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Planning area in Roscommon

Ballaghadereen

Schools in County Roscommon in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 2 schools in Mayo and 2 schools in Sligo. See the whole planning area

Other planning areas in Roscommon Roscommon · 14 Athlone · 10 Boyle · 7 Castlerea · 9 Ballinasloe · 4 Elphin · 5 Strokestown · 5 Longford–Newtownforbes · 3 Carrick-on-Shannon · 4 Ballygar · 6 Ballyhaunis · 3 Lanesboro · 3 Dunmore · 1 Drumshanbo · 5
Schools
8
of 87 in Roscommon
Pupils
735
9% of Roscommon's pupils
Since 2015/16
+18.5%
620 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
91.9
Roscommon: 91.4
Average class size
19.86
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

735

−26 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

8

7 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

91.9

60.4 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

19.86

−0.71 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. 101 in 2025/26, −1 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

8 schools with figures for both years

1fell by 10% or more
1within 10%
6grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 1Up 10 to 25% · 3Up 25% or more · 3

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
19.86
Mainstream classes
37
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 8 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
37
Up 7 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 4%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 53
Estimate: 37 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 15 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
40
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 Ballaghadereen, and the special classes in the 8 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
Allocated for 2026/27
1
In 1 school: 1 new class, 1 school with its first

Special classes since 2026/27

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

  • 2026/27 1

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

8 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
St Attractas N SBallaghaderreen 19980S 281
+21.1%
14 20.07 26 0
S N Padraig NaofaAn Caisleáin Riabhach 17748E 104
+44.4%
5 20.80 28 0
S N Lios A Cuill MCastlerea 13047A 94
+51.6%
4 23.50 26 0
S N BrusnaBallaghadereen 17904P 66
+10.0%
4 16.50 20 0
S N Mhuire LourdesCastlerea 18536R 57
+16.3%
3 19.00 22 0
Tibohine N SCastlerea 15543W 56
+9.8%
3 18.67 23 0
Fairymount N SCastlerea 15425Q 39
+34.5%
2 19.50 24 0
Don N SBallaghaderreen 15255R 38
−41.5%
2 19.00 21 0