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Planning area in Roscommon

Athlone

Schools in County Roscommon in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 12 schools in Westmeath. See the whole planning area

Other planning areas in Roscommon Roscommon · 14 Boyle · 7 Castlerea · 9 Ballaghadereen · 8 Ballinasloe · 4 Elphin · 5 Strokestown · 5 Longford–Newtownforbes · 3 Carrick-on-Shannon · 4 Ballygar · 6 Ballyhaunis · 3 Lanesboro · 3 Dunmore · 1 Drumshanbo · 5
Schools
10
of 87 in Roscommon
Pupils
1,464
18% of Roscommon's pupils
Since 2015/16
+0.3%
1,459 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
146.4
Roscommon: 91.4
Average class size
22.47
Roscommon: 20.55

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 Roscommon, schools with no planning area had 13.4% of pupils in 2015/16, 15.0% in 2005/06 and 34.9% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

1,464

−29 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

10

9 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

146.4

66.6 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.47

−0.55 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. 165 in 2025/26, +10 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

10 schools with figures for both years

2fell by 10% or more
4within 10%
4grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 1Within 10% · 4Up 10 to 25% · 3Up 25% or more · 1

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
22.47
Mainstream classes
64
Classes of 30 or more
3
Schools with a class of 30+
3

Teachers

Teachers in the 10 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
64
Up 14 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 19%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 101
Estimate: 64 class teachers, 4 principals and deputies, 28 special education and 5 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
90
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
1 / 1
1 school gained a class teacher, 1 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Athlone, and the special classes in the 10 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
5
In 3 of 10 schools. 3 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
7
In 4 schools: 2 new classes, 1 school with its first
Autism classes
5
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

  • 2020/21 3
  • 2021/22 3
  • 2022/23 3
  • 2023/24 3
  • 2024/25 4
  • 2025/26 5
  • 2026/27 7

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

10 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
S N Cluain na CilleAthlone 18395C 399
+19.8%
16 24.94 29 0
Ballybay National SchoolAthlone 19534S 224
−0.4%
9 24.22 30 1
S N Cnoc an SamhraidhAthlone 12754U 223
−6.3%
10 20.80 24 0
S N Cor na Fola BAthlone 01607T 223
−23.9%
10 22.30 30 1
S N an Gleann DuibhAthlone 18626S 147
+22.5%
6 24.50 29 0
S N Ard CianainAthlone 17054R 77
+32.8%
4 19.25 30 1
Brideswell N SAthlone 15413J 68
+11.5%
3 22.67 27 0
Carrick N SAthlone 13839K 41
−38.8%
2 18.00 23 0
S N RonainAthlone 12003V 34
+3.0%
2 17.00 19 0
Clonown N SAthlone 16427C 28
−9.7%
2 14.00 19 0