School planning area

Enniscorthy

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

18 primary schools and 3,277 pupils in 2025/26, in County Wexford.

Pupils in 2025/26: 3,277; −2 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: −2.0%; 3,343 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 18; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 22.13; Average school size: 182.1

Trends in Enniscorthy

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 Wexford, schools with no planning area had 3.7% of pupils in 2015/16, 4.8% in 2005/06 and 23.7% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

3,277

−2 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

15 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

182.1

96.3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.13

+0.10 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. 375 in 2025/26, +7 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). 184 pupils in 2025/26, 5.6% of the area's pupils, against 6.4% 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

18 schools with figures for both years

6fell by 10% or more

8within 10%

4grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 4Within 10% · 8Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 25% or more · 2

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 Davidstown Primary SchoolEnniscorthy, Co. Wexford 51 → 92 +80.4%
2 Glanbrian N SGlenbrien, Co. Wexford 74 → 93 +25.7%
3 St Marys N SEnniscorthy, Co. Wexford 69 → 84 +21.7%
4 Marshalstown N SEnniscorthy, Co. Wexford 170 → 191 +12.4%
5 Naomh Maodhog N.S.Ferns, Co. Wexford 268 → 285 +6.3%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 Sacred Heart National School, CaimEnniscorthy, Co. Wexford 145 → 88 −39.3%
2 S N Moin na gCaorEnniscorthy, Co. Wexford 166 → 125 −24.7%
3 S N Baile MuirneEnniscorthy, Co. Wexford 134 → 114 −14.9%
4 Gaelscoil Inis CorthaidhInis Corthaidh, Co. Wexford 214 → 184 −14.0%
5 S N Bearna na hAilleEnniscorthy, Co. Wexford 146 → 131 −10.3%

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: 22.13
Mainstream classes: 143
Classes of 30 or more: 5
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: 143; Up 23 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 8%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 233; Estimate: 143 class teachers, 8 principals and deputies, 65 special education and 17 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 197; The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25: 2 / 3; 2 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

1 special school in the Enniscorthy planning area, and the special classes in its 18 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools

Pupils in special schools: 166; In 1 school, up from 124 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26: 17; In 6 of 18 schools. 12 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27: 20; In 8 schools: 3 new classes, 2 schools with their first
Autism classes: 11; 65% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

2020/21 12
2021/22 12
2022/23 13
2023/24 14
2024/25 16
2025/26 17
2026/27 20

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special schools in the Enniscorthy planning area
Special school	Pupils	Since 2015/16	Teaching posts	SNAs
St Patricks Spec SchoolEnniscorthy · Moderate general learning disability	166	+33.9%	27	56

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 Aidans Parish SchoolEnniscorthy	20003R	869	+2.7%	36	22.64	28	0
St Senans National SCHEnniscorthy	08221J	437	−6.6%	22	18.77	27	0
Naomh Maodhog N.S.Ferns	19890R	285	+6.3%	12	23.75	28	0
S N Seosamh NfaEnniscorty	17800D	227	+3.2%	9	25.22	33	2
Marshalstown N SEnniscorthy	12741L	191	+12.4%	8	22.38	29	0
Gaelscoil Inis CorthaidhInis Corthaidh	20057R	184	−14.0%	8	23.00	28	0
Ballaghkeene N SEnniscorthy	14668O	150	+3.4%	6	24.00	33	1
S N Bearna na hAilleEnniscorthy	16828U	131	−10.3%	6	21.83	27	0
S N Moin na gCaorEnniscorthy	18308E	125	−24.7%	5	24.00	31	1
S N Baile MuirneEnniscorthy	05070W	114	−14.9%	5	20.60	24	0
S N Pádraig NfaEnniscorthy	18315B	112	−8.9%	5	22.40	27	0
Glanbrian N SGlenbrien	13299E	93	+25.7%	4	23.25	27	0
Davidstown Primary SchoolEnniscorthy	18010C	92	+80.4%	4	23.00	25	0
Sacred Heart National School, CaimEnniscorthy	11380A	88	−39.3%	4	22.00	25	0
St Marys N SEnniscorthy	17812K	84	+21.7%	3	28.00	31	1
St Edans N SEnniscorthy	18714P	39	+8.3%	2	19.50	24	0
S N Caislean DochraillEnniscorthy	17519M	37	0.0%	2	18.50	25	0
SN MhuireBree	17841R	19	−38.7%	2	9.50	14	0