Carysfort National School is a co-educational primary school under the patronage of the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.

The school was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1895 and is situated on Convent Road, off Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock.  
It borders the grounds of the UCD Smurfit Business School.

The school is Roman Catholic and subscribes to the following Mission Statement upon which all school activities are based:

To each child we give self-confidence and belief in their own God-given talents, that they may achieve their full potential in the world.  Tá an Tiarna anseo.