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Irish classification and Gaeltacht status

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Schools matching both Irish classification and Gaeltacht status.

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Schools
19
No change on 2024/25
Pupils in 2025/26
4,513
−69 on 2024/25 · 0.8% of all pupils
Average school size
237.5
−3.7 on 2024/25
Average class size
21.52
−0.40 on 2024/25

History of the 19 schools in this group today. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93, and 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.

Pupils

4,513

−69 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

19

4 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

237.5

272.5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

21.52

−0.40 on 2024/25

2006/072025/26

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

14 schools with figures for both years

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

3fell by 10% or more
2within 10%
9grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 3Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 6Up 25% or more · 3

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

Newer schools

5 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 1,043 pupils between them. They aren’t in the figures above.

Where the pupils are

Top 10 counties by pupils, 2025/26

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. Figures for 2025/26.

Average class size
21.52
Mainstream classes
201
Classes of 30 or more
5
Schools with a class of 30+
5

Teachers

Teachers in the 19 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
201
Up 170 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 484%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 336
Estimate: 201 class teachers, 16 principals and deputies, 87 special education and 32 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
206
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
5 / 5
5 schools gained a class teacher, 5 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Schools

19 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number Gaeltacht
St Christopher's NSDublin 4 20545H DublinNo 598 – 24 24.67 27 0
Bunscoil Chriost RiCork 20388R CorkNo 453
−7.9%
20 21.70 30 1
St Mary's National SchoolThomastown 20272V KilkennyNo 398
−13.5%
17 23.12 29 0
Watergrasshill N SWatergrasshill 16271U CorkNo 391
+20.7%
17 22.29 30 1
St John's Senior SchoolArklow 20469R WicklowNo 323
−13.9%
14 21.79 29 0
St Coleman's National SchoolStradbally 20353V LaoisNo 318
+24.7%
13 23.54 30 1
Scoil an Athar TadhgCarraig na bhFear 19415K CorkNo 317
−10.2%
14 20.50 28 0
Naomh Oliver PlunkettLoughmourne 19469K MonaghanNo 255
+15.4%
9 25.22 34 1
Scoil ÍosaBallina 20275E MayoNo 242
+21.0%
13 17.62 22 0
Scoil Naomh CualánThurles 20451V TipperaryNo 198
+37.5%
8 23.25 29 0
Réalt na Mara National SchoolDunmore East 20556M WaterfordNo 196 – 8 24.50 28 0
St Benedicts and St Marys National SchoolDublin 5 20281W DublinNo 165
+24.1%
9 17.67 22 0
Edenmore N.S.Emyvale 20337A MonaghanNo 159
+25.2%
7 22.29 35 1
St. Catherine of SiennaKildare 20558Q KildareNo 151 – 8 18.12 27 0
Scoil Mhuire Agus ChormaicKilcormac 20387P OffalyNo 109
−0.9%
5 19.40 24 0
Sancta Maria C B SDublin 8 17893N DublinNo 103
+58.5%
6 16.17 21 0
Ardagh National SchoolBallina 20576S MayoNo 73 – 4 18.25 23 0
S N Naomh TreasaCashel 17660N GalwayNo 39
+18.2%
2 19.50 21 0
Lacken National SchoolBallina 20512P MayoNo 25 – 3 8.33 9 0