Planning area in Kilkenny
Mooncoin
Schools in County Kilkenny in this planning area.
- Schools
- 2
- of 68 in Kilkenny
- Pupils
- 384
- 4% of Kilkenny's pupils
- Since 2015/16
- +134.1%
- 164 pupils in 2015/16
- Average school size
- 192.0
- Kilkenny: 154.2
- Average class size
- 22.56
- Kilkenny: 22.53
Trends in Mooncoin
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.
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 Kilkenny, schools with no planning area had 3.9% of pupils in 2015/16, 12.4% in 2005/06 and 33.9% in 1975/76. Known data issues
Pupils
384
−2 on 2024/25
Schools
2
1 in 1975/76
Average pupils per school
192.0
74.0 in 1975/76
Average class size
22.56
−0.82 on 2024/25
Pupils in these schools
Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.
Junior infants
Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 42 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.
1 school with figures for both years
Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.
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 261 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.
- Scoil MhuireMooncoin · figures start 2016/17 261
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.
- Average class size
- 22.56
- Mainstream classes
- 16
- Classes of 30 or more
- 2
- Schools with a class of 30+
- 1
Teachers
Teachers in the 2 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.
- Class teachers in 2025/26
- 16
- Up 12 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 240%
- Teaching posts in 2025/26
- about 28
- Estimate: 16 class teachers, 2 principals and deputies, 6 special education and 4 special class teachers
- Teachers in 2015/16
- 6
- 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
Special schools and special classes
0 special schools in Mooncoin, and the special classes in the 2 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.
- Pupils in special schools
- 0
- No special school here
- Special classes in 2025/26
- 4
- In 2 of 2 schools. 1 in 2020/21
- Allocated for 2026/27
- 4
- In 2 schools
- Autism classes
- 4
- 100% of special classes
Special classes since 2020/21
In Mooncoin's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists
- 2020/21 1
- 2021/22 1
- 2022/23 2
- 2023/24 2
- 2024/25 2
- 2025/26 4
- 2026/27 4
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
2 schools, largest first.
Select a column heading to sort
| Roll number | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil MhuireMooncoin | 20492M | 261 |
−7.4%
–– |
11 | 22.64 | 32 | 2 |
| Carigeen N SCarrigeen | 15340I | 123 |
−15.8%
−25.0%
+25.5%
|
5 | 22.40 | 26 | 0 |
No schools match that filter.