Planning area in Wicklow
Wicklow
Schools in County Wicklow in this planning area.
- Schools
- 12
- of 82 in Wicklow
- Pupils
- 2,884
- 17% of Wicklow's pupils
- Since 2015/16
- +13.9%
- 2,532 pupils in 2015/16
- Average school size
- 240.3
- Wicklow: 206.6
- Average class size
- 22.44
- Wicklow: 22.36
Trends in Wicklow
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.
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
2,884
+46 on 2024/25
Schools
12
8 in 1975/76
Average pupils per school
240.3
178.1 in 1975/76
Average class size
22.44
+0.10 on 2024/25
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. 362 in 2025/26, +39 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
Pupils in schools that teach all subjects through Irish (1 school today). 285 pupils in 2025/26, 9.9% of the area's pupils, against 10.8% in 2015/16. Each school counts under its current classification for every year.
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.
11 schools with figures for both years
Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.
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 328 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.
- St Coen's National SchoolRathnew · figures start 2016/17 328
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.
- Average class size
- 22.44
- Mainstream classes
- 124
- Classes of 30 or more
- 5
- Schools with a class of 30+
- 4
Teachers
Teachers in the 12 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.
- Class teachers in 2025/26
- 124
- Up 42 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 37%
- Teaching posts in 2025/26
- about 201
- Estimate: 124 class teachers, 9 principals and deputies, 51 special education and 17 special class teachers
- Teachers in 2015/16
- 134
- The Department's last count of every teacher
- Since 2024/25
- 1 / 1
- 1 school gained a class teacher, 1 lost one
Class teachers since 2006/07
One for each mainstream class, every school year
Special schools and special classes
0 special schools in Wicklow, and the special classes in the 12 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.
- Pupils in special schools
- 0
- No special school here
- Special classes in 2025/26
- 17
- In 7 of 12 schools. 10 in 2020/21
- Allocated for 2026/27
- 18
- In 7 schools: 1 new class
- Autism classes
- 14
- 82% of special classes
Special classes since 2020/21
In Wicklow's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists
- 2020/21 10
- 2021/22 11
- 2022/23 13
- 2023/24 14
- 2024/25 16
- 2025/26 17
- 2026/27 18
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
12 schools, largest first.
Select a column heading to sort
| Roll number | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil an Choroin MhuireWicklow | 17576B | 432 |
−8.7%
−2.7%
−2.5%
|
17 | 24.35 | 27 | 0 |
| Padraig Naofa N SWicklow | 15676S | 377 |
+16.0%
+14.2%
−16.0%
|
17 | 20.59 | 30 | 1 |
| Wicklow Educate Together NSWicklow Town | 20178G | 377 |
−10.7%
+19.7%
+333.3%
|
16 | 22.44 | 25 | 0 |
| St Coen's National SchoolRathnew | 20208M | 328 |
+9.0%
–– |
16 | 19.75 | 25 | 0 |
| Scoil na Coróine MhuireAshford | 17826V | 309 |
−5.5%
−15.6%
+13.2%
|
13 | 23.31 | 28 | 0 |
| Gaelscoil Chill MhantáinRáth Naoi | 20045K | 285 |
+8.8%
+4.0%
+71.7%
|
12 | 22.92 | 31 | 2 |
| Glebe NSWicklow Town | 14398L | 210 |
+4.5%
−5.8%
+15.4%
|
8 | 26.25 | 30 | 1 |
| Nuns Cross N SAshford | 11649S | 194 |
+19.0%
+65.8%
+155.3%
|
8 | 24.25 | 30 | 1 |
| Brittas Bay MXD N SBrittas Bay | 11372B | 129 |
−11.0%
−19.9%
+10.3%
|
6 | 21.50 | 27 | 0 |
| Glenealy 1 N SGlenealy | 00984V | 116 |
−2.5%
−14.1%
+107.1%
|
5 | 23.20 | 26 | 0 |
| St Francis N SGreystones | 19734D | 90 |
−11.8%
−10.9%
−10.0%
|
4 | 22.50 | 27 | 0 |
| S N Muire MXDBarndarrig | 17500O | 37 |
+8.8%
−43.9%
−61.1%
|
2 | 13.00 | 14 | 0 |
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