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School planning area

Lisdoonvarna

5 primary schools and 318 pupils in 2025/26, in County Clare.

Pupils in 2025/26
318
−12 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16
+15.6%
275 pupils in 2015/16
Schools
5
No change on 2024/25
Average class size
17.39
Average school size: 63.6

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 Clare, schools with no planning area had 0.6% of pupils in 2015/16, 6.1% in 2005/06 and 24.8% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

318

−12 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

5

4 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

63.6

53.2 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

17.39

−0.78 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. 30 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

5 schools with figures for both years

2fell by 10% or more
0within 10%
3grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 0Down 10 to 25% · 2Within 10% · 0Up 10 to 25% · 3Up 25% or more · 0

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
17.39
Mainstream classes
18
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 5 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
18
Up 4 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 5%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 25
Estimate: 18 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 6 special education and 1 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
16
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 Lisdoonvarna planning area, and the special classes in the 5 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
1
In 1 of 5 schools. 1 in 2024/25
Allocated for 2026/27
1
In 1 school
Autism classes
1
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2024/25

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

  • 2024/25 1
  • 2025/26 1
  • 2026/27 1

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

5 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
Lisdoonvarna N SLisdoonvarna 19700J 143
+22.2%
6 23.83 27 0
Doolin Mixed N SEnnis 17517I 93
+22.4%
5 17.60 20 0
S N Eoin BaisteBallyvaughan 17633K 42
+20.0%
3 14.00 15 0
S N Padraig Nfa FanoirBallyvaughan 13379C 25
−10.7%
2 12.50 19 0
S N Cronain Nfa an CarnEnnis 18190H 15
−21.1%
2 7.50 10 0