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School planning area

Scariff

9 primary schools and 640 pupils in 2025/26, in County Clare.

Pupils in 2025/26
640
−7 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16
−12.0%
727 pupils in 2015/16
Schools
9
No change on 2024/25
Average class size
20.26
Average school size: 71.1

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

640

−7 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

9

8 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

71.1

96.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

20.26

−0.22 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. 66 in 2025/26, +6 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

9 schools with figures for both years

4fell by 10% or more
3within 10%
2grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 2Within 10% · 3Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 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
20.26
Mainstream classes
31
Classes of 30 or more
1
Schools with a class of 30+
1

Teachers

Teachers in the 9 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
31
Up 3 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 2%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 46
Estimate: 31 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 13 special education and 2 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 Scariff planning area, and the special classes in the 9 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
2
In 2 of 9 schools. 1 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
2
In 2 schools
Autism classes
2
100% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

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

  • 2020/21 1
  • 2021/22 2
  • 2022/23 2
  • 2023/24 2
  • 2024/25 2
  • 2025/26 2
  • 2026/27 2

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

9 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
Scariff Central N SScariff 19366A 142
−7.2%
6 22.67 26 0
Raheen Wood Community National SchoolTuamgraney 20312H 102
−1.9%
4 24.00 27 0
Ogonnelloe National SchoolScariff 17563P 101
−9.8%
5 20.20 31 1
S N Inis CealtrachMountshannon 18109V 71
+18.3%
3 23.67 28 0
S N MhuireFeakle 02439G 68
−15.0%
3 22.67 27 0
Lakyle N SWhitegate 15981A 47
−23.0%
3 15.67 24 0
Tomgraney N STuamgraney 14571W 47
−45.3%
3 15.67 18 0
Flagmount Central NSCaher 19338S 35
−27.1%
2 17.50 20 0
Bodyke N SBodyke 11990E 27
+17.4%
2 13.50 18 0