Planning area in Donegal

Tory Island

Schools in County Donegal in this planning area.

Other planning areas in Donegal Letterkenny · 21 Carndonagh · 21 Buncrana · 10 Stranorlar · 16 Donegal · 12 Raphoe · 12 Milford · 17 Ballyshannon–Donegal · 10 Falcarragh · 13 Gweedore · 8 Glenties · 14 Dungloe · 8 Killybegs · 4 Carrick · 4

Schools: 1; of 171 in Donegal
Pupils: 18; 0% of Donegal's pupils
Since 2015/16: +100.0%; 9 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size: 18.0; Donegal: 110.4
Average class size: 9.00; Donegal: 21.47

Trends in Tory Island

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 Donegal, schools with no planning area had 0.3% of pupils in 2015/16, 2.1% in 2005/06 and 24.2% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

−2 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

1 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

18.0

46.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

9.00

−1.00 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. 0 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

Pupils in schools that teach all subjects through Irish (1 school today). 18 pupils in 2025/26, 100.0% of the area's pupils, against 100.0% 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

1 school with figures for both years

0fell by 10% or more

0within 10%

1grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 0Up 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: 9.00
Mainstream classes: 2
Classes of 30 or more: 0
Schools with a class of 30+: 0

Teachers

Teachers in this 1 mainstream primary school 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: 2; Up 1 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 200%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 3; Estimate: 2 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 1 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 2; 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

1 school, largest first.

Change over

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	Roll number
Scoil Naomh CholmcilleOileán Thoraí	05164I	18	+100.0%	2	9.00	11	0