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Kenmare

7 primary schools and 731 pupils in 2025/26, in County Kerry.

Pupils in 2025/26
731
−9 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16
−5.4%
773 pupils in 2015/16
Schools
7
No change on 2024/25
Average class size
20.82
Average school size: 104.4

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 County Kerry, schools with no planning area had 0.1% of pupils in 2015/16, 7.7% in 2005/06 and 27.3% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

731

−9 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

7

5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

104.4

50.8 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

20.82

+0.19 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. 98 in 2025/26, +12 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

7 schools with figures for both years

2fell by 10% or more
2within 10%
3grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 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
20.82
Mainstream classes
34
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 7 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
34
Up 17 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 91%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 54
Estimate: 34 class teachers, 2 principals and deputies, 14 special education and 4 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
46
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 Kenmare planning area, and the special classes in the 7 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 3 of 7 schools. 3 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
5
In 3 schools: 1 new class
Autism classes
3
75% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

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

7 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 Johns NSKenmare 20197K 395
−3.2%
16 24.31 26 0
Kilgarvan Central SCHLKilgarvan 19458F 99
+10.0%
5 19.80 27 0
S N Réalt na MaraCill Airne 19448C 85
+7.6%
4 19.75 21 0
Scoil Naomh MichealSneem 08251S 75
+10.3%
3 21.33 23 0
Tahilla Community National SchoolSneem 05348S 29
+81.2%
2 14.50 17 0
Cahir National SchoolKenmare 18759O 25
−69.1%
2 12.50 14 0
Tulloha National SchoolKenmare 01396J 23
−25.8%
2 11.50 12 0