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Planning area in Dublin

Dublin6–Clonskeagh

Schools in County Dublin in this planning area.

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Schools
13
of 459 in Dublin
Pupils
3,302
2% of Dublin's pupils
Since 2015/16
+18.3%
2,791 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
254.0
Dublin: 289.6
Average class size
23.04
Dublin: 22.23

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 Dublin, schools with no planning area had 1.5% of pupils in 2015/16, 5.3% in 2005/06 and 36.8% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

3,302

−72 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

13

8 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

254.0

231.2 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

23.04

−0.72 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. 368 in 2025/26, −12 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 (2 schools today). 546 pupils in 2025/26, 16.5% of the area's pupils, against 25.7% 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

11 schools with figures for both years

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

7fell by 10% or more
3within 10%
1grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 5Within 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

2 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 764 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
23.04
Mainstream classes
141
Classes of 30 or more
7
Schools with a class of 30+
5

Teachers

Teachers in the 13 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
141
Up 46 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 32%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 214
Estimate: 141 class teachers, 13 principals and deputies, 50 special education and 10 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
148
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
2 / 1
2 schools gained a class teacher, 1 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

1 special school in Dublin6–Clonskeagh, and the special classes in its 13 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
70
In 1 school, up from 59 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26
10
In 5 of 13 schools. 2 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
12
In 6 schools: 2 new classes, 1 school with its first
Autism classes
9
90% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In Dublin6–Clonskeagh's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2020/21 2
  • 2021/22 4
  • 2022/23 6
  • 2023/24 8
  • 2024/25 9
  • 2025/26 10
  • 2026/27 12

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special school Pupils Since 2015/16 Teaching posts SNAs
St Peters Special SCHDublin 6 · Emotional and behavioural difficulties 70
+18.6%
12 17

Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).

Schools

13 schools, largest first.

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Roll number
St. Louis National SchoolDublin 6 20571I 590 – 26 22.46 27 0
St Marys Central N SDublin 4 19727G 587
+95.0%
25 23.36 30 1
St Josephs Boys N SDublin 6 09750S 363
−24.5%
16 22.69 29 0
S N BrighdeBaile Átha Cliath 6 18817C 358
−25.6%
15 23.87 30 1
Ranelagh Multi Denom NSDublin 6 19928Q 221
−8.7%
8 27.62 28 0
Sandford Parish National SchoolDublin 6 15618E 196
−16.9%
8 24.50 30 2
Kildare Place N SDublin 6 12755W 189
−12.9%
8 23.62 27 0
Gaelscoil Lios na nOgBaile Átha Cliath 6 20048Q 188
−20.7%
8 23.50 31 1
Dublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary SchoolIreland 20520O 174 – 7 23.14 28 0
St Clares Convent N SDublin 6W 16651H 163
−46.9%
7 20.57 32 2
Rathgar N SDublin 6 14717B 94
+1.1%
4 23.50 24 0
Zion Parish Primary SchoolDublin 6 14917J 91
−6.2%
5 18.20 25 0
Scoil Naisiunta StratfordDublin 6 16966J 88
−11.1%
4 18.75 22 0