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Planning area in Galway

Oranmore

Schools in County Galway in this planning area.

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Schools
5
of 217 in Galway
Pupils
1,853
6% of Galway's pupils
Since 2015/16
+5.3%
1,760 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
370.6
Galway: 135.5
Average class size
25.00
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

1,853

+8 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

5

3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

370.6

119.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

25.00

+0.07 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. 225 in 2025/26, +13 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). 399 pupils in 2025/26, 21.5% of the area's pupils, against 22.8% 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

4 schools with figures for both years

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

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

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 770 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
25.00
Mainstream classes
73
Classes of 30 or more
10
Schools with a class of 30+
3

Teachers

Teachers in the 5 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
73
Up 31 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 66%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 112
Estimate: 73 class teachers, 6 principals and deputies, 28 special education and 5 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
100
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

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Oranmore, and the special classes in the 5 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
5
In 1 of 5 schools. 5 in 2024/25
Allocated for 2026/27
6
In 2 schools: 1 new class, 1 school with its first
Autism classes
3
60% of special classes

Special classes since 2024/25

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

  • 2024/25 5
  • 2025/26 5
  • 2026/27 6

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

5 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Scoil ÍosaOranmore 20584R 770 – 29 25.59 31 3
Gaelscoil de hIdeUarán Mór 19998O 399
−0.5%
16 24.94 28 0
Scoil MhuireClarinbridge 19965W 256
+2.8%
11 23.27 33 3
Scoil Naomh MhuireOranmore 18089S 233
+8.4%
9 25.89 31 4
Kilcolgan Educate Together NSClarinbridge 20326S 195
−7.1%
8 24.38 28 0

Closed schools counted here

These schools closed after the Department started recording planning areas in 2023/24, so their earlier pupils are included in the trends above.

School Roll number Last year Pupils that year
Scoil MhuireOranmore 13365O 2023/24 471
Scoil na nGasurOranmore 04506F 2023/24 269