Planning area in Cork

Mallow

Schools in County Cork in this planning area.

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Schools: 14; of 335 in Cork
Pupils: 2,579; 4% of Cork's pupils
Since 2015/16: −7.4%; 2,785 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size: 184.2; Cork: 179.1
Average class size: 22.46; Cork: 21.72

Trends in Mallow

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 Cork, schools with no planning area had 3.2% of pupils in 2015/16, 8.7% in 2005/06 and 29.9% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

2,579

−53 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

12 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

184.2

187.5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.46

−0.49 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. 301 in 2025/26, +47 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). 412 pupils in 2025/26, 16.0% of the area's pupils, against 13.5% 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

13 schools with figures for both years

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

9fell by 10% or more

3within 10%

1grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 3Down 10 to 25% · 6Within 10% · 3Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 1

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

Newer schools

1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 202 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.

Mallow Community National SchoolMallow · opened 2014/15 202

Class sizes

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

Average class size: 22.46
Mainstream classes: 109
Classes of 30 or more: 10
Schools with a class of 30+: 7

Teachers

Teachers in the 14 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: 109; Up 37 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 36%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 196; Estimate: 109 class teachers, 11 principals and deputies, 53 special education and 23 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 158; The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25: 1 / 2; 1 school gained a class teacher, 2 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Mallow, and the special classes in the 14 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: 23; In 9 of 14 schools. 11 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27: 25; In 10 schools: 2 new classes, 1 school with its first
Autism classes: 19; 83% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

2020/21 11
2021/22 14
2022/23 15
2023/24 17
2024/25 18
2025/26 23
2026/27 25

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

14 schools, largest first.

Change over

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	Roll number
Scoil GhobnatanMallow	19256Q	470	−19.1%	20	22.05	32	2
Gael Scoil Thomais DaibhisMagh Ealla	19886D	412	+9.9%	16	25.75	32	2
Convent Girls Senior National SchoolMallow	16159D	246	−17.4%	10	21.60	33	1
S N Naomh Padraig Boys Senior SchoolMallow	17887S	212	+1.0%	8	25.00	32	1
S N Dhrom AthainMallow	13779S	207	−13.0%	9	23.00	32	1
Mallow Community National SchoolMallow	20440Q	202	+197.1%	8	23.75	27	0
S N IosagainMallow	18883P	133	−30.0%	6	19.17	22	0
S N RathainMallow	17533G	125	+123.2%	5	25.00	33	2
S N Moing na MiolMallow	17921P	113	−5.0%	5	20.40	22	0
Ballyclough Mixed N SMallow	07006A	111	−15.9%	5	19.80	25	0
Killavullen N SMallow	15903D	109	−24.8%	5	21.00	28	0
St. Abbey's National SchoolMallow	17823P	95	−37.1%	4	23.00	32	1
SN Ath na LiontaMallow	13483U	78	−11.4%	4	19.50	26	0
Burnfort N SMallow	11249C	66	−50.7%	4	16.50	23	0