Cloontuskert National School
Cloontuskert, Lanesboro · N39 AT80 · Roll number 18116S
Cloontuskert National School is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Cloontuskert. Every school in and around Cloontuskert →
What stands out about Cloontuskert National School
- 82 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 82 pupils, 28% more than the 64 of 2019/20.
- 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 Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Cloontuskert National School had 82 pupils in 2025/26, against 54 in 2015/16 (+52%). Girls are 57% of them. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Cloontuskert National School
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 Cloontuskert National School 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 Cloontuskert National School
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 Cloontuskert National School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Cloontuskert National School 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: Cloontuskert National School has grown by 28% since 2019/20. All the schools around Cloontuskert together changed by +22%.
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, 3 have more pupils than Cloontuskert National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +28%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 69 | −15% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Lanesborough Primary School | 88 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 94 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km |
The other 82 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 36 km | |
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
Living in Cloontuskert
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N39 Eircode area
Housing in Cloontuskert →The median sale price rose from €170,000 in 2023 to €200,000 in 2025 (+18%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the N39 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Roscommon
Cost of living in Cloontuskert →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 ↗Cloontuskert, N39 AT80
Primary schools near Cloontuskert National School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Cloontuskert National School
Is Cloontuskert National School 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 Cloontuskert National School have?
82 pupils in 2025/26. That is +28% since 2019/20.
Does Cloontuskert National School teach through Irish?
No: Cloontuskert National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Cloontuskert National School?
Cloontuskert National School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at Cloontuskert National School?
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 Cloontuskert National School?
The nearest are Scoil Mhuire (2.8 km), Lanesborough Primary School (3.4 km) and S.N. O Dubhlain (4.9 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 Cloontuskert; 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).