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Planning area in Mayo

Foxford

Schools in County Mayo in this planning area.

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Other planning areas in Mayo Castlebar · 15 Ballina · 18 Westport · 17 Ballinrobe · 9 Claremorris · 9 Ballyhaunis · 5 Belmullet · 15 Balla · 8 Kiltimagh · 4 Swinford · 8 Crossmolina · 6 Charlestown · 5 Achill · 8 Lacken–Ballycastle · 5 Louisburgh · 5 Headford · 5 Tourmakeady · 3 Ballaghadereen · 2 Ros Dumhach · 2
Schools
2
of 151 in Mayo
Pupils
316
2% of Mayo's pupils
Since 2015/16
−5.1%
333 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
158.0
Mayo: 97.8
Average class size
22.57
Mayo: 20.87

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 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

316

+3 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

2

1 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

158.0

81.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.57

+0.21 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. 38 in 2025/26, No change 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.

Every school's change

2 schools with figures for both years

1fell by 10% or more
1within 10%
0grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 1Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 0

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
22.57
Mainstream classes
14
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.

How we count teachers
Class teachers in 2025/26
14
Up 4 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 15%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 20
Estimate: 14 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 4 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
19
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

Schools

2 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Foxford Central NSFoxford 19812U 271
−0.7%
11 24.64 33 2
S N Peadar agus PolFoxford 18848N 45
−25.0%
3 15.00 22 0