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Local authority in Limerick

Limerick City Council

Schools in County Limerick in this local authority.

Other local authorities in Limerick Limerick County Council · 109
Schools
24
of 133 in Limerick
Pupils
6,683
30% of Limerick's pupils
Average school size
278.5
Limerick: 165.1
Average class size
21.88
Limerick: 21.83

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

23 schools with figures for both years

Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.

6fell by 10% or more
9within 10%
8grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 5Within 10% · 9Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 25% or more · 6

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 Corpus Christi N SLimerick, Co. Limerick 234 → 403 +72.2%
  2. 2 Gaelscoil SairsealLuimneach, Co. Limerick 228 → 369 +61.8%
  3. 3 St Michaels NSLimerick, Co. Limerick 81 → 126 +55.6%
  4. 4 Gaelscoil an RaithinLuimneach, Co. Limerick 284 → 389 +37.0%
  5. 5 St Mary's National SchoolLimerick, Co. Limerick 112 → 152 +35.7%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 St Johns ConventLimerick, Co. Limerick 299 → 223 −25.4%
  2. 2 Scoil IdeLimerick, Co. Limerick 792 → 654 −17.4%
  3. 3 Scoil Padraig Naofa CLimerick, Co. Limerick 231 → 197 −14.7%
  4. 4 An Mhodh ScoilLuimneach, Co. Limerick 656 → 578 −11.9%
  5. 5 S N Muire na hEireannLimerick, Co. Limerick 294 → 262 −10.9%

Ranked by percentage change. Only schools with 50 or more pupils in 2015/16 are ranked, leaving out any still filling their classes then, because a few pupils make a big percentage in a small or new school. An amalgamation or a new school nearby can also explain a big rise or fall.

Newer schools

1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 361 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
21.88
Mainstream classes
297
Classes of 30 or more
8
Schools with a class of 30+
5

Teachers

Teachers in the 24 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
297
Up 68 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 18%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 530
Estimate: 297 class teachers, 25 principals and deputies, 178 special education and 30 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
422
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
4 / 4
4 schools gained a class teacher, 4 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Schools

24 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Scoil IdeLimerick 18872K 654
−17.4%
28 23.36 29 0
An Mhodh ScoilLuimneach 19894C 578
−11.9%
24 24.08 27 0
St Brigids NSLimerick 19475F 457
−4.0%
18 24.72 28 0
Corpus Christi N SLimerick 19830W 403
+72.2%
20 18.90 24 0
Gaelscoil an RaithinLuimneach 20181S 389
+37.0%
16 24.31 29 0
Gaelscoil SairsealLuimneach 19956V 369
+61.8%
14 26.36 30 1
Scoil Mathair deLimerick City 18677M 362
+24.4%
16 21.12 30 2
Salesian Primary SchoolLimerick 20496U 361 – 16 22.56 29 0
Our Lady Queen of Peace SchoolLimerick 17737W 326
+5.2%
16 20.00 23 0
Presentation Primary SchoolLimerick 20018H 279
+4.5%
14 19.07 27 0
Scoil Chriost Ri BLimerick 19331E 278
−4.1%
12 22.17 26 0
S N Muire na hEireannLimerick 19332G 262
−10.9%
11 23.27 28 0
St Johns ConventLimerick 06936R 223
−25.4%
12 17.50 24 0
Scoil IosagainLimerick 16910F 222
+1.4%
12 17.50 23 0
J F K Memorial SchoolLimerick 18991S 218
−9.5%
9 24.22 35 1
Limerick School ProjectLimerick 19934L 203
−6.9%
8 25.38 28 0
Scoil Padraig Naofa BLimerick 16443A 197
−10.0%
8 23.88 30 2
Scoil Padraig Naofa CLimerick 16444C 197
−14.7%
8 24.62 30 2
Our Lady of Lourdes N SLimerick 19667O 161
+11.8%
8 18.62 22 0
St Mary's National SchoolLimerick 20405O 152
+35.7%
7 20.00 25 0
St Michaels NSLimerick 15320C 126
+55.6%
6 19.00 20 0
St MichaelsLimerick 12834S 116
−9.4%
5 23.20 25 0
Gaelscoil SheoirseLuimneach 19931F 82
−9.9%
5 14.00 20 0
St John the Baptist Boys N SLimerick 16715H 68
+83.8%
4 14.50 20 0