School planning area

Kinvara

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

6 primary schools and 727 pupils in 2025/26, in Counties Clare and Galway.

Pupils in 2025/26: 727; −2 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: −8.1%; 791 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 6; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 21.94; Average school size: 121.2

By county

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

Change over


Galway	5	696	−9.4%
Clare	1	31	+34.8%

Trends in Kinvara

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 Clare and Galway, schools with no planning area had 3.5% of pupils in 2015/16, 8.0% in 2005/06 and 31.0% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

727

−2 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

6 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

121.2

65.8 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

21.94

+0.03 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. 85 in 2025/26, +13 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

6 schools with figures for both years

3fell by 10% or more

2within 10%

1grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 1Within 10% · 2Up 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: 21.94
Mainstream classes: 32
Classes of 30 or more: 1
Schools with a class of 30+: 1

Teachers

Teachers in the 6 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: 32; Up 10 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 34%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 52; Estimate: 32 class teachers, 2 principals and deputies, 13 special education and 5 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 46; 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

Special schools and special classes

0 special schools in the Kinvara planning area, and the special classes in the 6 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: 5; In 3 of 6 schools. 2 in 2021/22
Allocated for 2026/27: 5; In 3 schools
Autism classes: 5; 100% of special classes

Special classes since 2021/22

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

2021/22 2
2022/23 2
2023/24 3
2024/25 5
2025/26 5
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

6 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 Naomh IosefKinvara	15523Q	Galway	324	−0.6%	14	22.50	29	0
Ballinderreen MXD N SKilcolgan	07551C	Galway	182	−1.1%	7	24.29	29	0
S N Ciarain NaofaKinvara	17869Q	Galway	67	−28.7%	3	21.00	22	0
S N Brighdhe NaofaCinn Mara	17772B	Galway	64	−22.9%	3	21.33	33	1
S N CronainKilcolgan	17645R	Galway	59	−27.2%	3	19.67	28	0
New Quay NSH91 Hy40	19043W	Clare	31	+34.8%	2	15.50	18	0