School planning area

Belmullet

Name: Primary school enrolment in the Belmullet planning area
Creator: Department of Education

15 primary schools and 717 pupils in 2025/26, in County Mayo.

Pupils in 2025/26: 717; −15 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: −2.3%; 734 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 15; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 17.12; Average school size: 47.8

Trends in Belmullet

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 Mayo, schools with no planning area had 9.0% of pupils in 2015/16, 17.7% in 2005/06 and 49.2% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

717

−15 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

14 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

47.8

85.5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

17.12

−0.49 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. 89 in 2025/26, +7 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 (4 schools today). 196 pupils in 2025/26, 27.3% of the area's pupils, against 26.6% 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.

Every school's change

15 schools with figures for both years

7fell by 10% or more

2within 10%

6grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 7Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 3Up 25% or more · 3

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: 17.12
Mainstream classes: 41
Classes of 30 or more: 1
Schools with a class of 30+: 1

Teachers

Teachers in the 15 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: 41; Down 4 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 12%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 61; Estimate: 41 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 16 special education and 3 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 48; 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

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in the Belmullet planning area, and the special classes in the 15 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
Special classes in 2025/26: 3; In 1 of 15 schools. 3 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27: 3; In 1 school
Autism classes: 1; 33% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In the Belmullet planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

2020/21 3
2021/22 3
2022/23 3
2023/24 3
2024/25 3
2025/26 3
2026/27 3

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

15 schools, largest first. A dash in the change column means the school had no pupils recorded in that year, usually because it opened later or took a new roll number after an amalgamation.

Change over

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	Roll number
SN Croi MuireBelmullet	17727T	127	+22.1%	5	25.40	30	1
Corclough NSBelmullet	15014S	79	+3.9%	4	19.75	22	0
SN InbhearBallina	12568A	67	+103.0%	3	22.33	24	0
S N EachleimeBéal an Átha	12373I	64	+48.8%	3	21.33	25	0
SN Gleann A ChaisilBallina	13222P	64	+12.3%	3	16.33	18	0
Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor IorraisBallina	13684H	61	+52.5%	3	20.33	22	0
S N Beal an MhuirtheadBelmullet	17923T	58	−25.6%	3	19.33	21	0
S N Achaidh an GhlaisinBeal An Mhuirthead	18594I	48	+23.1%	3	16.00	21	0
Geesala Central SchoolBallina	19776T	29	−34.1%	2	14.50	15	0
S N Pol A TsomaisBéal an Átha	16283E	27	−27.0%	2	13.50	16	0
S N Dhumha ThuamaBéal an Átha	14193Q	26	−33.3%	2	13.00	16	0
Barnatra N SBallina	14188A	24	−7.7%	2	12.00	12	0
Cill Mhor IorraisBelmullet	14258S	20	−66.1%	2	10.00	10	0
S N an TsraithBallina	13383Q	15	−44.4%	2	7.50	8	0
S N Druim SlaodWestport	17532E	8	−75.0%	2	4.00	4	0