30,000 in primary, 20,000 in secondary education
There were almost 30,000 children in the county attending primary level school last year, according to the 2022 Census.
52.5% of children in Kildare got a lift in the car, 28.7% walked to school and 8.4% got the bus.
Leixlip had the highest number of children in the county walking to school at 54.7%, Naas had the highest number of primary school children getting the bus at 13.3%, with 66% of children in Allenwood getting a lift in the car, the highest in the county.
There were 20,770 students in Kildare in second level education.
39.6% of students in Kildare went to school in the car, 24.2% of students walked and 22.6% got the bus.
Kill had the highest percentage of children aged 13 to 18 travelling to school on public transport at 82%.
Kilcullen had the highest percentage of children in the county walking to school at 60.2% and almost half of students in
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