Rath Mixed N.S.
Rath, Ballybrittas, Portlaoise, Co. Laois · R32 Y510 · Roll number 13741Q
Rath Mixed N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballybrittas. Every school in and around Ballybrittas →
What stands out about Rath Mixed N.S.
- 194 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−11%).
- 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.
- Outside Ballybrittas’s outline, 2.9 km away; listed with Ballybrittas, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Rath Mixed N.S. had 194 pupils in 2025/26, down from 208 in 2015/16 (−7%). Girls are 53% of them. Its largest roll was 225, in 2018/19. 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 Rath Mixed 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 Rath Mixed 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 Rath Mixed 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 Rath Mixed N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Rath Mixed 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: Rath Mixed N.S. has shrunk by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballybrittas together changed by −11%.
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, 4 have more pupils than Rath Mixed N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −11%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | ||
| St. John's National School | 45 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.5 km | |
| Monasterevan Convent | 377 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| S.N. Cill Daingin | 207 | −8% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Kilberry N.S. | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
The other 61 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.6 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 9.6 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.7 km | |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 47 km |
Living in Ballybrittas
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R32 Eircode area
Housing in Ballybrittas →The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R32 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Laois
Cost of living in Ballybrittas →New tenancies in Co. Laois averaged €1,235 a month in 2025, against €1,112 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballybrittas, R32 Y510
Primary schools near Rath Mixed 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 Rath Mixed N.S.
Is Rath Mixed 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 Rath Mixed N.S. have?
194 pupils in 2025/26. That is −11% since 2019/20.
Does Rath Mixed N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Rath Mixed N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Rath Mixed N.S.?
Rath Mixed N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at Rath Mixed 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 Rath Mixed N.S.?
The nearest are St. John's National School (5.5 km), Monasterevan Convent (5.5 km) and S.N. Naomh Eoin (5.5 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 Ballybrittas; 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).