Rathcormack N.S.
Drumcliffe South, Co. Sligo · F91 NX21 · Roll number 19408N
Rathcormack N.S. is one of 5 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballincar. Every school in and around Ballincar →
What stands out about Rathcormack N.S.
- One of the larger primary schools: 244 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−4%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballincar’s outline, 2.3 km away; listed with Ballincar, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Rathcormack N.S. had 244 pupils in 2025/26, against 243 in 2015/16 (+0%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 263, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Rathcormack 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 Rathcormack 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 Rathcormack 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 Rathcormack N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Rathcormack 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Rathcormack N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−4%). All the schools around Ballincar together changed by +6%.
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 Rathcormack N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −4%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathcormack N.S. | 244 | −4% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Brendans N.S. | 177 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| St Edwards N.S. | 207 | +50% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Carbury National School | 210 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.1 km | |
| S.N. Ursula | 439 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Sligo Project School | 52 | +117% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| S N Realt na Mara | 117 | +14% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km |
The other 55 primary schools in Co. Sligo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 449 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Scoil Eoin Naofa | 289 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Gaelscoil Chnoc na Re | 208 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 6 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 182 | +17% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Carraroe N.S. | 389 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Molaise | 274 | −4% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Ransboro New Central | 247 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Scoil Asicus | 252 | −2% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Aodain | 16 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Naofa | 226 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Cliffoney N.S. | 96 | +43% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Luig | 29 | +38% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kilross N.S. | 42 | +110% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Pairc Ard | 99 | +6% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. Collooney | 75 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Ballintogher N.S. | 87 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus Iosaf | 241 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −64% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Sooey N.S. | 112 | −15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Rockfield N.S. | 174 | −19% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 24 | −14% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Lissara Naofa | 66 | −32% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Taunagh National School | 30 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| Ardkeerin N.S. | 111 | −9% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Iosef | 29 | −34% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Mionna | 52 | −39% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 215 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Clochog | 61 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Dromore West Central | 90 | +58% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Naomh Ailbhe | 97 | – | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Naithi Naofa | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Killeenduff N.S. | 20 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Croi Naofa | 81 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Cloonacool N.S. | 103 | −10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Killaville N.S. | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Owenbeg N.S. | 36 | −36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Cul Fada | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Holy Family School | 192 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 103 | +58% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Moylough N.S. | 100 | −18% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Rathlee N.S. | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Carn N.S. | 116 | −4% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Leaffoney N.S. | 1 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 36 km | |
| Kilglass N.S. | 114 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Castlerock N.S. | 31 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Our Lady's National School | 40 | −9% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Ronain Naofa | 37 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Stokane N.S. | 30 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 76 | −24% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Enniscrone N.S. | 137 | +9% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Aodain | 79 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Corballa N.S. | 115 | +3% | Catholic | English | 42 km |
Living in Ballincar
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F91 Eircode area
Housing in Ballincar →The median sale price rose from €189,000 in 2023 to €275,000 in 2025 (+46%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Sligo
Cost of living in Ballincar →New tenancies in Co. Sligo averaged €1,156 a month in 2025, against €1,044 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballincar, F91 NX21
Primary schools near Rathcormack 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 Rathcormack N.S.
Is Rathcormack 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 Rathcormack N.S. have?
244 pupils in 2025/26. That is −4% since 2019/20.
Does Rathcormack N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Rathcormack N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Rathcormack N.S.?
Rathcormack N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at Rathcormack 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 Rathcormack N.S.?
The nearest are St Brendans N.S. (4 km), St Edwards N.S. (4.1 km) and Carbury National School (5.1 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 Ballincar; 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).