Planning area in Meath
Dunshaughlin
Schools in County Meath in this planning area.
- Schools
- 7
- of 113 in Meath
- Pupils
- 1,550
- 6% of Meath's pupils
- Since 2015/16
- +30.9%
- 1,184 pupils in 2015/16
- Average school size
- 221.4
- Meath: 227.1
- Average class size
- 25.21
- Meath: 23.04
Trends in Dunshaughlin
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 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
1,550
+60 on 2024/25
Schools
7
5 in 1975/76
Average pupils per school
221.4
147.2 in 1975/76
Average class size
25.21
+0.14 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. 209 in 2025/26, +6 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). 222 pupils in 2025/26, 14.3% 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.
6 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
1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 168 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.
- Dunshaughlin Community National SchoolDunshaughlin · opened 2020/21 168
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.
- Average class size
- 25.21
- Mainstream classes
- 61
- Classes of 30 or more
- 5
- Schools with a class of 30+
- 4
Teachers
Teachers in the 7 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
- 61
- Up 16 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 36%
- Teaching posts in 2025/26
- about 87
- Estimate: 61 class teachers, 4 principals and deputies, 20 special education and 2 special class teachers
- Teachers in 2015/16
- 60
- The Department's last count of every teacher
- Since 2024/25
- 1 / 0
- 1 school 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 Dunshaughlin, and the special classes in the 7 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.
- Pupils in special schools
- 0
- No special school here
- Special classes in 2025/26
- 2
- In 2 of 7 schools. 2 in 2021/22
- Allocated for 2026/27
- 2
- In 2 schools
- Autism classes
- 2
- 100% of special classes
Special classes since 2021/22
In Dunshaughlin's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists
- 2021/22 2
- 2022/23 2
- 2023/24 2
- 2024/25 2
- 2025/26 2
- 2026/27 2
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
7 schools, largest first.
Select a column heading to sort
| Roll number | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Seachnaill NaofaDunshaughlin | 17930Q | 622 |
+5.1%
+26.9%
+45.3%
|
24 | 25.92 | 28 | 0 |
| Scoil na RitheDún Seachlainn | 19867W | 222 |
−0.4%
+6.2%
−7.9%
|
8 | 27.00 | 31 | 1 |
| S N ColmcilleTara | 17521W | 211 |
+1.4%
+0.5%
+18.5%
|
8 | 26.38 | 32 | 1 |
| Dunshaughlin Community National SchoolDunshaughlin | 20521Q | 168 |
+1,192.3%
–– |
7 | 24.00 | 30 | 2 |
| S N Cul an MhuilinnDrumree | 17312N | 119 |
+6.2%
+26.6%
+22.7%
|
5 | 22.60 | 31 | 1 |
| Scoil Nais Mhuire NaofaDunsany | 17742P | 113 |
+3.7%
+7.6%
+21.5%
|
5 | 22.60 | 25 | 0 |
| S N Naomh SeosamhDunsany | 16790V | 95 |
+9.2%
+25.0%
+33.8%
|
4 | 23.75 | 28 | 0 |
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