School planning area

Glenamaddy

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

8 primary schools and 659 pupils in 2025/26, in County Galway.

Pupils in 2025/26: 659; −6 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: +14.0%; 578 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 8; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 19.64; Average school size: 82.4

Trends in Glenamaddy

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 Galway, schools with no planning area had 4.9% of pupils in 2015/16, 9.0% in 2005/06 and 34.0% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

659

−6 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

82.4

97.2 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

19.64

−1.42 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. 74 in 2025/26, −2 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

8 schools with figures for both years

3fell by 10% or more

0within 10%

5grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 2Within 10% · 0Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 25% or more · 3

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: 19.64
Mainstream classes: 33
Classes of 30 or more: 2
Schools with a class of 30+: 2

Teachers

Teachers in the 8 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: 33; Up 4 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 2%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 48; Estimate: 33 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 12 special education and 2 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 37; 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 Glenamaddy planning area, and the special classes in the 8 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: 2; In 1 of 8 schools. 2 in 2021/22
Allocated for 2026/27: 3; In 2 schools: 1 new class, 1 school with its first
Autism classes: 2; 100% of special classes

Special classes since 2021/22

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

2021/22 2
2022/23 2
2023/24 2
2024/25 2
2025/26 2
2026/27 3

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

8 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
Glenamaddy NSGlenamaddy	18572V	142	+91.9%	6	21.83	31	1
St Oliver Plunkett National SchoolBallinasloe	19380R	114	+14.0%	5	22.80	33	1
Croi Ronaofa MeascaitheWilliamstown	17368R	110	+34.1%	5	22.00	25	0
Clonberne Central SCHBallinasloe	19388K	107	−20.7%	5	21.40	27	0
Glinsk N SVia Castlerea	19841E	74	+48.0%	4	18.50	23	0
S N Cill CruainCastlerea	17539S	52	−13.3%	3	17.33	22	0
Scoil MhuireWilliamstown	17980I	48	+14.3%	3	16.00	18	0
S N Padraig NaofaWilliamstown	14273O	12	−65.7%	2	6.00	7	0