School planning area

Castletownbere

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

8 primary schools and 409 pupils in 2025/26, in Counties Cork and Kerry.

Pupils in 2025/26: 409; −26 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: −11.1%; 460 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 8; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 16.54; Average school size: 51.1

By county

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

Change over


Cork	7	392	−11.7%
Kerry	1	17	+6.2%

Trends in Castletownbere

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 Cork and Kerry, schools with no planning area had 2.5% of pupils in 2015/16, 8.5% in 2005/06 and 29.3% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

409

−26 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

4 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

51.1

43.5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

16.54

−1.08 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. 42 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

8 schools with figures for both years

3fell by 10% or more

2within 10%

3grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 3Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 3Up 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: 16.54
Mainstream classes: 24
Classes of 30 or more: 0
Schools with a class of 30+: 0

Teachers

Teachers in the 8 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: 24; No change since 2006/07, while pupils fell 16%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 36; Estimate: 24 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 8 special education and 3 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 32; 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 Castletownbere planning area, and the special classes in the 8 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 8 schools. 3 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27: 3; In 2 schools
Autism classes: 3; 100% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In the Castletownbere 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

8 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 an Croi Ro NaofaCastletownbere	20004T	Cork	195	+0.5%	8	22.88	27
Scoil ChaitigheirnBeara	19507P	Cork	62	−35.4%	3	20.67	26
Cahermore New Central SchoolBeara	19501D	Cork	55	+17.0%	3	18.33	19
Adrigole N SBantry	16885J	Cork	25	+19.0%	2	12.50	13
Mhichil NaofaBere Island	19525R	Cork	21	+16.7%	2	10.50	13
Lauragh National SchoolLauragh Lower	08530W	Kerry	17	+6.2%	2	8.50	11
S N Oir CheannEyeries	12259K	Cork	17	−32.0%	2	8.50	10
Trafrask Mixed N SAdrigole (Beara)	05565D	Cork	17	−60.5%	2	8.50	11