Planning area in Mayo
Ballina
Schools in County Mayo in this planning area.
- Schools
- 18
- of 151 in Mayo
- Pupils
- 2,318
- 16% of Mayo's pupils
- Since 2015/16
- +10.4%
- 2,100 pupils in 2015/16
- Average school size
- 128.8
- Mayo: 97.8
- Average class size
- 21.37
- Mayo: 20.87
Trends in Ballina
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 Mayo, schools with no planning area had 9.0% of pupils in 2015/16, 17.7% in 2005/06 and 49.2% in 1975/76. Known data issues
Pupils
2,318
+33 on 2024/25
Schools
18
13 in 1975/76
Average pupils per school
128.8
82.7 in 1975/76
Average class size
21.37
+0.65 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. 283 in 2025/26, +19 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). 141 pupils in 2025/26, 6.1% of the area's pupils, against 5.1% 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.
16 schools 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
2 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 119 pupils between them. They aren’t in the figures above.
- Ardagh National SchoolBallina · figures start 2023/24 73
- Bunscoil Naomh Bríd agus PádraígFoxford · figures start 2020/21 46
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.
- Average class size
- 21.37
- Mainstream classes
- 106
- Classes of 30 or more
- 10
- Schools with a class of 30+
- 5
Teachers
Teachers in the 18 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
- 106
- Up 41 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 43%
- Teaching posts in 2025/26
- about 168
- Estimate: 106 class teachers, 7 principals and deputies, 46 special education and 9 special class teachers
- Teachers in 2015/16
- 127
- The Department's last count of every teacher
- Since 2024/25
- 0 / 2
- 0 schools gained a class teacher, 2 lost one
Class teachers since 2006/07
One for each mainstream class, every school year
Special schools and special classes
2 special schools in Ballina, and the special classes in its 18 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.
- Pupils in special schools
- 63
- In 2 schools, up from 54 in 2015/16
- Special classes in 2025/26
- 9
- In 5 of 18 schools. 6 in 2020/21
- Allocated for 2026/27
- 11
- In 7 schools: 2 new classes, 2 schools with their first
- Autism classes
- 8
- 89% of special classes
Special classes since 2020/21
In Ballina's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists
- 2020/21 6
- 2021/22 6
- 2022/23 7
- 2023/24 8
- 2024/25 8
- 2025/26 9
- 2026/27 11
2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.
| Special school | Pupils | Since 2015/16 | Teaching posts | SNAs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Dympnas Spec SchoolBallina · Mild general learning disability | 33 |
+3.1%
|
6 | 13 |
| St Nicholas Spec SCHBallina · Moderate general learning disability | 30 |
+36.4%
|
6 | 16 |
Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).
Schools
18 schools, largest first.
Select a column heading to sort
| Roll number | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quignamanger N SBallina | 15257V | 364 |
+6.1%
+33.3%
+58.3%
|
15 | 24.27 | 34 | 3 |
| Cullens N SBallina | 07054L | 273 |
+15.2%
+0.4%
+35.8%
|
11 | 23.82 | 29 | 0 |
| Scoil ÍosaBallina | 20275E | 242 |
+29.4%
+21.0%
– |
13 | 17.62 | 22 | 0 |
| Scoil CholmcilleBallina | 15555G | 231 |
−3.3%
−2.1%
+4.5%
|
9 | 25.11 | 31 | 3 |
| Beheymore N SBallina | 11725I | 228 |
+0.4%
+13.4%
+79.5%
|
8 | 27.75 | 29 | 0 |
| St Joseph's NSBallina | 18561Q | 217 |
−11.8%
−1.4%
+33.1%
|
9 | 22.11 | 31 | 1 |
| S N Naomh PadraigBallina | 12206M | 148 |
+6.5%
−21.3%
+13.8%
|
6 | 24.67 | 32 | 1 |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre MaolBéal an Átha | 20084U | 141 |
+12.8%
+30.6%
+78.5%
|
7 | 20.14 | 26 | 0 |
| SN Muine ChonallainBallina | 13667H | 133 |
+33.0%
+121.7%
+79.7%
|
5 | 26.60 | 34 | 2 |
| Ardagh National SchoolBallina | 20576S | 73 | ––– | 4 | 18.25 | 23 | 0 |
| Newtownwhite Educate Together NSBallina | 09040K | 59 |
+15.7%
+84.4%
+126.9%
|
3 | 19.67 | 22 | 0 |
| Cooneal N.S.Ballina | 17209U | 58 |
−34.8%
−45.3%
−32.6%
|
3 | 19.33 | 22 | 0 |
| Bunscoil Naomh Bríd agus PádraígFoxford | 20552E | 46 |
−43.2%
–– |
3 | 15.33 | 21 | 0 |
| Knockanillo N SBallina | 16562I | 28 |
−20.0%
−34.9%
−39.1%
|
2 | 14.00 | 17 | 0 |
| Scoil Naomh FeichinBallina | 19488O | 26 |
−43.5%
−44.7%
−65.8%
|
2 | 13.00 | 17 | 0 |
| Garracloon N SBallina | 06852L | 25 |
+92.3%
−32.4%
−28.6%
|
2 | 12.50 | 14 | 0 |
| Saint Michaels N SBallina | 12792F | 17 |
+70.0%
−54.1%
+325.0%
|
2 | 8.50 | 9 | 0 |
| Cloghans N SBallina | 16170O | 9 |
−66.7%
−77.5%
−75.7%
|
2 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 |
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