Ballyragget National School
Ballyragget · Roll number 20506U
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 163
- +3 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2018/19
- With 145 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 87 / 76
- 53% girls
Pupils since 2018
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
163 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 18 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 17.5 |
| Senior Infants | 13 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 28 | 18.3 |
| 1st Class | 21 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 17.8 |
| 2nd Class | 16 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 17.7 |
| 3rd Class | 14 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 16.8 |
| 4th Class | 22 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 17.8 |
| 5th Class | 11 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 16.8 |
| 6th Class | 29 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 18.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
20 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 28 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2024/25
- 28Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
11 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 15 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 11Junior Infants2023/24
- 14Senior Infants2024/25
- 151st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
19 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 22 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2022/23
- 19Senior Infants2023/24
- 211st Class2024/25
- 222nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
16 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 18 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2021/22
- 18Senior Infants2022/23
- 191st Class2023/24
- 192nd Class2024/25
- 183rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
18 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 20 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2020/21
- 18Senior Infants2021/22
- 181st Class2022/23
- 182nd Class2023/24
- 213rd Class2024/25
- 204th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 19 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 13Senior Infants2020/21
- 131st Class2021/22
- 122nd Class2022/23
- 153rd Class2023/24
- 184th Class2024/25
- 195th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
21 in 1st Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 211st Class2020/21
- 192nd Class2021/22
- 193rd Class2022/23
- 194th Class2023/24
- 225th Class2024/25
- 206th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
16 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 162nd Class2020/21
- 143rd Class2021/22
- 144th Class2022/23
- 145th Class2023/24
- 166th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
14 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 143rd Class2020/21
- 144th Class2021/22
- 145th Class2022/23
- 156th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
22 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 224th Class2020/21
- 215th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
11 in 5th Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 115th Class2020/21
- 116th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +14Senior Infants in 2025/26 (14 to 28)
- −186th Class in 2021/22 (29 to 11)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2018/19 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2018/19 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Ballyragget National School, 2018/19 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
12.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers87.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.5
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
4.99 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 5.5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2018/19
Teachers each school year, by role
From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to Ballyragget National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyragget National SchoolThis school | – | 163 | – | |
| 1 | Lisdowney N S3.5 km · Ballyragget | 3.5 km | 96 |
+28.0%
|
| 2 | S N Colmain4.4 km · Jenkinstown | 4.4 km | 20 |
−13.0%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naomh Ioseph5.4 km · Jenkinstown | 5.4 km | 127 |
+89.6%
|
| 4 | Clontubrid Mixed N S5.6 km · Freshford | 5.6 km | 43 |
−31.7%
|
| 5 | S N Lisnafunchin7.0 km · Castlecomer | 7.0 km | 32 |
−33.3%
|
| 6 | Scoil Lachtain7.3 km · Freshford · DEIS | 7.3 km | 201 |
+6.3%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Claire Dunne
- Phone
- 0568833606
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilkenny Road, Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny, R95 KR86
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Planning area
- Castlecomer
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
8 school years from 2018/19 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 163 | 87 | 76 | 21 | 28 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | 160 | 89 | 71 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | 130 | 74 | 56 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 15 |
| 2022/23 | 136 | 81 | 55 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 126 | 75 | 51 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 11 |
| 2020/21 | 144 | 81 | 63 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 29 |
| 2019/20 | 136 | 73 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 145 | 75 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |