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School planning area

Falcarragh

13 primary schools and 773 pupils in 2025/26, in County Donegal.

Pupils in 2025/26
773
−13 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16
+4.0%
743 pupils in 2015/16
Schools
13
No change on 2024/25
Average class size
17.64
Average school size: 59.5

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 Donegal, schools with no planning area had 0.3% of pupils in 2015/16, 2.1% in 2005/06 and 24.2% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

773

−13 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

13

13 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

59.5

79.5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

17.64

−1.34 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. 92 in 2025/26, −15 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 (6 schools today). 430 pupils in 2025/26, 55.6% of the area's pupils, against 61.2% 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

13 schools with figures for both years

7fell by 10% or more
2within 10%
4grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 4Down 10 to 25% · 3Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 25% or more · 2

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
17.64
Mainstream classes
42
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 13 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
42
Up 2 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 1%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 66
Estimate: 42 class teachers, 2 principals and deputies, 17 special education and 5 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
49
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
2 / 0
2 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 Falcarragh planning area, and the special classes in the 13 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
5
In 4 of 13 schools. 2 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
5
In 4 schools
Autism classes
5
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

  • 2020/21 2
  • 2021/22 2
  • 2022/23 3
  • 2023/24 4
  • 2024/25 5
  • 2025/26 5
  • 2026/27 5

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

13 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 FhionáinAn Fál Carrach 17704H 204
+15.9%
8 23.88 29 0
Scoil MhuireLetterkenny 18371L 166
+64.4%
7 22.86 26 0
S N Cnoc na NaomhLeitir Ceanainn 16671N 87
−20.2%
4 21.75 24 0
Murroe National SchoolDunfanaghy 14704P 50
+138.1%
3 14.67 15 0
S N Caiseal na gCorrLeitir Ceanainn 03294L 44
+7.3%
3 14.67 17 0
S N Gort an ChoirceLeitir Ceanainn 16819T 40
−24.5%
2 16.50 17 0
S N na Croise NaofaLetterkenny 18710H 33
−5.7%
2 16.50 25 0
S N FotharLeitir Ceanainn 16903I 32
−20.0%
2 16.00 18 0
Creeslough N SLetterkenny 10062E 31
+10.7%
2 15.50 16 0
S N GlasainCroasloch 16763S 28
−28.2%
3 9.33 12 0
Scoil Naomh DubhthachGort a Choirce 17130H 27
−27.0%
2 13.50 16 0
Dunfanaghy N SDunfanaghy 18086M 24
−27.3%
2 12.00 14 0
S N Baile MorPortnablagh 18250W 7
−76.7%
2 3.50 5 0