School planning area

Midleton–Carrigtwohill

Name: Primary school enrolment in the Midleton–Carrigtwohill planning area
Creator: Department of Education

21 primary schools and 5,033 pupils in 2025/26, in County Cork.

Pupils in 2025/26: 5,033; −152 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: −5.0%; 5,296 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 21; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 22.02; Average school size: 239.7

Trends in Midleton–Carrigtwohill

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 Cork, schools with no planning area had 3.2% of pupils in 2015/16, 8.7% in 2005/06 and 29.9% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

5,033

−152 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

17 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

239.7

159.9 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.02

−0.49 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. 576 in 2025/26, +63 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 (1 school today). 550 pupils in 2025/26, 10.9% of the area's pupils, against 8.7% 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

20 schools with figures for both years

Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.

10fell by 10% or more

6within 10%

4grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 5Down 10 to 25% · 5Within 10% · 6Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 25% or more · 2

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 Midleton Educate Together SchoolMidleton, Co. Cork 380 → 572 +50.5%
2 Gaelscoil Mhainistir na CorannMainitir na Corann, Co. Cork 460 → 550 +19.6%
3 Scoil Realt na MaraMidleton, Co. Cork 90 → 99 +10.0%
4 Shanagarry N SMidleton, Co. Cork 99 → 102 +3.0%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 Midleton Convent N SMidleton, Co. Cork 625 → 291 −53.4%
2 Scoil Chlochair Mhuire National SchoolCarrigtwohill, Co. Cork 487 → 245 −49.7%
3 Scoil Naomh EoinCork, Co. Cork 108 → 65 −39.8%
4 Midleton CBS Primary SchoolMidleton, Co. Cork 309 → 191 −38.2%
5 Ballintotas N SCastlemartyr, Co. Cork 139 → 100 −28.1%

Ranked by percentage change. Only schools with 50 or more pupils in 2015/16 are ranked, leaving out any still filling their classes then, because a few pupils make a big percentage in a small or new school. An amalgamation or a new school nearby can also explain a big rise or fall.

Newer schools

1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 443 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.

Carrigtwohill Community National SchoolCarrigtwohill · opened 2015/16 443

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size: 22.02
Mainstream classes: 216
Classes of 30 or more: 6
Schools with a class of 30+: 3

Teachers

Teachers in the 21 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: 216; Up 98 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 60%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 381; Estimate: 216 class teachers, 21 principals and deputies, 98 special education and 46 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 294; The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25: 0 / 3; 0 schools gained a class teacher, 3 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

1 special school in the Midleton–Carrigtwohill planning area, and the special classes in its 21 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools

Pupils in special schools: 32; In 1 school
Special classes in 2025/26: 46; In 12 of 21 schools. 23 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27: 52; In 16 schools: 6 new classes, 4 schools with their first
Autism classes: 40; 87% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In the Midleton–Carrigtwohill planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

2020/21 23
2021/22 24
2022/23 30
2023/24 37
2024/25 46
2025/26 46
2026/27 52

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special schools in the Midleton–Carrigtwohill planning area
Special school	Pupils	Since 2015/16	Teaching posts	SNAs
East Cork Community Special SchoolCarrigtwohill · Community special school	32	–	8	19

Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).

Schools

21 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
Midleton Educate Together SchoolMidleton	20336V	572	+50.5%	24	22.58	28	0
Gaelscoil Mhainistir na CorannMainitir na Corann	20107G	550	+19.6%	23	23.39	28	0
Carrigtwohill Community National SchoolCarrigtwohill	20442U	443	+14,666.7%	18	23.94	32	3
Scoil Mhuire NaofaCarrigtwohill	18000W	396	−14.7%	17	21.53	31	2
S N na Scairte LeitheMidleton	17600S	378	−7.1%	16	21.75	29	0
S N Ath FhadaMidleton	17579H	304	−7.3%	14	19.50	27	0
Midleton Convent N SMidleton	00512D	291	−53.4%	12	21.25	29	0
Cloyne National SchoolCloyne	02452V	275	−0.7%	12	22.92	29	0
Scoil Chlochair Mhuire National SchoolCarrigtwohill	17103E	245	−49.7%	11	19.55	28	0
Castlemartyr N SCastlemartyr	13647B	214	−10.8%	9	22.44	28	0
Dungourney Central N SCDungourney	19761G	193	−15.0%	8	22.62	27	0
Midleton CBS Primary SchoolMidleton	16684W	191	−38.2%	8	20.12	28	0
St John the Baptist N SMidleton	12041G	190	−15.2%	8	23.75	26	0
Knockraha N SKnockraha	13402R	147	−0.7%	6	24.50	30	1
Leamlara Mixed N SLeamlara	04118T	136	−11.7%	6	20.67	27	0
Shanagarry N SMidleton	17950W	102	+3.0%	5	20.40	27	0
Ballintotas N SCastlemartyr	15165Q	100	−28.1%	5	20.00	27	0
Scoil Realt na MaraMidleton	16109L	99	+10.0%	4	24.75	26	0
Whitegate Mixed N SWhitegate	11992I	87	−4.4%	4	21.75	25	0
Scoil Naomh EoinCork	04230N	65	−39.8%	3	21.67	24	0
S N Baile Ui ChroininCloyne	18475A	55	+52.8%	3	18.33	24	0