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Planning area in Clare

Kilmihill

Schools in County Clare in this planning area.

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Schools
5
of 109 in Clare
Pupils
293
2% of Clare's pupils
Since 2015/16
+40.9%
208 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
58.6
Clare: 118.5
Average class size
17.94
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

293

−2 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

5

1 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

58.6

75.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

17.94

−0.18 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. 31 in 2025/26, −11 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

Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.

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% · 1Up 25% or more · 0

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

Newer schools

3 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 134 pupils between them. They aren’t in the figures above.

Class sizes

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

Average class size
17.94
Mainstream classes
16
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 5 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
16
Up 11 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 148%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 23
Estimate: 16 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 6 special education and 1 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
20
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

0 special schools in Kilmihill, and the special classes in the 5 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
Special classes in 2025/26
1
In 1 of 5 schools. 1 in 2024/25
Allocated for 2026/27
1
In 1 school
Autism classes
1
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2024/25

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

  • 2024/25 1
  • 2025/26 1
  • 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

5 schools, largest first.

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Roll number
Kilmihil N.S.Kilmihil 13826B 96
+4.3%
4 22.50 26 0
Scoil MhichilKilrush 20434V 66
+88.6%
3 22.00 26 0
Kilmurry McMahon National SchoolKilrush 20447H 63
+14.5%
3 21.00 27 0
St. Josephs National School CreeKilrush 20570G 38 – 3 12.67 15 0
Coore National SchoolEnnis 20404M 30
+15.4%
3 10.00 15 0