School planning area

Cabra–Phibsboro–D7

Name: Primary school enrolment in the Cabra–Phibsboro–D7 planning area
Creator: Department of Education

22 primary schools and 5,509 pupils in 2025/26, in County Dublin.

Pupils in 2025/26: 5,509; −111 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: +13.2%; 4,867 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 22; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 21.23; Average school size: 250.4

Trends in Cabra–Phibsboro–D7

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 Dublin, schools with no planning area had 1.5% of pupils in 2015/16, 5.3% in 2005/06 and 36.8% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

5,509

−111 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

14 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

250.4

430.9 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

21.23

−0.43 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. 697 in 2025/26, +44 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). 212 pupils in 2025/26, 3.8% of the area's pupils, against 4.4% 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

20 schools with figures for both years

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

9fell by 10% or more

5within 10%

6grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 3Down 10 to 25% · 6Within 10% · 5Up 10 to 25% · 3Up 25% or more · 3

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 Glasnevin Educate Together NSDublin 11, Co. Dublin 236 → 410 +73.7%
2 North Dublin Muslim NSDublin 7, Co. Dublin 238 → 391 +64.3%
3 St Gabriels N SDublin 7, Co. Dublin 128 → 168 +31.2%
4 Dublin 7 Educate Together NSDublin 7, Co. Dublin 443 → 515 +16.3%
5 Stanhope Street Primary SchoolDublin 7, Co. Dublin 333 → 384 +15.3%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 Christ the King I GDublin 7, Co. Dublin 63 → 37 −41.3%
2 S N Eoin Bosco Nai BuacDublin 7, Co. Dublin 247 → 146 −40.9%
3 St Catherines Infant SchoolDublin 7, Co. Dublin 215 → 139 −35.3%
4 Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior SchoolDublin 7, Co. Dublin 154 → 120 −22.1%
5 St. Vincent's Primary SchoolDublin 11, Co. Dublin 306 → 240 −21.6%

Ranked by percentage change. Only schools with 50 or more pupils in 2015/16 are ranked, leaving out any still filling their classes then, because a few pupils make a big percentage in a small or new school. An amalgamation or a new school nearby can also explain a big rise or fall.

Newer schools

2 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 773 pupils between them. They aren’t in the figures above.

Broombridge Educate Together National SchoolDublin 7 · opened 2016/17 387
Pelletstown ETNSDublin 15 · opened 2015/16 386

Class sizes

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

Average class size: 21.23
Mainstream classes: 252
Classes of 30 or more: 6
Schools with a class of 30+: 3

Teachers

Teachers in the 22 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: 252; Up 60 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 20%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 400; Estimate: 252 class teachers, 19 principals and deputies, 102 special education and 27 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 294; The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25: 3 / 4; 3 schools gained a class teacher, 4 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

5 special schools in the Cabra–Phibsboro–D7 planning area, and the special classes in its 22 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools

Pupils in special schools: 306; In 5 schools, up from 123 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26: 27; In 14 of 22 schools. 12 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27: 31; In 15 schools: 4 new classes, 1 school with its first
Autism classes: 25; 93% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In the Cabra–Phibsboro–D7 planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

2020/21 12
2021/22 18
2022/23 19
2023/24 22
2024/25 25
2025/26 27
2026/27 31

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special schools in the Cabra–Phibsboro–D7 planning area
Special school	Pupils	Since 2015/16	Teaching posts	SNAs
Holy Family School for the DeafDublin 7 · School for deaf pupils	134	–	37	28.49
St Vincents Home NSDublin 7 · Moderate general learning disability	68	−2.9%	11	27
An Cosan CSSDublin 7 · Community special school	56	–	11	38
Casa Caterina S SDublin 7 · Emotional and behavioural difficulties	31	−11.4%	6	16
Phoenix Park Specialist SchoolPhoenix Park · Emotional and behavioural difficulties	17	−5.6%	3	6

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

Schools

22 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
Dublin 7 Educate Together NSDublin 7	20131D	515	+16.3%	21	23.95	30	3
Glasnevin Educate Together NSDublin 11	20168D	410	+73.7%	16	24.88	27	0
St Peters NSDublin 7	20091R	409	−8.1%	18	22.72	28	0
St Brigids ConventDublin 11	16577V	406	−12.5%	16	25.38	30	2
North Dublin Muslim NSDublin 7	20152L	391	+64.3%	16	24.06	27	0
Broombridge Educate Together National SchoolDublin 7	20453C	387	–	16	23.44	31	1
Pelletstown ETNSDublin 15	20392I	386	+757.8%	16	23.38	27	0
Stanhope Street Primary SchoolDublin 7	09932B	384	+15.3%	20	18.65	21	0
Mary, Help of Christians G.N.S.Dublin 7	17367P	352	−17.8%	15	23.47	28	0
S N Eoin Bosco BuachDublin 7	17912O	290	−21.0%	13	21.23	29	0
St. Vincent's Primary SchoolDublin 11	17214N	240	−21.6%	10	24.00	29	0
Gaelscoil BharraBaile Átha Cliath 7	20047O	212	−0.5%	11	19.27	29	0
St Gabriels N SDublin 7	20035H	168	+31.2%	9	17.22	20	0
Dominican Convent Girls Senior SchoolDublin 7	17465P	148	−3.9%	8	17.75	27	0
S N Eoin Bosco Nai BuacDublin 7	18632N	146	−40.9%	6	22.33	24	0
St Catherines Infant SchoolDublin 7	17466R	139	−35.3%	9	14.11	16	0
Fionnbarra Naofa B.N.S.Dublin 7	17464N	126	−5.3%	7	16.29	23	0
Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior SchoolDublin 7	16695E	120	−22.1%	7	15.43	21	0
Christ the King B N SDublin 7	16988T	86	−6.5%	6	12.33	19	0
Glasnevin N SDublin 9	14980Q	83	+10.7%	4	20.75	24	0
Christ the King Girls Senior SchoolDublin 7	16989V	74	−15.9%	5	14.80	18	0
Christ the King I GDublin 7	17459U	37	−41.3%	3	12.33	18	0