Carrick Mixed N.S.
Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon · F45 PV27 · Roll number 16009H
Carrick Mixed N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballinlough. Every school in and around Ballinlough →
What stands out about Carrick Mixed N.S.
- 80 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
- 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 Archbishop of Tuam; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballinlough’s outline, 0.5 km away; listed with Ballinlough, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Carrick Mixed N.S. had 80 pupils in 2025/26, down from 84 in 2015/16 (−5%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 99, in 2023/24. 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 Carrick 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 Carrick 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 Carrick 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 Carrick Mixed N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Carrick 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.
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: Carrick Mixed N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%).
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, 1 have more pupils than Carrick Mixed N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 2 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Scoil Iosa | 385 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
The other 80 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 64 km |
Living in Ballinlough
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F45 Eircode area
Housing in Ballinlough →The median sale price rose from €135,000 in 2023 to €155,000 in 2025 (+15%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Roscommon
Cost of living in Ballinlough →New tenancies in Co. Roscommon averaged €1,092 a month in 2025, against €1,000 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballinlough, F45 PV27
Primary schools near Carrick 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 Carrick Mixed N.S.
Is Carrick 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 Carrick Mixed N.S. have?
80 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.
Does Carrick Mixed N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Carrick Mixed N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Carrick Mixed N.S.?
Carrick Mixed N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Tuam.
How do pupils get a place at Carrick 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 Carrick Mixed N.S.?
The nearest are Ballinlough N.S. (1.4 km), Granlahan G N.S. (4 km) and Cloonbonnif N.S. (5.9 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 Ballinlough; 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).