School planning area

Drumcondra–Marino–Dublin1

Name: Primary school enrolment in the Drumcondra–Marino–Dublin1 planning area
Creator: Department of Education

25 primary schools and 5,001 pupils in 2025/26, in County Dublin.

Pupils in 2025/26: 5,001; −9 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: +11.8%; 4,475 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 25; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 19.99; Average school size: 200.0

Trends in Drumcondra–Marino–Dublin1

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 Dublin, schools with no planning area had 1.5% of pupils in 2015/16, 5.3% in 2005/06 and 36.8% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

5,001

−9 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

16 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

200.0

364.2 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

19.99

−0.01 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. 632 in 2025/26, −27 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 (4 schools today). 653 pupils in 2025/26, 13.1% of the area's pupils, against 11.4% 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

22 schools with figures for both years

Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.

8fell by 10% or more

11within 10%

3grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 7Within 10% · 11Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 25% or more · 2

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 Drumcondra N SDublin 9, Co. Dublin 59 → 81 +37.3%
2 Paradise Place ETNSDublin 7, Co. Dublin 201 → 239 +18.9%
3 Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior BoysDublin 1, Co. Dublin 64 → 69 +7.8%
4 St Josephs MXD N SDublin 3, Co. Dublin 197 → 211 +7.1%
5 Scoil Ui Chonaill Boys SeniorsDublin 1, Co. Dublin 146 → 155 +6.2%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 St Vincents Inf BoysDublin 1, Co. Dublin 123 → 88 −28.5%
2 Gaelscoil Cholaiste MhuireBaile Átha Cliath, Co. Dublin 204 → 161 −21.1%
3 St Marys N SDublin 3, Co. Dublin 252 → 212 −15.9%
4 Central Infs SchoolDublin 1, Co. Dublin 176 → 149 −15.3%
5 Corpus Christi N SDublin 9, Co. Dublin 451 → 398 −11.8%

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.

Newer schools

3 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 744 pupils between them. They aren’t in the figures above.

Grace Park Educate Together National SchoolDublin 9 · opened 2016/17 409
Gaelscoil ÁineDroim Conrach · opened 2019/20 176
St Laurence O'Toole's National SchoolDublin 1 · figures start 2018/19 159

Class sizes

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

Average class size: 19.99
Mainstream classes: 244
Classes of 30 or more: 12
Schools with a class of 30+: 4

Teachers

Teachers in the 25 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: 244; Up 62 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 27%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 380; Estimate: 244 class teachers, 16 principals and deputies, 99 special education and 21 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 328; The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25: 5 / 3; 5 schools gained a class teacher, 3 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

6 special schools in the Drumcondra–Marino–Dublin1 planning area, and the special classes in its 25 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools

Pupils in special schools: 255; In 6 schools, down from 267 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26: 21; In 11 of 25 schools. 9 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27: 25; In 12 schools: 4 new classes, 1 school with its first
Autism classes: 18; 86% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In the Drumcondra–Marino–Dublin1 planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

2020/21 9
2021/22 12
2022/23 16
2023/24 17
2024/25 18
2025/26 21
2026/27 25

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special schools in the Drumcondra–Marino–Dublin1 planning area
Special school	Pupils	Since 2015/16	Teaching posts	SNAs
An Taonad ReamhscoileBaile Atha Cliath 1	96	+5.5%	–	–
Hospital School CHI at Temple StreetDublin 1	66	+8.2%	–	–
St Josephs For Blind NSDublin 9 · Blind or vision-impaired pupils	48	−9.4%	9	22
Henrietta Street SchoolDublin 1	20	+11.1%	–	–
St L O Tooles 2 SpecDublin 1	14	−39.1%	–	–
St Joseph's Adolescent SchoolDublin 3	11	−47.6%	–	–

Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).

Schools

25 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 Patricks N SchoolDublin 9	11525A	449	−8.4%	18	23.83	30	2
Grace Park Educate Together National SchoolDublin 9	20486R	409	–	16	24.81	28	0
Corpus Christi N SDublin 9	16860Q	398	−11.8%	16	24.38	30	1
St Columbas Con G & IDublin 9	16659A	378	−5.0%	16	23.62	29	0
Gardiner Street ConventDublin 1	12448N	298	−11.8%	18	16.56	22	0
Scoil MobhiBaile Átha Cliath 9	19395H	248	−5.7%	8	31.00	34	7
Paradise Place ETNSDublin 7	20436C	239	+18.9%	12	19.42	21	0
Central Senior MXD N SDublin 1	00752A	227	−2.6%	13	17.46	26	0
St Marys N SDublin 3	19981U	212	−15.9%	11	18.73	24	0
St Josephs MXD N SDublin 3	19774P	211	+7.1%	11	19.18	24	0
S N San Vinseann CailinDublin 1	15056L	208	+1.5%	12	16.83	22	0
Gaelscoil ÁineDroim Conrach	20517C	176	–	7	25.14	30	2
Presentation Primary SchoolDublin 7	05933G	165	+3.1%	8	18.38	22	0
Gaelscoil Cholaiste MhuireBaile Átha Cliath	19926M	161	−21.1%	8	20.12	25	0
St Laurence O'Toole's National SchoolDublin 1	20507W	159	–	11	13.91	18	0
Scoil Ui Chonaill Boys SeniorsDublin 1	17881G	155	+6.2%	10	14.40	17	0
Rutland National SchoolDublin 1	19946S	152	+2.7%	8	19.00	20	0
Central Infs SchoolDublin 1	01795A	149	−15.3%	9	16.56	20	0
St Joseph¿s Primary School, An Edmund Rice SchoolDublin 3	18726W	116	−11.5%	5	19.60	22	0
Lindsay Road N SDublin 9	16177F	95	+5.6%	4	23.75	26	0
St Columbas N S MXDDublin 3	14463T	90	−10.9%	4	22.50	26	0
St Vincents Inf BoysDublin 1	15816I	88	−28.5%	7	12.57	14	0
Drumcondra N SDublin 9	15895H	81	+37.3%	4	20.25	27	0
Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior BoysDublin 1	17110B	69	+7.8%	4	14.25	19	0
Scoil ChaoimhinBaile Átha Cliath 1	19831B	68	+51.1%	4	17.00	19	0