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Planning area in Kerry

Tralee

Schools in County Kerry in this planning area.

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Schools
17
of 130 in Kerry
Pupils
3,988
26% of Kerry's pupils
Since 2015/16
−0.2%
3,997 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
234.6
Kerry: 119.8
Average class size
22.65
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

3,988

−30 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

17

14 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

234.6

278.4 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.65

−0.04 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. 480 in 2025/26, +30 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). 415 pupils in 2025/26, 10.4% of the area's pupils, against 7.0% 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

17 schools with figures for both years

6fell by 10% or more
6within 10%
5grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 4Within 10% · 6Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 25% or more · 3

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 Gaelscoil Mhic EasmainnTrá Lí, Co. Kerry 280 → 415 +48.2%
  2. 2 S N Breandan NaofaTraighli, Co. Kerry 148 → 207 +39.9%
  3. 3 S N Uaimh BhreanainnV92 Ae73, Co. Kerry 178 → 209 +17.4%
  4. 4 Holy FamilyTralee, Co. Kerry 227 → 265 +16.7%
  5. 5 Tralee Educate Together NSTralee, Co. Kerry 83 → 88 +6.0%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 St Brendans N STralee, Co. Kerry 91 → 43 −52.7%
  2. 2 S N Mainistir O dTornaTralee, Co. Kerry 149 → 121 −18.8%
  3. 3 Naomh Padraig MeascTraighli, Co. Kerry 202 → 168 −16.8%
  4. 4 Scoil EoinTralee, Co. Kerry 684 → 589 −13.9%
  5. 5 S N Mhuire na mBraithreTralee, Co. Kerry 464 → 414 −10.8%

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.

Class sizes

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

Average class size
22.65
Mainstream classes
172
Classes of 30 or more
8
Schools with a class of 30+
7

Teachers

Teachers in the 17 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
172
Up 15 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 4%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 280
Estimate: 172 class teachers, 13 principals and deputies, 80 special education and 15 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
236
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
1 / 1
1 school 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 Tralee, and the special classes in its 17 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
127
In 1 school, up from 92 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26
15
In 11 of 17 schools. 6 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
17
In 12 schools: 2 new classes, 1 school with its first
Autism classes
12
80% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

  • 2020/21 6
  • 2021/22 8
  • 2022/23 10
  • 2023/24 10
  • 2024/25 11
  • 2025/26 15
  • 2026/27 17

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special school Pupils Since 2015/16 Teaching posts SNAs
St Itas & St Josephs NSTralee · Mild general learning disability 127
+38.0%
17 34.83

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

Schools

17 schools, largest first.

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Roll number
Scoil EoinTralee 13615L 589
−13.9%
24 24.04 27 0
Gaelscoil Mhic EasmainnTrá Lí 19631Q 415
+48.2%
16 25.94 29 0
S N Mhuire na mBraithreTralee 18247K 414
−10.8%
20 19.80 25 0
Scoil MhuireTralee 13530D 378
+2.4%
16 22.81 28 0
S N an Chroi NaofaTralee 16871V 342
−6.6%
15 22.40 34 1
Holy FamilyTralee 19536W 265
+16.7%
15 16.87 26 0
Spa National SchoolTralee 18702I 230
+4.1%
9 25.00 30 1
Ardfert Central N SArdfert 19384C 215
+0.9%
8 26.25 31 1
S N Lios TeilicTralee 09260B 211
−3.7%
8 25.88 31 2
S N Uaimh BhreanainnV92 Ae73 17646T 209
+17.4%
8 25.38 31 1
S N Breandan NaofaTraighli 16898S 207
+39.9%
8 25.88 30 1
Naomh Padraig MeascTraighli 16917T 168
−16.8%
7 24.00 35 1
S N Mainistir O dTornaTralee 18665F 121
−18.8%
5 24.20 26 0
Tralee Educate Together NSTralee 20158A 88
+6.0%
4 22.00 27 0
St Johns Parochial SchoolTralee 18233W 61
+69.4%
4 15.25 18 0
St Brendans N STralee 19659P 43
−52.7%
3 12.33 13 0
Derryquay MXD N STralee 15878H 32
−30.4%
2 13.50 18 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
Ballymacelligott 1 N SBallymacelligott 09782I 2024/25 2