheen National School

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 Raheen National School 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 Raheen National School

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 Raheen National School

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

Families apply to Raheen National School 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
34
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−6%
from 36 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Raheen National School has shrunk by 6% since 2019/20. All the schools around Gneevgullia together changed by +8%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Raheen−6%
The primary schools around Gneevgullia+8%
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.

Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 5 have more pupils than Raheen National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −6%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.

Raheen34
Scoil Barr Dubh95
Scoil Atha na mBlath59
Na Minteoga22
Tiernaboul57
Knockanes Mxd69
S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B131
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Raheen National School34−6%CatholicEnglish
Scoil Barr Dubh95+13%CatholicEnglish3.8 km
Scoil Atha na mBlath59−5%CatholicEnglish4.1 km
Na Minteoga N.S.22−15%CatholicEnglish4.2 km
Tiernaboul N.S.57+8%CatholicEnglish5.5 km
Knockanes Mxd N.S.69+10%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B131+8%CatholicEnglish7.2 km
The other 123 primary schools in Co. Kerry
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Cill Cuimin113−29%CatholicEnglish7.3 km
Lissivigeen Mxd N.S.269−7%CatholicEnglish7.5 km
Glenflesk N.S.35+3%CatholicEnglish7.7 km
Holy Family National School235+4%CatholicEnglish8.1 km
S N na Srona28+0%CatholicEnglish8.5 km
Gaelscoil Faithleann245−2%CatholicAll in Irish8.9 km
Scoil Bhríde129+13%CatholicEnglish9.1 km
Loughguitane N.S.90−11%CatholicEnglish9.2 km
St Olivers N.S.625−7%CatholicEnglish9.4 km
Coolick National School113+31%CatholicEnglish10 km
Holy Cross Primary School345−11%CatholicEnglish10 km
Scartaglin New Central School121−5%CatholicEnglish11 km
Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach167−11%CatholicEnglish11 km
Two Mile Community National School46+77%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa120−17%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. an Fhossa246−4%CatholicEnglish15 km
Knockaderry Farranfore National School53−20%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C107+7%CatholicEnglish16 km
Muire Gan Smal123+9%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain179−8%CatholicAll in Irish17 km
Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh53−5%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Firies Mxd N.S.250−8%CatholicEnglish18 km
Faha National School224+5%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. an Chuilleanaig152−6%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Nuachabhail98−31%CatholicEnglish21 km
Kilgarvan Central Schl99+9%CatholicEnglish21 km
Curranes N.S.86+2%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil Naomh Carthach42+62%CatholicEnglish22 km
Loughfouder N.S.20−35%CatholicEnglish22 km
Knockaclarig Mxd N.S.47+0%CatholicEnglish23 km
Clogher Mxd N.S.38+9%CatholicEnglish24 km
Cahir National School25−57%CatholicEnglish24 km
Nagle Rice Primary School337−9%CatholicEnglish24 km
Kiltallagh N.S.21−34%Church of IrelandEnglish✓25 km
Castlemaine N.S.123+54%CatholicEnglish25 km
Kilgobnet N.S.92+12%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil Mhuire31−42%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Uaimh Bhreanainn209+15%CatholicEnglish27 km
St Johns NS395−7%CatholicEnglish27 km
Knocknagoshel National School40−30%CatholicEnglish27 km
Naomh Padraig Measc168−15%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Mhuire B367−5%CatholicEnglish29 km
Castledrum N.S.107+4%CatholicEnglish29 km
Scoil Mhuire378−6%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S N an Chroi Naofa342+26%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S N Mhuire na mBraithre414−5%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
St Johns Parochial School61+49%Church of IrelandEnglish✓31 km
Lyre A Crompane N.S.28–Multi-denominationalEnglish✓31 km
Tulloha National School23−41%CatholicEnglish31 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn415+20%CatholicAll in Irish31 km
Holy Family265+23%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Eoin589−6%CatholicEnglish31 km
Tralee Educate Together NS88−4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓31 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa207+2%CatholicEnglish31 km
Glounaguillagh N.S.137−1%CatholicEnglish32 km
Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas43–CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓32 km
S.N. Lios Teilic211−4%CatholicEnglish32 km
Fibough National School25−17%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd105−28%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Realt na Mara119−20%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Spa National School230+8%CatholicEnglish35 km
Derryquay Mxd N.S.32−18%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Naomh Brid166−17%CatholicEnglish36 km
S N Mainistir O dTorna121−26%CatholicEnglish36 km
