St Matthews Mixed N.S

The facts

Special classes

4 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 3 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
• 1 × ASD Early Intervention

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Ballymahon. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.

Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district N39 (Longford) was €200,000 in 2025. That is up 75.4% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Ballymahon at -6.41 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 30% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

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Other schools in Ballymahon

• Ballymahon Vocational School Secondary school, Longford
• Colehill Mixed N S Primary school, Longford
• Forgney N S Primary school, Longford
• Magh Mora N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Mercy Secondary School Secondary school, Longford
• Naomh Dominic N S Primary school, Longford
• S N An Leana Mor Primary school, Longford
• S N Bhride Primary school, Westmeath
• S N Naomh Mhuire Primary school, Longford
• Tang N S Primary school, Westmeath
• Tashinny N S Primary school, Longford