School planning area

Kilronan–Aran Islands

4 primary schools and 96 pupils in 2025/26, in County Galway.

Pupils in 2025/26: 96; −6 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: +5.5%; 91 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 4; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 12.00; Average school size: 24.0

Trends in Kilronan–Aran Islands

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

−6 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

24.0

67.3 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

12.00

−0.75 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. 14 in 2025/26, +7 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 (4 schools today). 96 pupils in 2025/26, 100.0% of the area's pupils, against 100.0% 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

4 schools with figures for both years

1fell by 10% or more

1within 10%

2grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 1Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 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: 12.00
Mainstream classes: 8
Classes of 30 or more: 0
Schools with a class of 30+: 0

Teachers

Teachers in the 4 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: 8; Down 2 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 24%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 10; Estimate: 8 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 2 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 10; The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25: 0 / 0; 0 schools gained a class teacher, 0 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Schools

4 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
S N RonainInis Mór	17456O	36	−2.7%	2	18.00	18
S N CaomhainInis Oirr	17289V	33	+32.0%	2	16.50	17
S N Eoin Pol IIOileain Arann	20210W	14	−33.3%	2	7.00	9
S N Inis MeadhoinOileann Árainn	12339I	13	+62.5%	2	6.50	7