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Planning area in Wicklow

Kilcoole

Schools in County Wicklow in this planning area.

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Schools
3
of 82 in Wicklow
Pupils
1,071
6% of Wicklow's pupils
Since 2015/16
+25.0%
857 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
357.0
Wicklow: 206.6
Average class size
23.27
Wicklow: 22.36

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 Wicklow, schools with no planning area had 1.4% of pupils in 2015/16, 14.8% in 2005/06 and 22.6% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

1,071

+14 on 2024/25

2007/082025/26

Schools

3

1 in 2007/08

2007/082025/26

Average pupils per school

357.0

243.0 in 2007/08

2007/082025/26

Average class size

23.27

−0.78 on 2024/25

2007/082025/26

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. 122 in 2025/26, −19 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

2 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
1within 10%
1grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 1Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 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 150 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
23.27
Mainstream classes
45
Classes of 30 or more
2
Schools with a class of 30+
1

Teachers

Teachers in the 3 mainstream primary schools here, 2007/08 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
45
Up 35 since 2007/08, while pupils rose 341%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 72
Estimate: 45 class teachers, 3 principals and deputies, 20 special education and 4 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
46
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 2007/08

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

1 special school in Kilcoole, and the special classes in its 3 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
89
In 1 school, down from 114 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26
4
In 1 of 3 schools. 4 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
4
In 1 school
Autism classes
4
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

  • 2020/21 4
  • 2021/22 4
  • 2022/23 4
  • 2023/24 4
  • 2024/25 4
  • 2025/26 4
  • 2026/27 4

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special school Pupils Since 2015/16 Teaching posts SNAs
St Catherines Special SchoolGreystones · Moderate general learning disability 89
−21.9%
15 45

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

Schools

3 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
Kilcoole Primary SchoolKilcoole 20346B 553
−1.6%
24 23.04 26 0
Newtownmountkennedy Primary SchoolNewtownmountkennedy 20278K 368
+24.7%
14 24.57 32 2
Woodstock Educate Together N.S.Newtownmountkennedy 20524W 150 – 7 21.43 26 0