Kilross N.S.
BALLINTOGHER, CO SLIGO · F91 ED95 · Roll number 16044J
Kilross N.S. is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballygawley. Every school in and around Ballygawley →
What stands out about Kilross N.S.
- A small primary school: 42 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 42 pupils, 110% more than the 20 of 2019/20.
- The smallest of the 3 primary schools around Ballygawley.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballygawley’s outline, 1.3 km away; listed with Ballygawley, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Kilross N.S. had 42 pupils in 2025/26, against 34 in 2015/16 (+24%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 46, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Kilross 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 Kilross 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 Kilross 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 Kilross N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Kilross 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: Kilross N.S. has grown by 110% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballygawley together changed by +7%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Kilross N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +110%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilross N.S. | 42 | +110% | Catholic | English | ||
| Ballintogher N.S. | 87 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| Sooey N.S. | 112 | −15% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. Collooney | 75 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.2 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus Iosaf | 241 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 56 | +8% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Carraroe N.S. | 389 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7 km |
The other 56 primary schools in Co. Sligo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taunagh National School | 30 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.1 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Naofa | 226 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Ardkeerin N.S. | 111 | −9% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 449 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Scoil Eoin Naofa | 289 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Sligo Project School | 52 | +117% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Carbury National School | 210 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.5 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chnoc na Re | 208 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.9 km | |
| S.N. Ursula | 439 | +0% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Ransboro New Central | 247 | +0% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Edwards N.S. | 207 | +50% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 182 | +17% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Mionna | 52 | −39% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Brendans N.S. | 177 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Lissara Naofa | 66 | −32% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Clochog | 61 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 215 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Rockfield N.S. | 174 | −19% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Rathcormack N.S. | 244 | −4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Asicus | 252 | −2% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ailbhe | 97 | – | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Luig | 29 | +38% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara | 117 | +14% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Pairc Ard | 99 | +6% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Cul Fada | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Killaville N.S. | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Croi Naofa | 81 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Naithi Naofa | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Carn N.S. | 116 | −4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Molaise | 274 | −4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Aodain | 16 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Ronain Naofa | 37 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 24 | −14% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Holy Family School | 192 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Cloonacool N.S. | 103 | −10% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Moylough N.S. | 100 | −18% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Cliffoney N.S. | 96 | +43% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Iosef | 29 | −34% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 103 | +58% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Aodain | 79 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −64% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Dromore West Central | 90 | +58% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 76 | −24% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Our Lady's National School | 40 | −9% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Castlerock N.S. | 31 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Killeenduff N.S. | 20 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Owenbeg N.S. | 36 | −36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Stokane N.S. | 30 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Kilglass N.S. | 114 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Leaffoney N.S. | 1 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 41 km | |
| Rathlee N.S. | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Corballa N.S. | 115 | +3% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Enniscrone N.S. | 137 | +9% | Catholic | English | 44 km |
Living in Ballygawley
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F91 Eircode area
Housing in Ballygawley →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 Ballygawley →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 Ballygawley, F91 ED95
Primary schools near Kilross 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 Kilross N.S.
Is Kilross 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 Kilross N.S. have?
42 pupils in 2025/26. That is +110% since 2019/20.
Does Kilross N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Kilross N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Kilross N.S.?
Kilross N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at Kilross 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 Kilross N.S.?
The nearest are Ballintogher N.S. (3.1 km), Sooey N.S. (3.2 km) and St Pauls N.S. Collooney (5.2 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 Ballygawley; 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).