Ballyragget National School
Kilkenny Road, Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny · R95 KR86 · Roll number 20506U
Ballyragget National School is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyragget. Every school in and around Ballyragget →
What stands out about Ballyragget National School
- 163 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 163 pupils, 20% more than the 136 of 2019/20.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Ballyragget or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2018/19 to 2025/26Ballyragget National School had 163 pupils in 2025/26, against 145 in 2018/19 (+12%). Girls are 53% of them. Its roll rose in 4 of the 7 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Ballyragget 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 Ballyragget 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.
Inspection reports on Ballyragget 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 a place at Ballyragget National School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ballyragget 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.
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: Ballyragget National School has grown by 20% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballyragget together changed by +20%.
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.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 1 have more pupils than Ballyragget National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +20%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyragget National School | 163 | +20% | Catholic | English | ||
| Lisdowney N.S. | 96 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| S.N. Colmain | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 127 | +37% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Clontubrid Mixed N.S. | 43 | −26% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| S.N. Lisnafunchin | 32 | −32% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Scoil Lachtain | 201 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
The other 61 primary schools in Co. Kilkenny
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holycross N.S. | 72 | −23% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 121 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Wandesforde Mixed N.S. | 52 | −10% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.9 km | |
| S.N. Chrion Choill | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| S.N. Bhreandain Naofa | 192 | −11% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. an Moinin Rua | 127 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Kilkenny Mixed N.S. | 198 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 57 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 46 | −12% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Tobair Eoin Baisde | 45 | −34% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Canices Central N.S. | 648 | −1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Tulach Ruain | 91 | −7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. John's National School | 441 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Naomh Chiarain | 90 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 62 | +3% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Iognaid de Ris | 278 | +37% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 400 | −10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea | 330 | −2% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 331 | −15% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil Osrai | 438 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| Kilkenny School Project | 236 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 14 | −56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa | 223 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colmain | 204 | −5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 175 | −9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Church Hill Mixed N.S. | 192 | +14% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Michaels National School | 63 | +34% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Burnchurch National School | 44 | −28% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Bennettsbridge National School | 206 | +7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Bhride B7C | 217 | −15% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 197 | −24% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Bunscoil McAuley Rice | 406 | −9% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Bhridhe | 27 | – | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Goresbridge N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Chiaran Naofa | 142 | +29% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil San Lionard | 115 | −15% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Mary's National School | 398 | −12% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 32 km | |
| Skeaghvastheen N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Brendans Mixed N.S. | 50 | −17% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Kilmoganny Mixed N.S. | 23 | +10% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S N San Nioclas | 120 | +3% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd | 173 | −3% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 148 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Graig na Manach Buac | 68 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 104 | −27% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed | 56 | +0% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Owning National School | 100 | +0% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Templeorum N.S. | 38 | −32% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| The Rower Mixed N.S. | 115 | −33% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Mholainge Listerlin | 148 | +9% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Beacons N.S. | 175 | −5% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Phiull | 254 | −23% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh | 54 | −10% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Colmcille Mixed N.S. | 20 | −29% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Seamus Naofa | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| St. Senan's National School | 176 | +2% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 261 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraigh | 202 | +3% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Ringville National School | 35 | −31% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Carigeen N.S. | 123 | −23% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Slieverue Mixed N.S. | 208 | −8% | Catholic | English | 59 km |
Living in Ballyragget
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R95 Eircode area
Housing in Ballyragget →The median sale price rose from €289,400 in 2023 to €351,700 in 2025 (+22%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kilkenny
Cost of living in Ballyragget →New tenancies in Co. Kilkenny averaged €1,207 a month in 2025, against €1,119 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Ballyragget, R95 KR86
Primary schools near Ballyragget 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 Ballyragget National School
Is Ballyragget 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 Ballyragget National School have?
163 pupils in 2025/26. That is +20% since 2019/20.
Does Ballyragget National School teach through Irish?
No: Ballyragget National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ballyragget National School?
Ballyragget National School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ossory.
How do pupils get a place at Ballyragget 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 Ballyragget National School?
The nearest are Lisdowney N.S. (3.5 km), S.N. Colmain (4.4 km) and Scoil Naomh Ioseph (5.4 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 Ballyragget; 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).