Dangan Mixed N.S.
Dangan, Summerhill, Co. Meath · A83 HN83 · Roll number 19018A
Dangan Mixed N.S. is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Summerhill. Every school in and around Summerhill →
What stands out about Dangan Mixed N.S.
- 228 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+12%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- The largest of the 3 primary schools around Summerhill.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Summerhill’s outline, 0.6 km away; listed with Summerhill, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Dangan Mixed N.S. had 228 pupils in 2025/26, against 189 in 2015/16 (+21%). Girls are 51% of them. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Dangan 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 Dangan 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 Dangan 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 Dangan Mixed N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Dangan 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: Dangan Mixed N.S. has grown by 12% since 2019/20. All the schools around Summerhill together changed by +9%.
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.
Dangan Mixed N.S. has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +12%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dangan Mixed N.S. | 228 | +12% | Catholic | English | ||
| Coole N.s, | 164 | +8% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 139 | +6% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Scoil Nais Mhuire Naofa | 113 | +2% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −10% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Boinne | 206 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.2 km |
The other 106 primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trim Educate Together National School | 174 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil na Buachailli | 294 | −7% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Marys Convent N.S. | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 48 | −19% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.3 km | |
| S.N. Cul an Mhuilinn | 119 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Bride | 181 | −9% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Kilmessan Mxd N.S. | 242 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| St. Joseph's National School | 89 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St. Mary's Primary School | 543 | −10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 194 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Nicholas Primary School | 299 | −24% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Cill Bhrighde | 200 | +45% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 225 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Dunshaughlin Community National School | 168 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Naomtha | 100 | −15% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil na Rithe | 222 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| S.N. Seachnaill Naofa | 622 | +13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Rath Riagain | 92 | −10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St. Dympna's National School | 210 | −5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 392 | −2% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Colmcille | 211 | +2% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh | 169 | −18% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| S.N. Columbain | 233 | −37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S N na Trionoide Naofa | 233 | −25% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Rath Beagain | 219 | +16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Sheosamh | 136 | −7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Navan Educate Together NS | 213 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Killyon N.S. | 60 | −34% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ard Rí Community National School | 384 | +48% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil Eanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Flowerfield N.S. | 40 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| St Stephens N.S. | 805 | −13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Mercy Convent N.S. | 385 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Aine Naofa N.S. | 312 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Ratoath Junior N.S. | 213 | −44% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Bohermeen N.S. | 237 | −5% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Ratoath Senior N.S. | 319 | −36% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| O'Growney National School | 382 | +7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. an Rath Mhor | 45 | −46% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Nais Finin Naofa | 63 | −2% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 761 | +4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 565 | −15% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 81 | −19% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Peters National School | 97 | +29% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 399 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Dunboyne Senior N.S. | 470 | −17% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Dunboyne Junior N.S. | 397 | −18% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg | 360 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin | 375 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Aindreis Naofa | 107 | −5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cheant | 214 | −15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cianain | 73 | −13% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Mí | 242 | −26% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Ashbourne Educate Together National School | 410 | −14% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Ashbourne Community National School | 342 | +280% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Nais Deaglain | 621 | −8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 111 | +9% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Nais Aitinn Bhui | 211 | −7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Kilbride National School | 310 | −7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cille | 227 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| S.N. Ultain Naofa | 80 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Pio | 59 | −13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Caitriona Naofa | 149 | +7% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Stackallen N.S. | 170 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Barra | 238 | +14% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 352 | −5% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Kells Parochial N.S. | 52 | −30% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Bheinn Naofa B | 339 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Bheinin Naofa C | 343 | −0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 313 | −3% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Kilskyre Mixed N.S. | 87 | −1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 254 | −9% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Drumbarragh N.S. | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 165 | +16% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 105 | +7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Dun Uabhair | 166 | −22% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 109 | +5% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 102 | −6% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Carnaross N.S. | 178 | +0% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 58 | −25% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 84 | +6% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Kilbeg N.S. | 85 | −1% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 122 | −11% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 524 | −19% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Cros Ban | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Báiste | 123 | +21% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 60 | −28% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire N.S. | 94 | +19% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Bhradáin Feasa | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 38 km | |
| Ughtyneill N.S. | 31 | +7% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (C) | 373 | −19% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (B) | 373 | −18% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh | 438 | −8% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 397 | −5% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Kilmainham Wood N.S. | 118 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Pheadair agus Phoil | 125 | −7% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Gilson National School | 222 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil Nais Naomh Aine | 12 | −52% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Carrickleck N.S. | 26 | −26% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 91 | +3% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Fiach | 102 | +34% | Catholic | English | 44 km |
Living in Summerhill
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A83 Eircode area
Housing in Summerhill →The median sale price rose from €360,000 in 2023 to €445,000 in 2025 (+24%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A83 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Meath
Cost of living in Summerhill →New tenancies in Co. Meath averaged €1,542 a month in 2025, against €1,434 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Summerhill, A83 HN83
Primary schools near Dangan 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 Dangan Mixed N.S.
Is Dangan 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 Dangan Mixed N.S. have?
228 pupils in 2025/26. That is +12% since 2019/20.
Does Dangan Mixed N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Dangan Mixed N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Dangan Mixed N.S.?
Dangan Mixed N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Dangan 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 Dangan Mixed N.S.?
The nearest are Coole N.s, (4.3 km), S.N. Mhuire (4.4 km) and S.N. Mhichil Naofa (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 Summerhill; 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).