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Planning area in Meath

Drogheda

Schools in County Meath in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 17 schools in Louth. See the whole planning area

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Schools
9
of 113 in Meath
Pupils
2,250
9% of Meath's pupils
Since 2015/16
−10.0%
2,501 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
250.0
Meath: 227.1
Average class size
22.65
Meath: 23.04

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 Meath, schools with no planning area had 0.1% of pupils in 2015/16, 0.3% in 2005/06 and 12.7% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

2,250

−49 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

9

8 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

250.0

109.5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.65

+0.37 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. 220 in 2025/26, −13 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). 383 pupils in 2025/26, 17.0% of the area's pupils, against 17.7% 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

9 schools with figures for both years

5fell by 10% or more
3within 10%
1grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 3Within 10% · 3Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 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
22.65
Mainstream classes
96
Classes of 30 or more
6
Schools with a class of 30+
4

Teachers

Teachers in the 9 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
96
Up 44 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 60%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 151
Estimate: 96 class teachers, 6 principals and deputies, 36 special education and 13 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
128
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
0 / 4
0 schools gained a class teacher, 4 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Drogheda, and the special classes in the 9 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
13
In 7 of 9 schools. 9 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
16
In 7 schools: 3 new classes
Autism classes
13
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In Drogheda's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2020/21 9
  • 2021/22 9
  • 2022/23 11
  • 2023/24 12
  • 2024/25 12
  • 2025/26 13
  • 2026/27 16

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

9 schools, largest first.

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Roll number
Gaelscoil an Bhradáin FeasaDroichead Átha 20258E 383
−13.3%
16 23.31 29 0
S N Realt na Mara (B)Mornington 18762D 373
−15.8%
16 22.56 31 2
S N Realt na Mara (C)Donacarney 18767N 373
−12.4%
16 22.56 32 2
S N Bheinin Naofa CDuleek 17840P 343
+3.3%
14 23.64 29 0
S N Bheinn Naofa BDuleek 17839H 339
−1.7%
14 23.36 30 1
S N Dun UabhairDrogheda 17856H 166
−26.2%
8 19.25 26 0
S N Naomh ColmcilleDuleek 18500T 109
+3.8%
5 21.80 29 0
S N Naomh TreasaDrogheda 18413B 105
+12.9%
4 26.25 30 1
Scoil Naomh PioBeauparc 16549Q 59
−34.4%
3 17.67 21 0