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Planning area in Clare

Ennistymon

Schools in County Clare in this planning area.

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Schools
10
of 109 in Clare
Pupils
745
6% of Clare's pupils
Since 2015/16
−0.4%
748 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
74.5
Clare: 118.5
Average class size
19.10
Clare: 21.09

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 Clare, schools with no planning area had 0.6% of pupils in 2015/16, 6.1% in 2005/06 and 24.8% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

745

−20 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

10

7 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

74.5

60.6 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

19.10

−1.03 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. 104 in 2025/26, +13 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

Pupils in schools that teach all subjects through Irish (1 school today). 29 pupils in 2025/26, 3.9% of the area's pupils, against 4.3% in 2015/16. Each school counts under its current classification for every year.

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

10 schools with figures for both years

4fell by 10% or more
3within 10%
3grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 3Down 10 to 25% · 1Within 10% · 3Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 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
19.10
Mainstream classes
39
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 10 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
39
Up 16 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 60%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 55
Estimate: 39 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 15 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
48
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
1 / 1
1 school gained a class teacher, 1 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Ennistymon, and the special classes in the 10 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
0
No special school here
Allocated for 2026/27
1
In 1 school: 1 new class, 1 school with its first

Special classes since 2026/27

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

  • 2026/27 1

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

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

Schools

10 schools, largest first.

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Roll number
Saint Marys N S LahinchLahinch 18753C 166
+16.9%
7 23.71 27 0
Mol an Óige Community National SchoolEnnistymon 20313J 158
+8.2%
8 19.75 23 0
S N LiosceanuirLiscannor 18410S 105
+54.4%
5 21.00 26 0
Kilnaboy N SEnnis 17832Q 80
−9.1%
4 20.00 24 0
Ennistymon National SchoolEnnistymon 20245S 64
−28.1%
3 21.33 24 0
S N Colm CilleEnnistymon 17270A 58
+23.4%
3 19.33 25 0
St Fachnan & St Attractas N SKilfenora 20149W 57
−13.6%
3 19.00 21 0
S N Iosef NaofaAn Leacht 18339P 29
−9.4%
2 14.50 15 0
S N Aibhistin NaofaKilshanny 17847G 21
−40.0%
2 10.50 12 0
Forgleann N SLahinch 18768P 7
−80.0%
2 3.50 5 0