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Planning area in Galway

Gort

Schools in County Galway in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 3 schools in Clare. See the whole planning area

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Schools
11
of 217 in Galway
Pupils
1,049
4% of Galway's pupils
Since 2015/16
+15.4%
909 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
95.4
Galway: 135.5
Average class size
22.67
Galway: 21.46

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 Galway, schools with no planning area had 4.9% of pupils in 2015/16, 9.0% in 2005/06 and 34.0% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

1,049

+3 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

11

7 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

95.4

61.7 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.67

−0.44 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. 132 in 2025/26, −1 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). 41 pupils in 2025/26, 3.9% of the area's pupils, against 7.7% 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

10 schools with figures for both years

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

3fell by 10% or more
1within 10%
6grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 3Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 1Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 25% or more · 4

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 44 pupils. It isn’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
22.67
Mainstream classes
46
Classes of 30 or more
7
Schools with a class of 30+
5

Teachers

Teachers in the 11 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
46
Up 23 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 142%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 69
Estimate: 46 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 21 special education and 1 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
58
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
1 / 0
1 school gained a class teacher, 0 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Gort, and the special classes in the 11 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
1
In 1 of 11 schools. 1 in 2021/22
Allocated for 2026/27
1
In 1 school
Autism classes
1
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2021/22

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

  • 2021/22 1
  • 2022/23 1
  • 2023/24 1
  • 2024/25 1
  • 2025/26 1
  • 2026/27 1

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

11 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Gort National SchoolGort 20465J 197
+3.1%
9 21.89 30 2
S N Ard RaithinArdrahan 17007I 176
+61.5%
7 25.14 31 2
S N Cill TartainGort Inse Guaire 17789S 117
+27.2%
5 23.40 31 1
Naomh Colman Mac DuaighGort 19377F 109
+43.4%
4 27.25 30 1
S N Aine NaofaGort 17475S 92
+33.3%
4 21.50 30 1
Lurga N SGort 12574S 91
+18.2%
4 22.75 29 0
S N Cill FheicinGort 14394D 69
+11.3%
3 23.00 28 0
S N MhuireArdrahan 14642T 58
−31.8%
3 19.33 25 0
S N Naomh ThomaisGaillimh 17502S 55
−29.5%
3 18.33 21 0
St Columba's National SchoolGort 20491K 44 – 2 22.00 23 0
Gaelscoil na bhFiliGort Inse Guaire 20264W 41
−41.4%
2 20.50 26 0