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Planning area in Clare

Gort

Schools in County Clare in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 11 schools in Galway. See the whole planning area

Other planning areas in Clare Ennis · 25 Shannon · 14 Ennistymon · 10 Limerick City · 3 Scariff · 9 Kilrush · 7 Tulla · 3 Spanish Point · 8 Lisdoonvarna · 5 Kilkee · 7 Killaloe · 3 Kilmihill · 5 Kildysart–Cahercon · 6 Kinvara · 1
Schools
3
of 109 in Clare
Pupils
87
1% of Clare's pupils
Since 2015/16
+1.2%
86 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
29.0
Clare: 118.5
Average class size
14.50
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

87

−5 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

3

3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

29.0

45.7 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

14.50

−0.83 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. 9 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

3 schools with figures for both years

1fell by 10% or more
1within 10%
1grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 1Down 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
14.50
Mainstream classes
6
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 3 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
6
No change since 2006/07, while pupils rose 45%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 8
Estimate: 6 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 2 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
6
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

3 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Tubber N SVia Galway 10886E 40
+48.1%
2 20.00 21 0
Boston N STubber 10763L 24
+9.1%
2 12.00 13 0
Dromindoora N.S.Feakle 18950E 23
−37.8%
2 11.50 12 0