Boheshill Mxd18−42%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Dromclough N.S.192−23%CatholicEnglish37 km
Curraheen Mxd N.S.38+3%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Ardfert Central N.S.215+6%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Mhuire de Lourdes104+93%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Freastogail Mhuire Mxd52+86%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
St Brendans N.S.43−35%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Cill Cruinn97−13%CatholicEnglish40 km
Realt na Maidne166−11%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S N Réalt na Mara85+13%CatholicEnglish41 km
Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail136+81%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Listowel Presentation Primary186−23%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Naomh Eirc78−31%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Gleann Beithe106+41%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Chorp Chríost91+7%CatholicEnglish42 km
Tahilla Community National School29–Multi-denominationalEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh18−54%CatholicEnglish43 km
Aghacasla N.S.107+9%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. Cill Lúraigh93+21%CatholicEnglish45 km
Ballyduff National School96−21%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Coolard Mxd N.S.82−32%CatholicEnglish46 km
Lauragh National School17–CatholicEnglish46 km
Murhur N.S.78+15%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Naomh Micheal75+12%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef38−5%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Eiltin Naofa71−36%CatholicEnglish47 km
An Bhreac Chluain B97−6%CatholicEnglish47 km
Scoil Chriost Ri14−39%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra107−27%CatholicEnglish48 km
Castlegregory Mxd N.S.147+7%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. an Leana Mhoir19–CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Naomh Erc129−16%CatholicEnglish50 km
S N Oilibhear Naofa61−9%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Íosagáin202+15%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Cillin Liath45−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
Scoil Easa Dhuibhe55−2%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Eoin Baiste112−6%CatholicAll in Irish53 km
Tarbert National School133−1%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal40+100%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Cill Conla35−27%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N na Faille Móire77+38%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. an Chlochan55+57%CatholicAll in Irish58 km
Caherciveen N.S.148+24%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Crochan Naofa N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish62 km
Scoil na mBraithre67+63%CatholicAll in Irish✓62 km
St Finians110+10%CatholicEnglish62 km
Clochar Daingean141+24%CatholicAll in Irish62 km
Aghatubrid N.S.48−36%CatholicEnglish63 km
S.N. an Ghleanna24–CatholicAll in Irish64 km
S N Naomh Mhichil46−10%CatholicAll in Irish68 km
S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe62+3%CatholicAll in Irish68 km
Scoil Naisiunta Eirc68+26%CatholicAll in Irish✓68 km
S.N. Mhaolcheadair31+0%CatholicAll in Irish69 km
S.N. Dar Earca47+0%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Scoil Caitlin Naofa8−60%CatholicAll in Irish70 km
Scoil an Ghleanna Scoil Náisiúnta Phobail29–Multi-denominationalAll in Irish71 km
Scoil an Fhirtearaigh38−45%CatholicAll in Irish72 km
Scoil Bhreanainn97+62%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
S N Naomh Gobnait38+12%CatholicAll in Irish74 km
Living nearby

Living in Gneevgullia

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

Median sale price
€249,800
routing key P51, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,182
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Kerry

Homes in the P51 Eircode area

Housing in Gneevgullia →

The median sale price rose from €230,000 in 2023 to €266,200 in 2025 (+16%).

2023€230,000
2024€255,000
2025€266,200

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€374,400
Second-hand homes€229,500

Property Price Register sales in the P51 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

New tenancies in Co. Kerry averaged €1,182 a month in 2025, against €1,085 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,085
2025€1,182

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

near Gneevgullia, V93 HR40

Nearby

Primary schools near Raheen National School

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

Questions about Raheen National School

Is Raheen National School 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 Raheen National School have?

34 pupils in 2025/26. That is −6% since 2019/20.

Does Raheen National School teach through Irish?

No: Raheen National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Raheen National School?

Raheen National School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kerry.

How do pupils get a place at Raheen National School?

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 Raheen National School?

The nearest are Scoil Barr Dubh (3.8 km), Scoil Atha na mBlath (4.1 km) and Na Minteoga N.S. (4.2 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 Gneevgullia; 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).