School planning area

Nenagh

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

19 primary schools and 2,569 pupils in 2025/26, in Counties Offaly and Tipperary.

Pupils in 2025/26: 2,569; +13 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: +2.7%; 2,501 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 19; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 22.69; Average school size: 135.2

By county

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

Change over


Tipperary	18	2,461	+1.2%
Offaly	1	108	+54.3%

Trends in Nenagh

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 Offaly and Tipperary, schools with no planning area had 2.1% of pupils in 2015/16, 6.3% in 2005/06 and 14.6% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

2,569

+13 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

1 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

135.2

115.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.69

+0.69 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. 314 in 2025/26, +39 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). 179 pupils in 2025/26, 7.0% of the area's pupils, against 8.9% 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

19 schools with figures for both years

4fell by 10% or more

9within 10%

6grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 3Within 10% · 9Up 10 to 25% · 4Up 25% or more · 2

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 S N SeosamhMoneygall, Co. Offaly 70 → 108 +54.3%
2 Portroe N SNenagh, Co. Tipperary 118 → 138 +16.9%
3 S N BuirgheasNenagh, Co. Tipperary 74 → 86 +16.2%
4 Nenagh Community National SchoolNenagh, Co. Tipperary 175 → 200 +14.3%
5 Bunscoil na mBráithre CríostaíNenagh, Co. Tipperary 220 → 248 +12.7%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 Silvermines N SNenagh, Co. Tipperary 84 → 57 −32.1%
2 St Marys N SNenagh, Co. Tipperary 69 → 53 −23.2%
3 Gaelscoil AonachAn tAonach, Co. Tipperary 222 → 179 −19.4%
4 S N Chiarda NaofaNenagh, Co. Tipperary 51 → 45 −11.8%
5 Kiladangan N SNenagh, Co. Tipperary 134 → 123 −8.2%

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.

Class sizes

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

Average class size: 22.69
Mainstream classes: 109
Classes of 30 or more: 8
Schools with a class of 30+: 6

Teachers

Teachers in the 19 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: 109; Up 18 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 10%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 181; Estimate: 109 class teachers, 9 principals and deputies, 47 special education and 16 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 140; 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 Nenagh planning area, and the special classes in its 19 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools

Pupils in special schools: 12; In 1 school
Special classes in 2025/26: 16; In 7 of 19 schools. 11 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27: 16; In 7 schools
Autism classes: 13; 81% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

2020/21 11
2021/22 14
2022/23 14
2023/24 15
2024/25 16
2025/26 16
2026/27 16

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special schools in the Nenagh planning area
Special school	Pupils	Since 2015/16	Teaching posts	SNAs
Nenagh Community Special SchoolNenagh	12	–	2	4

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

Schools

19 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 Marys ConventNenagh	16112A	Tipperary	351	−5.4%	15	22.20	30	1
Bunscoil na mBráithre CríostaíNenagh	16727O	Tipperary	248	+12.7%	10	23.60	31	2
Carrig N SNenagh	16276H	Tipperary	229	+5.0%	9	25.44	31	2
Nenagh Community National SchoolNenagh	16344V	Tipperary	200	+14.3%	7	25.86	34	1
Gaelscoil AonachAn tAonach	19937R	Tipperary	179	−19.4%	8	22.38	27	0
Portroe N SNenagh	11367I	Tipperary	138	+16.9%	5	25.40	29	0
S N Lios an HallaNenagh	18465U	Tipperary	136	+8.8%	6	20.67	25	0
S N Ard CroineNenagh	17703F	Tipperary	134	−0.7%	6	22.33	27	0
Kiladangan N SNenagh	06658P	Tipperary	123	−8.2%	5	22.20	30	1
Eochaille Ara N SNenagh	16810B	Tipperary	118	+6.3%	5	23.60	29	0
S N Cill RuadhainNenagh	18369B	Tipperary	115	+1.8%	5	20.60	27	0
S N SeosamhMoneygall	17003A	Offaly	108	+54.3%	4	27.00	30	1
S N Naomh SheosamhNenagh	17498H	Tipperary	96	+7.9%	4	24.00	28	0
Bishop Harty NSNenagh	15560W	Tipperary	91	+4.6%	4	22.75	29	0
S N BuirgheasNenagh	18164G	Tipperary	86	+16.2%	4	21.50	26	0
S N Odhran NaofaNenagh	18087O	Tipperary	62	+77.1%	3	20.67	25	0
Silvermines N SNenagh	15696B	Tipperary	57	−32.1%	3	19.00	23	0
St Marys N SNenagh	15778D	Tipperary	53	−23.2%	3	17.67	23	0
S N Chiarda NaofaNenagh	17712G	Tipperary	45	−11.8%	3	15.00	19	0