School planning area

Castleblakeney–Mountbellew

Name: Primary school enrolment in the Castleblakeney–Mountbellew planning area
Creator: Department of Education

13 primary schools and 1,043 pupils in 2025/26, in County Galway.

Pupils in 2025/26: 1,043; +3 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: +3.3%; 1,010 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 13; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 19.77; Average school size: 80.2

Trends in Castleblakeney–Mountbellew

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 Galway, schools with no planning area had 4.9% of pupils in 2015/16, 9.0% in 2005/06 and 34.0% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

1,043

+3 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

13 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

80.2

77.4 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

19.77

−1.27 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. 129 in 2025/26, +6 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

13 schools with figures for both years

6fell by 10% or more

2within 10%

5grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 4Down 10 to 25% · 2Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 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: 19.77
Mainstream classes: 52
Classes of 30 or more: 4
Schools with a class of 30+: 3

Teachers

Teachers in the 13 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: 52; Up 10 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 17%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 77; Estimate: 52 class teachers, 2 principals and deputies, 20 special education and 3 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 63; The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25: 3 / 0; 3 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 Castleblakeney–Mountbellew planning area, and the special classes in the 13 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 2 of 13 schools. 1 in 2021/22
Allocated for 2026/27: 3; In 2 schools
Autism classes: 3; 100% of special classes

Special classes since 2021/22

In the Castleblakeney–Mountbellew planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

2021/22 1
2022/23 1
2023/24 2
2024/25 2
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

13 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
Scoil Naomh MhuireBallinasloe	18125T	180	+15.4%	7	25.71	31	1
Scoil Naomh PadraigBallinasloe	18332B	146	0.0%	6	24.33	30	1
S N na Coille GlaiseBallinasloe	10863P	135	+87.5%	6	21.00	32	2
Scoil Mhuire NaofaBallinasloe	17877P	106	+3.9%	5	21.20	26	0
S N na CealltraigheBallinasloe	17095I	93	+66.1%	4	23.25	27	0
Ballymacward Central SCBallinasloe	19283T	81	+20.9%	4	20.25	23	0
Brierfield N SchoolTuam	14294W	80	−23.1%	5	14.80	18	0
S N Gort na GaoitheBallinasloe	18111I	64	+52.4%	3	21.33	22	0
Scoil Iarlatha NaofaBallinasloe	17863E	53	−35.4%	3	17.67	21	0
Castleblakeney N SBallinasloe	16464I	52	−13.3%	3	17.33	20	0
S N Padraig NaofaBallinasloe	17485V	22	−53.2%	2	11.00	11	0
Scoil BrideBallinasloe	18309G	20	−37.5%	2	10.00	15	0
S N Baile A MhoininBallinsloe	17071R	11	−75.0%	2	5.50	6	0