S.N. Naomh Eoin
Killenard, Co. Laois · R32 F782 · Roll number 18641O
S.N. Naomh Eoin is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Killenard. Every school in and around Killenard →
What stands out about S.N. Naomh Eoin
- One of the larger primary schools: 374 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−11%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- The smallest of the 3 primary schools around Killenard.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Naomh Eoin had 374 pupils in 2025/26, down from 402 in 2015/16 (−7%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 424, in 2017/18. 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 S.N. Naomh Eoin
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 S.N. Naomh Eoin 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 S.N. Naomh Eoin
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 S.N. Naomh Eoin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Naomh Eoin 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Naomh Eoin has shrunk by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Killenard together changed by −16%.
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, 2 have more pupils than S.N. Naomh Eoin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −11%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.1 km | |
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km |
The other 57 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 13 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 41 km | |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 47 km |
Living in Killenard
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R32 Eircode area
Housing in Killenard →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 Killenard →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 ↗Killenard, R32 F782
Primary schools near S.N. Naomh Eoin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Naomh Eoin
Is S.N. Naomh Eoin 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 S.N. Naomh Eoin have?
374 pupils in 2025/26. That is −11% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Naomh Eoin teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Naomh Eoin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Naomh Eoin?
S.N. Naomh Eoin has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Naomh Eoin?
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 S.N. Naomh Eoin?
The nearest are Scoil Phadraig (2.9 km), Presentation Primary School (3.3 km) and Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 (4.1 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 Killenard; 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).