School planning area

Dunlavin

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

7 primary schools and 953 pupils in 2025/26, in Counties Kildare and Wicklow.

Pupils in 2025/26: 953; +1 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: −8.2%; 1,038 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 7; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 22.66; Average school size: 136.1

By county

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

Change over


Wicklow	5	611	−7.4%
Kildare	2	342	−9.5%

Trends in Dunlavin

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 Kildare and Wicklow, schools with no planning area had 1.5% of pupils in 2015/16, 9.0% in 2005/06 and 23.5% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

953

+1 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

7 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

136.1

115.1 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.66

+0.56 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. 107 in 2025/26, No change 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

7 schools with figures for both years

4fell by 10% or more

1within 10%

2grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 2Within 10% · 1Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 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: 22.66
Mainstream classes: 41
Classes of 30 or more: 7
Schools with a class of 30+: 4

Teachers

Teachers in the 7 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: 41; Up 4 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 0%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 62; Estimate: 41 class teachers, 3 principals and deputies, 14 special education and 4 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 56; The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25: 0 / 1; 0 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 Dunlavin planning area, and the special classes in the 7 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: 4; In 2 of 7 schools. 2 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27: 6; In 3 schools: 2 new classes, 1 school with its first
Autism classes: 4; 100% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

2020/21 2
2021/22 2
2022/23 2
2023/24 3
2024/25 4
2025/26 4
2026/27 6

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

7 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 Laurences N SAthy	09414C	Kildare	259	−17.5%	11	22.45	31	1
S N Nicolais NaofaDunluain	17810G	Wicklow	250	−3.8%	10	23.80	30	2
Donard N SDonard	17920N	Wicklow	188	+23.7%	7	26.86	33	3
Hollywood N SHollywood	18054W	Wicklow	126	−24.1%	5	25.20	31	1
Brannoxtown Community N SNaas	16817P	Kildare	83	+29.7%	4	20.75	23	0
Jonathan Swift NSDunlavin	14269A	Wicklow	24	−45.5%	2	12.00	16	0
Grange Con N SDunlavin	00973Q	Wicklow	23	−39.5%	2	11.50	14	0