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Planning area in Leitrim

Carrick-on-Shannon

Schools in County Leitrim in this planning area.

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

Other planning areas in Leitrim Mohill · 6 Ballinamore · 6 Manorhamilton · 9 Drumkeerin · 5 Ballyshannon–Donegal · 1 Carrigallen · 4 Drumshanbo · 1 Coola Cross · 1
Schools
4
of 37 in Leitrim
Pupils
920
24% of Leitrim's pupils
Since 2015/16
+15.7%
795 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
230.0
Leitrim: 105.6
Average class size
26.11
Leitrim: 22.30

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 Leitrim, schools with no planning area had 4.3% of pupils in 2015/16, 17.5% in 2005/06 and 45.1% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

920

−15 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

4

2 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

230.0

80.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

26.11

−0.49 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. 90 in 2025/26, −10 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). 203 pupils in 2025/26, 22.1% of the area's pupils, against 21.0% 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

4 schools with figures for both years

0fell by 10% or more
2within 10%
2grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 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
26.11
Mainstream classes
35
Classes of 30 or more
13
Schools with a class of 30+
3

Teachers

Teachers in the 4 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
35
Up 23 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 215%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 51
Estimate: 35 class teachers, 3 principals and deputies, 12 special education and 1 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
45
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 Carrick-on-Shannon, and the special classes in the 4 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
1
In 1 of 4 schools. 1 in 2023/24
Allocated for 2026/27
3
In 2 schools: 2 new classes, 1 school with its first
Autism classes
1
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2023/24

In Carrick-on-Shannon's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2023/24 1
  • 2024/25 1
  • 2025/26 1
  • 2026/27 3

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

4 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Scoil MhuireCarrick-on-Shannon 20432R 442
+26.6%
16 27.62 33 8
Leitrim MXD N SCarrick-on-Shannon 01125B 220
−0.9%
8 27.50 30 3
Gaelscoil LiatromaCora Droma Rúisc 20212D 203
+21.6%
8 24.62 33 2
S N Naomh BrighidCarrick On Shannon 18492A 55
−3.5%
3 18.33 22 0