Killasser N.S.
KILLASSER, SWINFORD, CO MAYO · F12 AH68 · Roll number 16269K
Killasser N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Swinford. Every school in and around Swinford →
What stands out about Killasser N.S.
- A small primary school: 31 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+11%).
- 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 Achonry; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Swinford’s outline, 3.6 km away; listed with Swinford, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Killasser N.S. had 31 pupils in 2025/26, against 27 in 2015/16 (+15%). Girls are 45% of them. Its largest roll was 33, in 2020/21. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Killasser 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 Killasser 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 Killasser 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 Killasser N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Killasser 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: Killasser N.S. has grown by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Swinford together changed by +14%.
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 Killasser N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +11%; 1 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killasser N.S. | 31 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| St Johns N.S. | 27 | −53% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Swinford N.S. | 200 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Culmore N.S. | 33 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Scoil na gCoillini | 97 | +11% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| S.N. Sheamais | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Kinaffe N.S. | 48 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
The other 144 primary schools in Co. Mayo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. an Trian Lair | 66 | −7% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Cloonlyon N.S. | 28 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Foxford Central N.S. | 271 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| S.N. Athracht Nfa | 268 | +41% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Feichin | 26 | −43% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Naisiunta Thola | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 45 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Bunscoil Naomh Bríd agus Pádraíg | 46 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Nmh Treasa | 57 | +78% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Tamhnighan Fheadha | 15 | −32% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Muine Chonallain | 133 | +56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 231 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Kiltimagh Central | 262 | +9% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Tavrane Central N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Ballyvary Central N.S. | 223 | +8% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Carracastle Central N.S. | 88 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Beheymore N.S. | 228 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S N an Teaghlaigh | 45 | −32% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Joseph's NS | 217 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Cloghans N.S. | 9 | −68% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Saint Michaels N.S. | 17 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maol | 141 | +16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 20 km |
| Craggagh N.S. | 19 | −49% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Íosa | 242 | +31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 20 km |
| Quignamanger N.S. | 364 | +13% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Crimlin N.S. | 15 | −35% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Knock N.S. | 152 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Brighde | 103 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| St Colmans N.S. | 34 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Garracloon N.S. | 25 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Cullens N.S. | 273 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Kilmovee N.S. | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Fiondalbha | 37 | +28% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Knockanillo N.S. | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Gort an Eadain | 28 | +27% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Balla Aluinn | 202 | +7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Breaffy N.S. | 377 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Ardagh National School | 73 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 24 km | |
| Rathbane N.S. | 57 | −2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Barnacarroll Central N.S. | 208 | +21% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Leath Ardan | 76 | +17% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Gaelscoil Raifteirí | 229 | −1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Beacan Mixed N.S. | 177 | +18% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Beal Caradh | 109 | −16% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Uileog de Burca | 105 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Cooneal N.S. | 58 | −41% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Castlebar Primary School | 864 | – | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Castlebar Educate Together National School | 113 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Mainistir Muigheo | 84 | −3% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Crossmolina N.S. | 235 | +5% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Newtownwhite Educate Together NS | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| St Peters N.S. | 271 | −10% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Iosa | 385 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Claremorris National School | 314 | – | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid C | 21 | −63% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Kilmurry NS | 65 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. B Curnanool | 66 | +22% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Mount Pleasant N.S. | 87 | +1% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Clogher N.S. | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 111 | +10% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Killala N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Meelickmore N.S. | 81 | +25% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| SN Beal Atha na hEin | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Cloondaff N.S. | 11 | −52% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Johns N.S. | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Teach Caoin | 33 | −42% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Cormaic Nfa | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Burriscarra N.S. | 23 | – | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St Paul's National School | 89 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Mount Palmer National School | 37 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Ballintubber N.S. | 113 | +23% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Templemary N.S. | 47 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Scoil Néifinn | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Ballindine B N.S. | 138 | +20% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Robeen Central N.S. | 127 | +51% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Irishtown N.S. | 70 | +15% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Lacken National School | 25 | −11% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Coill an Bhaile | 41 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Lehinch N.S. | 8 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. an Coill Mhor | 17 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Colm Naofa | 27 | −18% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Faitche | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| St Mary's National School | 51 | +19% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Ruscaighe | 206 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Gort Sceiche | 75 | −6% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Chomain Naofa | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Ceathru an Chlochar | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Newport Central | 243 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 338 | +0% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Holy Trinity National School | 41 | −33% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cuaiche | 208 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 67 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Westport Educate Together National School | 48 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Myna N.S. | 102 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| St. Josephs N.S. | 451 | −1% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colm Cille | 206 | +10% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Thuar Mhic Éadaigh | 94 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 44 km | |
| S.N. Lainn Cille | 66 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Carraholly N.S. | 42 | −49% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| St Patricks Central N.S. | 117 | +4% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Chluain Luifin | 75 | +17% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Brackloon N.S. | 145 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| SN Baile Cuisin | 13 | −35% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| SN na hAille | 140 | +9% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Gortjordan N.S. | 11 | −48% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Muirisc N.S. | 49 | +104% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Carrakennedy N.S. | 32 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Naomh Sheosamh | 99 | −13% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Feichin | 47 | −33% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Lecanvey N.S. | 31 | +0% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Coill Mor | 6 | – | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais | 61 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Glencorrib N.S. | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara | 77 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Drumgallagh N.S. | 33 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| S.N. Druim Slaod | 8 | −60% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| SN Naomh Proinnsias | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S N Toin na Gaoithe | 61 | +7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 133 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| S.N. Pol A Tsomais | 27 | +13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 63 km |
| Geesala Central School | 29 | −31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 63 km |
| Achill Sound Convent N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| S.N. Ros Dumhach | 27 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 64 km |
| Barnatra N.S. | 24 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| S N Dhumha Thuama | 26 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 64 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Saile | 65 | +38% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 65 km |
| S.N. Inbhear | 67 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| S.N. Gleann A Chaisil | 64 | +10% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 66 km |
| Valley N.S. | 17 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| SN Cholmcille, Ceathrú Thaidhg | 26 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 67 km |
| S.N. an Tsraith | 15 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| S.N. Teaghlaigh Naofa | 67 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| S.N. Achaidh an Ghlaisin | 48 | +0% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 71 km |
| Dookinella N.S. | 26 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 71 km |
| S.N. Croi Muire | 127 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| S.N. Beal an Mhuirthead | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| Cill Mhor Iorrais | 20 | −57% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 75 km |
| S.N. Dumhach | 28 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| S.N. Eachleime | 64 | +45% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 76 km |
| Corclough N.S. | 79 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 77 km |
| St Columbas N.S. | 3 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 81 km |
Living in Swinford
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F12 Eircode area
Housing in Swinford →The median sale price rose from €180,000 in 2023 to €205,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F12 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Swinford
Cost of living in Swinford →New tenancies in Swinford averaged €953 a month in 2025, against €812 in 2024 (+17%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Swinford, F12 AH68
Primary schools near Killasser 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 Killasser N.S.
Is Killasser 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 Killasser N.S. have?
31 pupils in 2025/26. That is +11% since 2019/20.
Does Killasser N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Killasser N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Killasser N.S.?
Killasser N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Achonry.
How do pupils get a place at Killasser 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 Killasser N.S.?
The nearest are St Johns N.S. (2.4 km), Swinford N.S. (4.4 km) and Culmore N.S. (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 Swinford; 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).