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Planning area in Kildare

Longwood

Schools in County Kildare in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 5 schools in Meath. 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 Athy · 8 Kilcock · 5 Monasterevin · 5 Kilcullen · 3 Curragh · 4 Rathangan · 2 Edenderry · 4 Castledermot · 4 Dunlavin · 2 Blessington · 1 Baltinglass · 1
Schools
3
of 101 in Kildare
Pupils
232
1% of Kildare's pupils
Since 2015/16
−25.9%
313 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
77.3
Kildare: 287.1
Average class size
21.09
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

232

−18 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

3

3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

77.3

66.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

21.09

−1.64 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. 18 in 2025/26, −8 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
21.09
Mainstream classes
11
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
11
No change since 2006/07, while pupils fell 15%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 15
Estimate: 11 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 4 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
16
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
St Patricks NSEnfield 18130M 87
−43.1%
4 21.75 28 0
S N Baile Mhic AdaimMagh Bhealaigh 18092H 85
+25.0%
4 21.25 26 0
S N na Maighdine MhuireBroadford 18287W 60
−34.8%
3 20.00 29 0