School planning area

FinglasEast–BallymunD11

Name: Primary school enrolment in the FinglasEast–BallymunD11 planning area
Creator: Department of Education

10 primary schools and 2,578 pupils in 2025/26, in County Dublin.

Pupils in 2025/26: 2,578; −88 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: −10.8%; 2,890 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 10; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 19.61; Average school size: 257.8

Trends in FinglasEast–BallymunD11

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

2,578

−88 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

7 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

257.8

600.6 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

19.61

+0.07 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. 292 in 2025/26, −3 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 (2 schools today). 413 pupils in 2025/26, 16.0% of the area's pupils, against 17.4% 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

10 schools with figures for both years

6fell by 10% or more

3within 10%

1grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 5Within 10% · 3Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 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: 19.61
Mainstream classes: 129
Classes of 30 or more: 3
Schools with a class of 30+: 1

Teachers

Teachers in the 10 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: 129; Up 17 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 1%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 206; Estimate: 129 class teachers, 7 principals and deputies, 62 special education and 8 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 185; The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25: 0 / 3; 0 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

0 special schools in the FinglasEast–BallymunD11 planning area, and the special classes in the 10 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: 11; In 7 of 10 schools. 4 in 2022/23
Allocated for 2026/27: 15; In 7 schools: 4 new classes
Autism classes: 11; 100% of special classes

Special classes since 2022/23

In the FinglasEast–BallymunD11 planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

2022/23 4
2023/24 8
2024/25 8
2025/26 11
2026/27 15

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

10 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
Mother of Divine GraceDublin 11	20059V	480	−2.8%	20	23.40	31	3
St Canices G N SDublin 11	18683H	473	+4.2%	24	19.71	23	0
St Canices B N SDublin 11	18682F	355	−17.8%	16	22.19	25	0
SN an Spioraid Naiomh CDublin 11	19209H	249	−18.1%	13	18.69	28	0
Gaelscoil Ui EarcainBaile Átha Cliath 11	20220C	248	−15.1%	14	16.86	24	0
Holy Spirit B N SDublin 11	19208F	229	−33.8%	13	17.15	27	0
Scoil an Tseachtar LaochBaile Átha Cliath 11	19430G	165	−21.4%	9	18.33	24	0
St Josephs Senior N SDublin 11	19583I	161	+29.8%	8	19.38	22	0
St Josephs JNRDublin 11	19431I	138	−2.8%	8	16.50	18	0
St Margarets N SSaint Margaret's	18038B	80	−13.0%	4	20.00	27	0