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School planning area

Granard

11 primary schools and 820 pupils in 2025/26, in Counties Cavan, Longford and Westmeath.

Pupils in 2025/26
820
−9 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16
+2.0%
804 pupils in 2015/16
Schools
11
No change on 2024/25
Average class size
18.09
Average school size: 74.5

By county

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

Change over
Longford 7 522
+15.2%
Cavan 2 257
−8.5%
Westmeath 2 41
−41.4%

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 Cavan, Longford and Westmeath, schools with no planning area had 0.0% of pupils in 2015/16, 2.6% in 2005/06 and 31.6% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

820

−9 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

11

8 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

74.5

84.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

18.09

+0.18 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, 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

11 schools with figures for both years

5fell by 10% or more
2within 10%
4grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 3Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 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
18.09
Mainstream classes
44
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 11 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
44
Up 10 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 12%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 66
Estimate: 44 class teachers, 2 principals and deputies, 16 special education and 4 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
51
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 Granard planning area, and the special classes in the 11 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 11 schools. 1 in 2021/22
Allocated for 2026/27
6
In 2 schools: 2 new classes
Autism classes
3
75% of special classes

Special classes since 2021/22

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

  • 2021/22 1
  • 2022/23 1
  • 2023/24 2
  • 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

11 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.

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Roll number
The Sacred Heart Primary NSGranard 20101R Longford 250
+54.3%
13 17.85 22 0
Mullahoran Central N SKilcogy 19363R Cavan 164
−3.0%
7 22.57 26 0
St Patricks MXD N SLoch Gowna 13203L Cavan 93
−17.0%
4 23.25 27 0
Naomh Padraig N SCoolarty 13752V Longford 57
+32.6%
3 19.00 26 0
St Columbas MXD N SDring 12813K Longford 56
+64.7%
3 18.67 27 0
Scoil MhuireGranard 17644P Longford 45
−49.4%
3 15.00 20 0
Naomh Guasachta N SBallinalee 12736S Longford 44
+10.0%
3 14.67 18 0
Killasonna Mixed N SGranard 14300O Longford 41
−19.6%
2 20.50 24 0
S N Naomh FiontanMullingar 18193N Westmeath 29
−49.1%
2 14.50 16 0
St Bernards Mixed N SAbbeylara 15122V Longford 29
−14.7%
2 14.50 17 0
Naomh Muire N SMullingar 17743R Westmeath 12
−7.7%
2 6.00 7 0