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Planning area in Kildare

Athy

Schools in County Kildare in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 4 schools in Laois. See the whole planning area

Other planning areas in Kildare Naas · 13 Newbridge · 11 Celbridge · 8 Prosperous–Clane · 11 Maynooth · 5 Leixlip · 7 Kildare · 4 Kilcock · 5 Monasterevin · 5 Kilcullen · 3 Curragh · 4 Rathangan · 2 Edenderry · 4 Castledermot · 4 Dunlavin · 2 Blessington · 1 Longwood · 3 Baltinglass · 1
Schools
8
of 101 in Kildare
Pupils
1,625
6% of Kildare's pupils
Since 2015/16
−16.1%
1,936 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
203.1
Kildare: 287.1
Average class size
20.43
Kildare: 23.56

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 Kildare, schools with no planning area had 1.6% of pupils in 2015/16, 5.5% in 2005/06 and 24.2% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

1,625

−46 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

8

7 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

203.1

215.1 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

20.43

−0.50 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. 192 in 2025/26, +5 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). 151 pupils in 2025/26, 9.3% of the area's pupils, against 11.3% 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

8 schools with figures for both years

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

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
20.43
Mainstream classes
75
Classes of 30 or more
2
Schools with a class of 30+
1

Teachers

Teachers in the 8 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
75
Up 12 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 7%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 130
Estimate: 75 class teachers, 6 principals and deputies, 34 special education and 15 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
112
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
0 / 1
0 schools 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

0 special schools in Athy, and the special classes in the 8 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
15
In 5 of 8 schools. 11 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
16
In 5 schools: 1 new class
Autism classes
11
73% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

  • 2020/21 11
  • 2021/22 12
  • 2022/23 12
  • 2023/24 13
  • 2024/25 13
  • 2025/26 15
  • 2026/27 16

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

8 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Scoil Phadraig NaofaBaile Átha Í 16705E 592
+19.8%
26 22.08 28 0
Scoil Mhichil NaofaAthy 18288B 496
−25.9%
24 18.54 22 0
Gaelscoil Átha ÍBaile Átha Í 20192A 151
−30.7%
6 24.17 32 2
S N IdeAthy 17650K 139
−32.5%
6 21.17 24 0
Athy Model SchoolAthy 06209J 90
−4.3%
4 21.00 24 0
Kilberry N SAthy 13165G 84
−25.0%
4 21.00 24 0
Churchtown N SAthy 07790U 55
−52.6%
3 18.33 21 0
Ballyroe Central N SAthy 19425N 18
−33.3%
2 9.00 11 0