Meánscoil Iognáid Ris
Naas, Co Kildare · W91 VF9H · Roll number 61710C
Meánscoil Iognáid Ris is one of 5 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Naas. Every school in and around Naas →
What stands out about Meánscoil Iognáid Ris
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 1,013 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+0%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A boys’ school.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Meánscoil Iognáid Ris had 1,013 pupils in 2025/26, against 980 in 2015/16 (+3%). Its largest roll was 1,019, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Meánscoil Iognáid Ris
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 Meánscoil Iognáid Ris 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 Meánscoil Iognáid Ris
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 Meánscoil Iognáid Ris
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Meánscoil Iognáid Ris directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; 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.
It takes boys only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Meánscoil Iognáid Ris is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+0%). All the schools around Naas together changed by +7%.
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 post-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 post-primary schools, 3 have more pupils than Meánscoil Iognáid Ris. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +0%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meánscoil Iognáid Ris | 1,013 | +0% | Catholic | English | ||
| Coláiste Naomh Mhuire | 1,076 | +3% | Catholic | English | 0.5 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara | 401 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 0.5 km | |
| Naas Community College | 928 | +95% | Multi-denominational | English | 2 km | |
| Piper's Hill College | 1,049 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Community School | 1,189 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| Holy Family Secondary School | 789 | +11% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km |
The other 22 post-primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbridge College | 923 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Patrician Secondary School | 932 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| St Farnan's Post Primary School | 676 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| St Conleth's Community College | 752 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Clongowes Wood College | 421 | −6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Cross And Passion College | 843 | +1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Curragh Community College | 288 | +112% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Wolstan's Community School | 846 | +17% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Salesian College | 880 | +25% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Kildare Town Community School | 1,014 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Celbridge Community School | 712 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad | 154 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| Maynooth Post Primary School | 1,018 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Chiaráin | 676 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Maynooth Community College | 1,013 | +66% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Confey Community College | 934 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Dara | 828 | −10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin | 751 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 843 | +68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Athy Community College | 646 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Árdscoil na Trionóide | 894 | +4% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | 36 km |
Living in Naas
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Homes in the W91 Eircode area
Housing in Naas →The median sale price rose from €410,000 in 2023 to €435,000 in 2025 (+6%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the W91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Naas
Cost of living in Naas →New tenancies in Naas averaged €1,889 a month in 2025, against €1,741 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Naas, W91 VF9H
Post-primary schools near Meánscoil Iognáid Ris
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Meánscoil Iognáid Ris
Is Meánscoil Iognáid Ris 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 Meánscoil Iognáid Ris have?
1,013 pupils in 2025/26. That is +0% since 2019/20.
Does Meánscoil Iognáid Ris teach through Irish?
No: Meánscoil Iognáid Ris teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Meánscoil Iognáid Ris?
Meánscoil Iognáid Ris has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Meánscoil Iognáid Ris?
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 Meánscoil Iognáid Ris?
The nearest are Coláiste Naomh Mhuire (0.5 km), Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara (0.5 km) and Naas Community College (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 Naas; 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).