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Planning area in Sligo

Coola Cross

Schools in County Sligo in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 1 school in Leitrim. See the whole planning area

Other planning areas in Sligo Sligo · 13 Grange · 7 Banada–Tubbercurry · 8 Ballisodare · 5 Ballymote · 7 Enniscrone · 4 Easkey · 7 Ballaghadereen · 2 Boyle · 2 Charlestown · 1
Schools
6
of 62 in Sligo
Pupils
479
6% of Sligo's pupils
Since 2015/16
+30.2%
368 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
79.8
Sligo: 121.4
Average class size
21.77
Sligo: 21.56

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 Sligo, schools with no planning area had 2.7% of pupils in 2015/16, 6.0% in 2005/06 and 45.3% in 1976/77. Known data issues

Pupils

479

+17 on 2024/25

1976/772025/26

Schools

6

5 in 1976/77

1976/772025/26

Average pupils per school

79.8

64.2 in 1976/77

1976/772025/26

Average class size

21.77

−0.23 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. 66 in 2025/26, +12 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

Each school year.

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

Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.

0fell by 10% or more
3within 10%
2grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 3Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 25% or more · 0

Sort the table below by the change column to see which schools grew or fell most.

Newer schools

1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 97 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size
21.77
Mainstream classes
22
Classes of 30 or more
1
Schools with a class of 30+
1

Teachers

Teachers in the 6 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
22
Up 7 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 51%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 31
Estimate: 22 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 9 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
24
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
1 / 0
1 school 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 Coola Cross, and the special classes in the 6 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 Coola Cross'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

6 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Sooey N SBoyle 18053U 112
−4.3%
5 22.40 27 0
Ardkeerin N SRiverstown 15217J 111
0.0%
5 22.20 30 1
S.N. Naomh AilbheVia Boyle 20575Q 97 – 4 24.25 28 0
Ballintogher N SBallintogher 02013S 87
+7.4%
4 21.75 25 0
Kilross N SBallintogher 16044J 42
+23.5%
2 21.00 24 0
Taunagh National SchoolRiverstown 13196R 30
+20.0%
2 15.00 16 0