Na Carraige N.S.
Rock, Mountmellick, Co. Laois · R32 AP98 · Roll number 18206T
Na Carraige N.S. is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Mountmellick. Every school in and around Mountmellick →
What stands out about Na Carraige N.S.
- 204 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Mountmellick’s outline, 1.2 km away; listed with Mountmellick, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Na Carraige N.S. had 204 pupils in 2025/26, down from 222 in 2015/16 (−8%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Na Carraige 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 Na Carraige 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 Na Carraige 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 Na Carraige N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Na Carraige 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Na Carraige N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Mountmellick together changed by +12%.
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 Na Carraige N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.6 km | |
| Cloneyhurke N.S. | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
The other 57 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.9 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.4 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.5 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 15 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 39 km |
Living in Mountmellick
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R32 Eircode area
Housing in Mountmellick →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 Mountmellick
Cost of living in Mountmellick →New tenancies in Mountmellick averaged €1,218 a month in 2025, against €1,126 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Mountmellick, R32 AP98
Primary schools near Na Carraige 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 Na Carraige N.S.
Is Na Carraige 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 Na Carraige N.S. have?
204 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.
Does Na Carraige N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Na Carraige N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Na Carraige N.S.?
Na Carraige N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at Na Carraige 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 Na Carraige N.S.?
The nearest are St Josephs Girls N.S. (2.1 km), Mountmellick Boys N.S. (2.1 km) and St Pauls N.S. (2.6 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 Mountmellick; 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).