School planning area

Carnew

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

9 primary schools and 760 pupils in 2025/26, in Counties Wexford and Wicklow.

Pupils in 2025/26: 760; −31 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: −19.5%; 944 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 9; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 18.89; Average school size: 84.4

By county

This planning area crosses county lines. Select a county to see its part of the area.

Change over


Wicklow	7	599	−16.5%
Wexford	2	161	−29.1%

Trends in Carnew

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 Counties Wexford and Wicklow, schools with no planning area had 2.6% of pupils in 2015/16, 9.5% in 2005/06 and 23.2% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

760

−31 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

8 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

84.4

80.4 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

18.89

−1.52 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. 87 in 2025/26, −17 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

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

9 schools with figures for both years

6fell by 10% or more

2within 10%

1grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 3Down 10 to 25% · 3Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 25% or more · 0

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: 18.89
Mainstream classes: 38
Classes of 30 or more: 1
Schools with a class of 30+: 1

Teachers

Teachers in the 9 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: 38; Up 6 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 7%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 64; Estimate: 38 class teachers, 4 principals and deputies, 15 special education and 7 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 50; 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 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in the Carnew planning area, and the special classes in the 9 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: 7; In 4 of 9 schools. 4 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27: 9; In 6 schools: 2 new classes, 2 schools with their first
Autism classes: 5; 71% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

2020/21 4
2021/22 4
2022/23 4
2023/24 5
2024/25 7
2025/26 7
2026/27 9

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

9 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
Carnew N SArklow	18242A	Wicklow	185	−20.3%	8	22.38	30	1
Tinahely N SArklow	18489L	Wicklow	133	+15.7%	6	20.17	25	0
S N Treasa NfaGorey	17510R	Wexford	106	−9.4%	5	18.80	24	0
Kilcommon N STinahely	18033O	Wicklow	94	−7.8%	4	20.50	22	0
Scoil Mhuire na nAirdShillelagh	19748O	Wicklow	73	−20.7%	4	18.25	26	0
Coolfancy N STinahely	18118W	Wicklow	68	−34.0%	4	17.00	24	0
Monaseed N SGorey	15937U	Wexford	55	−50.0%	3	18.33	27	0
All Saints National SchoolCarnew	14972R	Wicklow	23	−20.7%	2	11.50	12	0
Shillelagh No 1 N SShillelagh	15359G	Wicklow	23	−47.7%	2	11.50	12	0