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Planning area in Roscommon

Elphin

Schools in County Roscommon in this planning area.

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Schools
5
of 87 in Roscommon
Pupils
335
4% of Roscommon's pupils
Since 2015/16
+5.0%
319 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
67.0
Roscommon: 91.4
Average class size
19.71
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

335

−16 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

5

4 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

67.0

55.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

19.71

−0.94 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. 35 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

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

5 schools with figures for both years

2fell by 10% or more
1within 10%
2grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 2Within 10% · 1Up 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
19.71
Mainstream classes
17
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 5 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
17
Up 3 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 11%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 24
Estimate: 17 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 7 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
23
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

Schools

5 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Abbeycarton NSElphin 19809I 138
−13.8%
6 23.00 28 0
Tulsk N SCastlerea 16034G 77
+2.7%
4 19.25 22 0
S N Cill TrostainStrokestown 17353E 45
+136.8%
3 15.00 16 0
Clooniquin N SElphin 18027T 44
+83.3%
2 22.00 22 0
Aughrim N SCarrick-on-Shannon 14684M 31
−24.4%
2 15.50 18 0