Planning area in Roscommon

Carrick-on-Shannon

Schools in County Roscommon in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 4 schools in Leitrim. See the whole planning area

Schools
4
of 87 in Roscommon
Pupils
290
4% of Roscommon's pupils
Since 2015/16
+23.4%
235 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
72.5
Roscommon: 91.4
Average class size
20.29
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

290

+4 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

4

3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

72.5

37.3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

20.29

+0.15 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.

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 31 in 2025/26, −2 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

4 schools with figures for both years

2fell by 10% or more
0within 10%
2grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 1Within 10% · 0Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 2

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
20.29
Mainstream classes
14
Classes of 30 or more
1
Schools with a class of 30+
1

Teachers

Teachers in the 4 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 75%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 20
Estimate: 14 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 5 special education and 1 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
12
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

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in Carrick-on-Shannon, and the special classes in the 4 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
1
In 1 of 4 schools. 1 in 2024/25
Autism classes
1
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2024/25

In Carrick-on-Shannon's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2024/25 1
  • 2025/26 1

Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).

Schools

4 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
N Micheal agus PadraigBoyle 19720P 156
+40.5%
6 25.00 33 1
Dangan NSCarrick-on-Shannon 17571O 92
+46.0%
4 23.00 24 0
S N Michil NaofaCarrick-on-Shannon 05220P 24
−22.6%
2 12.00 17 0
S N Naomh PadraigCarrick-on-Shannon 11201U 18
−40.0%
2 9.00 11 0