Local authority in Galway

Galway City Council

Schools in County Galway in this local authority.

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Schools: 27; of 217 in Galway
Pupils: 8,017; 27% of Galway's pupils
Average school size: 296.9; Galway: 135.5
Average class size: 21.32; Galway: 21.46

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

23 schools with figures for both years

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

12fell by 10% or more

7within 10%

4grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 10Within 10% · 7Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 25% or more · 2

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 Scoil an Linbh IosaGalway, Co. Galway 180 → 236 +31.1%
2 Gaelscoil Mhic AmhlaighGaillimh, Co. Galway 502 → 643 +28.1%
3 Scoil Croi IosaGalway, Co. Galway 100 → 122 +22.0%
4 Galway Educate Together NSGalway, Co. Galway 335 → 373 +11.3%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 SN ColmcilleCastlegar, Co. Galway 106 → 70 −34.0%
2 Tirellan Heights N SGalway, Co. Galway 450 → 330 −26.7%
3 S N BrighdeAn Caisleán Gearr, Co. Galway 167 → 130 −22.2%
4 Scoil Náisiúnta RóisGalway, Co. Galway 377 → 297 −21.2%
5 S N Caitriona SoisRenmore, Co. Galway 435 → 350 −19.5%

Ranked by percentage change. Only schools with 50 or more pupils in 2015/16 are ranked, leaving out any still filling their classes then, because a few pupils make a big percentage in a small or new school. An amalgamation or a new school nearby can also explain a big rise or fall.

Newer schools

4 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 1,713 pupils between them. They aren’t in the figures above.

Scoil ÍosaOranmore · figures start 2024/25 770
Merlin Woods Primary SchoolGalway · opened 2010/11 383
Radharc na Mara National SchoolMervue · figures start 2020/21 353
Knocknacarra Educate Together NSKnocknacarra · opened 2014/15 207

Class sizes

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

Average class size: 21.32
Mainstream classes: 364
Classes of 30 or more: 15
Schools with a class of 30+: 7

Teachers

Teachers in the 27 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: 364; Up 126 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 33%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 620; Estimate: 364 class teachers, 27 principals and deputies, 184 special education and 45 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 451; The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25: 3 / 5; 3 schools gained a class teacher, 5 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Schools

27 schools, largest first.

Change over

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	Roll number
Scoil ÍosaOranmore	20584R	770	–	29	25.59	31	3
Gaelscoil Mhic AmhlaighGaillimh	19994G	643	+28.1%	27	23.81	31	2
S N IognaidGaillimh	19371Q	480	−17.1%	20	24.00	31	2
Gaelscoil DaraGaillimh	19858V	419	−3.0%	17	24.65	29	0
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NSGalway	20108I	400	−9.9%	16	24.62	28	0
Merlin Woods Primary SchoolGalway	20350P	383	+24.4%	16	23.19	26	0
Galway Educate Together NSGalway	20000L	373	+11.3%	16	22.19	27	0
Bushy Park N SGalway	13856K	366	−8.5%	16	22.88	25	0
SN Caitriona SinsearRenmore	19468I	365	−3.9%	15	23.27	26	0
Radharc na Mara National SchoolMervue	20554I	353	–	21	15.67	22	0
S N Caitriona SoisRenmore	19401W	350	−19.5%	19	17.16	21	0
Tirellan Heights N SGalway	19795A	330	−26.7%	21	15.71	20	0
Scoil Náisiúnta RóisGalway	19241D	297	−21.2%	13	21.92	28	0
Niochlas N SGalway	16943U	262	−18.4%	14	17.00	22	0
Scoil IdeGalway	18634R	244	−16.7%	11	22.18	32	2
Scoil an Linbh IosaGalway	04515G	236	+31.1%	13	17.77	27	0
Scoil MhuireCastlegar	17845C	223	−6.7%	10	21.10	30	3
S N FhursaGaillimh	16937C	216	−13.3%	9	24.00	30	2
S N Padraic NaofaGalway	17784I	214	−5.3%	9	22.44	34	1
Knocknacarra Educate Together NSKnocknacarra	20410H	207	+314.0%	8	24.50	28	0
S N Bride NaofaGalway	17782E	187	−18.3%	10	18.00	25	0
Scoil Naomh IosefBearna	13914V	183	−4.7%	8	21.00	28	0
S N BrighdeAn Caisleán Gearr	17759J	130	−22.2%	6	19.67	26	0
Scoil Croi IosaGalway	01013N	122	+22.0%	7	17.43	20	0
Scoil Naomh EindeGalway	18929N	119	−15.0%	5	21.40	27	0
Parochial N SGalway	16750J	75	−13.8%	4	18.75	26	0
SN ColmcilleCastlegar	17221K	70	−34.0%	4	16.00	18	0