School planning area

Castlegregory

3 primary schools and 309 pupils in 2025/26, in County Kerry.

Pupils in 2025/26: 309; −1 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: +23.6%; 250 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 3; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 22.07; Average school size: 103.0

Trends in Castlegregory

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 Kerry, schools with no planning area had 0.1% of pupils in 2015/16, 7.7% in 2005/06 and 27.3% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

309

−1 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

103.0

103.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.07

−0.07 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. 33 in 2025/26, −1 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). 55 pupils in 2025/26, 17.8% of the area's pupils, against 17.2% 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

3 schools with figures for both years

0fell by 10% or more

0within 10%

3grew by 10% or more

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

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: 22.07
Mainstream classes: 14
Classes of 30 or more: 0
Schools with a class of 30+: 0

Teachers

Teachers in the 3 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: 14; Up 3 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 18%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 19; Estimate: 14 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 5 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 14; 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

Schools

3 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
Castlegregory MXD N SCastlegregory	11746Q	147	+21.5%	6	24.50	29
Aghacasla N STralee	14767Q	107	+24.4%	5	21.40	27
S N an ChlochanAn Clochán	14987H	55	+27.9%	3	18.33	20