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Planning area in Roscommon

Castlerea

Schools in County Roscommon in this planning area.

All planning areas in Ireland

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Schools
9
of 87 in Roscommon
Pupils
767
10% of Roscommon's pupils
Since 2015/16
+26.8%
605 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
85.2
Roscommon: 91.4
Average class size
21.00
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

767

+30 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

9

9 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

85.2

97.6 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

21.00

+0.65 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. 94 in 2025/26, +5 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

9 schools with figures for both years

4fell by 10% or more
1within 10%
4grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 4Within 10% · 1Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 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
21.00
Mainstream classes
34
Classes of 30 or more
5
Schools with a class of 30+
1

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
34
Up 6 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 40%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 60
Estimate: 34 class teachers, 3 principals and deputies, 14 special education and 9 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
40
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

1 special school in Castlerea, and the special classes in its 9 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
87
In 1 school, up from 37 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26
9
In 3 of 9 schools. 5 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
9
In 3 schools
Autism classes
7
78% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

  • 2020/21 5
  • 2021/22 5
  • 2022/23 7
  • 2023/24 8
  • 2024/25 8
  • 2025/26 9
  • 2026/27 9

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special school Pupils Since 2015/16 Teaching posts SNAs
Scoil Micheal NaofaCastlerea · Mild general learning disability 87
+135.1%
15 30.5

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

Schools

9 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Tarmon N SCastlerea 13757I 276
+133.9%
9 27.33 36 5
St Annes Con N SCastlerea 13198V 141
+11.0%
7 17.71 25 0
St. Bride's N.S.Castlerea 16334S 89
−17.6%
4 22.25 26 0
S N Pol NaofaCastlerea 01086R 66
+24.5%
3 22.00 24 0
Ballanagare N SCastlerea 17266J 57
−12.3%
3 19.00 21 0
Castleplunkett N SCastlerea 15545D 44
−17.0%
2 22.00 23 0
Ballinlough N SBallinlough 11943S 35
+94.4%
2 14.50 17 0
Threen N SCastlerea 10967E 35
0.0%
2 17.50 20 0
Cloonbonnif N SCastlerea 11242L 24
−14.3%
2 12.00 15 0