Prosperous N.S.
Prosperous, Naas, Co. Kildare · W91 DT10 · Roll number 18515J
Prosperous N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Prosperous. Every school in and around Prosperous →
What stands out about Prosperous N.S.
- One of the larger primary schools: 493 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Prosperous or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Prosperous N.S. had 493 pupils in 2025/26, down from 534 in 2015/16 (−8%). Girls are 50% of them. 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 Prosperous 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 Prosperous 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 Prosperous 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 Prosperous N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Prosperous 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.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Prosperous N.S. has shrunk by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Prosperous together changed by +19%.
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.
Prosperous N.S. has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −7%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosperous N.S. | 493 | −7% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Patricks BNS | 488 | −7% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Bhride | 480 | −8% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Hewetsons N.S. | 89 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 4 km | |
| S.N. Baile Roibeaird | 173 | −16% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| S.N. Coill Dubh | 182 | +8% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Mhuire | 105 | +12% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caragh N.S. | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Rathcoffey N.S. | 215 | −4% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School | 263 | +2% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| St Laurences National School | 646 | −6% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| S.N. Cianog Naofa | 90 | −10% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Almhaine N.S. | 184 | −18% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Scoil Bríd | 612 | −8% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| S.N. Tir Mochain | 100 | −17% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Mercy Convent Primary School | 607 | +9% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Straffan N.S. | 401 | +7% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Scoil Chorbain | 460 | −11% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| An Linbh Iosa | 401 | −13% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Naas Community National School | 364 | +44% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead | 88 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh | 385 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Scoil na Naomh Uilig | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Davids N.S. | 98 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S. | 224 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 229 | +8% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Connlaodh Naofa N | 285 | −25% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Annes National School | 329 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Conleths and Marys N.S. | 345 | −8% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 110 | +20% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 744 | +12% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Chonnla Phadraig | 306 | −11% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 187 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 389 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Ballymany Junior N.S. | 333 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil Uí Riada | 484 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Ursaille Naofa | 236 | −7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 423 | +5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 60 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Conleths N.S. | 278 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| North Kildare Educate Together NS | 432 | +14% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Chóca Naofa | 467 | +18% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Scoil Treasa | 100 | −12% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach | 455 | +8% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Ui Fhiaich | 459 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 87 | −30% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Maynooth Educate Together National School | 415 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chill Dara | 288 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Newbridge Educate Together NS | 406 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Maynooth B N.S. | 595 | +4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Aghards N.S. | 660 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Rath Mor | 308 | +9% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 235 | −43% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Presentation Girls Primary School | 621 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Primrose Hill N.S. | 109 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ruairí | 173 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 374 | −10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Bride | 304 | −4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St. Catherine of Sienna | 151 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim | 85 | +18% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 286 | −3% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha | 215 | +45% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| Kildare Town Educate Together NS | 417 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 598 | −13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Rathangan B N.S. | 308 | +7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School | 1,025 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Brannoxtown Community N.S. | 83 | +295% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Phoil | 264 | −19% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Leixlip Educate Together National School | 207 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 295 | −5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh | 376 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 167 | −5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 216 | +13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| San Carlo Senior N.S. | 301 | +13% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| San Carlo Junior N.S. | 265 | −0% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S N na Maighdine Mhuire | 60 | −10% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Cloch Rinnce | 137 | −11% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 101 | −31% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ioseph | 51 | −12% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ballyshannon N.S. | 115 | −10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 183 | −15% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Monasterevan Convent | 377 | +5% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Cill Daingin | 207 | −8% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St. John's National School | 45 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 259 | −11% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Ide | 139 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Kilberry N.S. | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 592 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Colmcill Naofa | 129 | +0% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Athy Model School | 90 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| Gaelscoil Átha Í | 151 | −23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 496 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Churchtown N.S. | 55 | −38% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Ballyroe Central N.S. | 18 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Cill Cae | 49 | −8% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Diarmada | 344 | −6% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S N na Cloiche Moire | 20 | −5% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcain | 34 | −36% | Catholic | English | 43 km |
Living in Prosperous
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the W91 Eircode area
Housing in Prosperous →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 Co. Kildare
Cost of living in Prosperous →New tenancies in Co. Kildare averaged €1,701 a month in 2025, against €1,589 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Prosperous, W91 DT10
Primary schools near Prosperous 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 Prosperous N.S.
Is Prosperous 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 Prosperous N.S. have?
493 pupils in 2025/26. That is −7% since 2019/20.
Does Prosperous N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Prosperous N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Prosperous N.S.?
Prosperous N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at Prosperous 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 Prosperous N.S.?
The nearest are St Patricks BNS (3.7 km), Scoil Naisiunta Bhride (3.8 km) and Hewetsons N.S. (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 Prosperous; 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).