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Cavan

18 primary schools and 2,925 pupils in 2025/26, in County Cavan.

Pupils in 2025/26
2,925
+23 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16
+6.1%
2,757 pupils in 2015/16
Schools
18
No change on 2024/25
Average class size
21.44
Average school size: 162.5

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 Cavan, schools with no planning area had 0.0% of pupils in 2015/16, 2.9% in 2005/06 and 30.6% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

2,925

+23 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

18

16 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

162.5

108.2 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

21.44

−0.19 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. 367 in 2025/26, +33 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). 193 pupils in 2025/26, 6.6% of the area's pupils, against 1.3% 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

18 schools with figures for both years

6fell by 10% or more
5within 10%
7grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 4Within 10% · 5Up 10 to 25% · 5Up 25% or more · 2

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 Cavan 1 N SCavan, Co. Cavan 81 → 102 +25.9%
  2. 2 Ballyhaise N SBallyhaise, Co. Cavan 130 → 152 +16.9%
  3. 3 SN Naomh Feidhlim Boys SNR SCHCavan, Co. Cavan 228 → 265 +16.2%
  4. 4 Castletara N SBallyhaise, Co. Cavan 158 → 183 +15.8%
  5. 5 Butlersbridge NSButlersbridge, Co. Cavan 233 → 261 +12.0%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 S N Corr LorganCavan, Co. Cavan 103 → 65 −36.9%
  2. 2 Killyconnan N SStradone, Co. Cavan 94 → 72 −23.4%
  3. 3 Kilmore Central N SKilmore, Co. Cavan 63 → 49 −22.2%
  4. 4 Dromaili S NCavan, Co. Cavan 244 → 213 −12.7%
  5. 5 S N CruabanaiCrubany, Co. Cavan 195 → 174 −10.8%

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.

Class sizes

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

Average class size
21.44
Mainstream classes
133
Classes of 30 or more
8
Schools with a class of 30+
4

Teachers

Teachers in the 18 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
133
Up 47 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 40%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 198
Estimate: 133 class teachers, 10 principals and deputies, 44 special education and 12 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
167
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
3 / 1
3 schools gained a class teacher, 1 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 Cavan planning area, and the special classes in the 18 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
12
In 7 of 18 schools. 8 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
14
In 8 schools: 2 new classes, 1 school with its first
Autism classes
9
75% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

  • 2020/21 8
  • 2021/22 10
  • 2022/23 10
  • 2023/24 10
  • 2024/25 11
  • 2025/26 12
  • 2026/27 14

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

18 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
St Clares Primary SchoolCavan 08490N 548
+4.8%
29 18.72 24 0
SN Naomh Feidhlim Boys SNR SCHCavan 17326B 265
+16.2%
14 17.93 22 0
Butlersbridge NSButlersbridge 19326L 261
+12.0%
10 25.50 31 3
S N Beal Atha na nEachBallinagh 16921K 229
+0.9%
9 24.11 32 2
Dromaili S NCavan 11541V 213
−12.7%
9 23.67 29 0
Killygarry N SKillygarry 14399N 198
−4.8%
8 24.75 28 0
Gaelscoil BhreifneAn Cabhán 20026G 193
+436.1%
8 22.62 28 0
Castletara N SBallyhaise 14073G 183
+15.8%
7 23.57 31 1
S N CruabanaiCrubany 08453H 174
−10.8%
7 24.86 32 2
Ballyhaise N SBallyhaise 17780A 152
+16.9%
6 24.33 26 0
Cavan 1 N SCavan 11517B 102
+25.9%
4 25.50 27 0
Scoil MhuireBallinagh 17479D 92
−5.2%
4 23.00 26 0
Killyconnan N SStradone 15120R 72
−23.4%
4 18.00 24 0
S N Corr LorganCavan 18518P 65
−36.9%
3 21.67 23 0
St PatricksBallinagh 19568M 63
+10.5%
3 21.00 24 0
Kilmore Central N SKilmore 19322D 49
−22.2%
3 16.33 18 0
S N Drom CnamhDrumcrave 17990L 47
−7.8%
3 15.67 19 0
Corliss N SKilleshandra 10146K 19
−34.5%
2 9.50 15 0