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Planning area in Kildare

Maynooth

Schools in County Kildare in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 1 school in Meath. See the whole planning area

Other planning areas in Kildare Naas · 13 Newbridge · 11 Celbridge · 8 Prosperous–Clane · 11 Leixlip · 7 Kildare · 4 Athy · 8 Kilcock · 5 Monasterevin · 5 Kilcullen · 3 Curragh · 4 Rathangan · 2 Edenderry · 4 Castledermot · 4 Dunlavin · 2 Blessington · 1 Longwood · 3 Baltinglass · 1
Schools
5
of 101 in Kildare
Pupils
2,263
8% of Kildare's pupils
Since 2015/16
+28.0%
1,768 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
452.6
Kildare: 287.1
Average class size
24.21
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

2,263

+2 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

5

2 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

452.6

334.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

24.21

−0.52 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. 271 in 2025/26, −23 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 (2 schools today). 632 pupils in 2025/26, 27.9% of the area's pupils, against 27.1% 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
1within 10%
3grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 1Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 25% or more · 1

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 173 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
24.21
Mainstream classes
92
Classes of 30 or more
4
Schools with a class of 30+
2

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
92
Up 48 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 88%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 133
Estimate: 92 class teachers, 6 principals and deputies, 29 special education and 6 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
91
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
2 / 0
2 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

1 special school in Maynooth, and the special classes in its 5 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
42
In 1 school, up from 30 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26
6
In 4 of 5 schools. 3 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
7
In 5 schools: 1 new class, 1 school with its first
Autism classes
6
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

  • 2020/21 3
  • 2021/22 4
  • 2022/23 5
  • 2023/24 6
  • 2024/25 6
  • 2025/26 6
  • 2026/27 7

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special school Pupils Since 2015/16 Teaching posts SNAs
Stepping Stones Special SchoolMaynooth · Autism 42
+40.0%
8.4 33

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
Presentation Girls Primary SchoolMaynooth 00779U 621
+15.0%
26 23.65 28 0
Maynooth B N SMaynooth 17341U 595
+13.3%
24 24.29 27 0
Scoil Ui FhiaichMaigh Nuad 20058T 459
−4.2%
19 24.16 30 2
Maynooth Educate Together National SchoolMaynooth 20292E 415
+85.3%
16 25.19 27 0
Gaelscoil RuairíMaigh Nuad 20527F 173 – 7 23.86 30 2