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School patron in Dublin

Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB

Schools in County Dublin under this patron.

Other patrons in Dublin Archbishop of Dublin · 334 Educate Together · 43 An Foras Pátrúnachta · 23 Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI · 30 Islamic Foundation of Ireland · 2 Minister for Education & Skills · 3 The Dalkey School Project & Educate Together · 1 Griffith Barracks Multi-denominational School Company Limited by Guarantee · 1 Lucan Educate Together School · 1 The Ranelagh Multidenominational Association · 1 The Dalkey School Project · 1 The North Dublin National School Project · 1 Board of Governors of the Church of Ireland College of Education · 1 City of Dublin Education and Training Board · 1 The John Scottus Education Trust Company Limited by Guarantee · 1 Minister of Abbey Presbyterian Church · 1 Conference of Methodist Church in Ireland · 1 Joint patronage between the Kirk Session of Clontarf and the Scots Presbyterian Church · 1 Dublin Talmud Torah · 1 Scoil Sinéad Company Limited by Guarantee · 1 Dean of St Patrick's Catheral · 1
Schools
9
of 459 in Dublin
Pupils
3,148
2% of Dublin's pupils
Average school size
349.8
Dublin: 289.6
Average class size
22.41
Dublin: 22.23

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

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

1fell by 10% or more
1within 10%
1grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 1Within 10% · 1Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 1

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Newer schools

6 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 1,714 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
22.41
Mainstream classes
136
Classes of 30 or more
1
Schools with a class of 30+
1

Teachers

Teachers in the 9 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
136
Up 132 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 4154%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 223
Estimate: 136 class teachers, 9 principals and deputies, 61 special education and 17 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
132
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

9 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Scoil Choilm Community NSDublin 15 20241K 698
−2.6%
31 22.13 27 0
Scoil Ghrainne Community National SchoolDublin 15 20247W 585
−13.2%
24 23.88 28 0
Citywest & Saggart Community National SchoolDublin 24 20398U 413
+90.3%
16 25.06 27 0
Lucan Community National SchoolLucan 20426W 375
+443.5%
16 22.75 25 0
Scoil ChormaicBalbriggan 20269J 362
−15.2%
16 21.19 26 0
Scoil Aoife CNSDublin 24 20422O 342
+1,800.0%
16 20.62 24 0
Tallaght Community National SchoolDublin 24 19582G 151
+57.3%
7 19.86 26 0
River Valley CNSSwords 20528H 142 – 6 23.67 32 1
Broadmeadow Community National SchoolSwords 20529J 80 – 4 18.50 22 0