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Planning area in Kerry

Abbeyfeale

Schools in County Kerry in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 9 schools in Limerick. See the whole planning area

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Schools
3
of 130 in Kerry
Pupils
118
1% of Kerry's pupils
Since 2015/16
−27.6%
163 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
39.3
Kerry: 119.8
Average class size
16.86
Kerry: 21.25

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 Kerry, schools with no planning area had 0.1% of pupils in 2015/16, 7.7% in 2005/06 and 27.3% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

118

−10 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

3

3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

39.3

115.3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

16.86

−1.43 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. 13 in 2025/26, −4 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

No school in this area teaches all subjects through Irish.

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

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

Sort the table below by the change column to see which schools grew or fell most.

Class sizes

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

Average class size
16.86
Mainstream classes
7
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 3 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
7
Down 1 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 29%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 10
Estimate: 7 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 3 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
10
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

3 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Knockaclarig MXD N STralee 14002G 47
+38.2%
3 15.67 23 0
Knocknagoshel National SchoolTralee 09708T 40
−36.5%
2 20.00 22 0
Scoil MhuireBrosna 18283O 31
−53.0%
2 15.50 17 0