St Marys N.S.
Youghal Road, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford · X35 TN99 · Roll number 19953P
St Marys N.S. is one of 7 primary schools in or within 3 km of Dungarvan. Every school in and around Dungarvan →
What stands out about St Marys N.S.
- One of the larger primary schools: 237 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−15%).
- 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.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- 180 girls and 57 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Marys N.S. had 237 pupils in 2025/26, down from 299 in 2015/16 (−21%). Girls are 76% of them. Its largest roll was 301, 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 St Marys 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 St Marys 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 St Marys 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 St Marys N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Marys 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. 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: St Marys N.S. has shrunk by 15% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dungarvan together changed by +8%.
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, 2 have more pupils than St Marys N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −15%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys N.S. | 237 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 151 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.2 km |
| S N Dun na Mainistreach | 455 | −4% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| Scoil Gearbhain | 310 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 2.6 km | |
| S.N. an Carraig Liath | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Glenbeg N.S. | 143 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| S N na Leanai | 42 | −42% | Catholic | All in Irish | 4.8 km |
The other 66 primary schools in Co. Waterford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N na Rinne | 131 | −14% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5 km | |
| S.N. an Garrain Bhain | 225 | +22% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Gobnait | 107 | −25% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Airt | 58 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9 km | |
| Whitechurch N.S. Ceapach | 104 | +17% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Muire Magh Deilge | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Cill Rosanta | 102 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Cill Bhriain | 15 | −56% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Stradbally C. of Ire. N.S. | 24 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 110 | +15% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Ballycurrane N.S. | 44 | −2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Aglish N.S. | 82 | −15% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St. Marys NS Touraneena | 55 | −21% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Marys N.S. Grange | 60 | −14% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Villierstown N.S. | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. an Chlais Mhor | 76 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Naomh Deaglan | 94 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Aine Nfa Seafield | 75 | −9% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Parthalan | 53 | −28% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Knockanore N.S. | 105 | +15% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S N na bhFiodh | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Machan | 6 | −71% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Choill Mhic Thomaisin | 133 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Bunscoil Bhothar na Naomh | 284 | −8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Lios Mor Mochuda | 23 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| S N an Baile Nua | 99 | −12% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S N na Cille | 105 | −29% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ballymacarberry N.S. | 155 | −23% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Clonea N.S. | 66 | +6% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Rathgormack B N.S. | 118 | −24% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 150 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Dun Aill | 87 | −26% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Fionnabhair N.S. | 172 | +3% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 214 | −7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ballyduff B 2 N.S. | 108 | −13% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Portlaw N.S. | 214 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Carrickbeg N.S. | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Holy Cross School | 567 | −12% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Glor na Mara NS | 381 | −9% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Tramore Educate Together National School | 180 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh | 242 | −3% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Gaelscoil Philib Barún | 194 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| St Saviours N.S. | 330 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Gaelscoil na nDeise | 225 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 38 km | |
| Waterford Educate Together NS | 386 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| St Pauls B N.S. | 269 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Presentation Primary School | 446 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Ursula Naofa | 620 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School | 234 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Our Lady of Mercy Senior P.s. | 292 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Mount Sion CBS N.S. | 360 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Scoil Lorcain BNS | 345 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| St Stephens N.S. | 363 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Deaglan | 396 | −7% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia | 237 | −11% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Christ Church N.S. | 114 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 40 km | |
| Newtown Junior School | 112 | −7% | Quaker | English | 40 km | |
| Waterpark N.S. | 235 | +0% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel GNS | 187 | −11% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Muire an Port Mor | 212 | +0% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 641 | −5% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Lairge | 207 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| Réalt na Mara National School | 196 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 44 km | |
| S.N. Faiche Liag | 196 | −4% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Passage East N.S. | 101 | +33% | Catholic | English | 47 km |
Living in Dungarvan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the X35 Eircode area
Housing in Dungarvan →The median sale price rose from €295,000 in 2023 to €306,200 in 2025 (+4%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the X35 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Dungarvan
Cost of living in Dungarvan →New tenancies in Dungarvan averaged €1,219 a month in 2025, against €1,106 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Dungarvan, X35 TN99
Primary schools near St Marys 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 St Marys N.S.
Is St Marys 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 St Marys N.S. have?
237 pupils in 2025/26. That is −15% since 2019/20.
Does St Marys N.S. teach through Irish?
No: St Marys N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Marys N.S.?
St Marys N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Waterford & Lismore.
How do pupils get a place at St Marys 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 St Marys N.S.?
The nearest are Scoil Naomh Seosamh (0.2 km), S N Dun na Mainistreach (1 km) and Scoil Gearbhain (2.6 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 Dungarvan; 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).