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Planning area in Carlow

Graignamanagh

Schools in County Carlow in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 2 schools in Kilkenny. See the whole planning area

Other planning areas in Carlow Carlow · 11 Tullow · 11 Bagenalstown · 10 Borris · 4 Hacketstown · 2 Bunclody · 2
Schools
2
of 42 in Carlow
Pupils
81
1% of Carlow's pupils
Since 2015/16
+17.4%
69 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
40.5
Carlow: 172.4
Average class size
16.20
Carlow: 21.79

Each year counts the schools in this planning area today, plus any that closed from 2023/24. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93. 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.

Earlier years are incomplete

The Department's files only record planning areas from 2023/24, so schools that closed or amalgamated before then aren't counted in any area. The further back you go, the more pupils are missing, and an amalgamation can look like a sudden rise. Across County Carlow, schools with no planning area had 0.0% of pupils in 2015/16, 0.0% in 2005/06 and 15.7% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

81

−4 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

2

2 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

40.5

76.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

16.20

−0.80 on 2024/25

2006/072025/26

Pupils in these schools

Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.

Area figures by year (CSV) Each school by year (CSV)

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 12 in 2025/26, +3 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

From 1976/77: earlier files don't split every school's pupils into girls and boys.

Irish-medium schools

No school in this area teaches all subjects through Irish.

Growing and falling since 2015/16

Each school's change in pupils over 10 years, from 2015/16 to 2025/26. A change of 10% or more either way counts as growing or falling.

Every school's change

2 schools with figures for both years

0fell by 10% or more
1within 10%
1grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 1Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 1

Sort the table below by the change column to see which schools grew or fell most.

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size
16.20
Mainstream classes
5
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 2 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.

How we count teachers
Class teachers in 2025/26
5
No change since 2006/07, while pupils fell 7%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 6
Estimate: 5 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 2 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
5
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
0 / 0
0 schools gained a class teacher, 0 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Schools

2 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Scoil N Moling-GlynnSaint Mulllins 17330P 51
−7.3%
3 17.00 20 0
St Brendans N Svia Kilkenny 17481N 30
+114.3%
2 15.00 15 0