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Planning area in Cavan

Cootehill

Schools in County Cavan in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 5 schools in Monaghan. See the whole planning area

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Schools
7
of 75 in Cavan
Pupils
717
7% of Cavan's pupils
Since 2015/16
+9.6%
654 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
102.4
Cavan: 129.5
Average class size
19.44
Cavan: 21.24

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 Cavan, schools with no planning area had 0.0% of pupils in 2015/16, 2.9% in 2005/06 and 30.6% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

717

−39 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

7

5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

102.4

73.8 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

19.44

−1.14 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. 83 in 2025/26, +4 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

7 schools with figures for both years

2fell by 10% or more
3within 10%
2grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 3Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 2

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
19.44
Mainstream classes
36
Classes of 30 or more
3
Schools with a class of 30+
3

Teachers

Teachers in the 7 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
36
Up 16 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 67%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 51
Estimate: 36 class teachers, 2 principals and deputies, 10 special education and 3 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
38
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

Special schools and special classes

1 special school in Cootehill, and the special classes in its 7 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
182
In 1 school, up from 156 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26
3
In 2 of 7 schools. 1 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
4
In 3 schools: 1 new class, 1 school with its first
Autism classes
2
67% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In Cootehill's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2020/21 1
  • 2021/22 1
  • 2022/23 1
  • 2023/24 2
  • 2024/25 3
  • 2025/26 3
  • 2026/27 4

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special school Pupils Since 2015/16 Teaching posts SNAs
Holy Family S SCootehill · Moderate general learning disability 182
+16.7%
30 67

Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).

Schools

7 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
St Michaels National SchoolCootehill 20277I 232
+6.9%
13 17.85 24 0
S N Doire na CeiseCootehill 17601U 143
+8.3%
6 22.83 30 1
Darley N SCootehill 12312L 130
+35.4%
5 23.80 31 1
Kill N SCootehill 19285A 126
+65.8%
5 25.20 30 1
S N PadraigCootehill 18340A 51
−7.3%
3 17.00 20 0
St Mary's N.S.Ballyhaise 16520P 31
−34.0%
2 15.50 16 0
Drung No 2 NSDrung 19921C 4
−87.1%
2 2.00 2 0