School planning area

Strokestown

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

5 primary schools and 304 pupils in 2025/26, in County Roscommon.

Pupils in 2025/26: 304; +4 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: +18.3%; 257 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 5; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 18.06; Average school size: 60.8

Trends in Strokestown

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 Roscommon, schools with no planning area had 13.4% of pupils in 2015/16, 15.0% in 2005/06 and 34.9% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

304

+4 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

60.8

65.4 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

18.06

+0.06 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. 41 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

5 schools with figures for both years

2fell by 10% or more

0within 10%

3grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 1Within 10% · 0Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 25% or more · 2

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: 18.06
Mainstream classes: 16
Classes of 30 or more: 1
Schools with a class of 30+: 1

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: 16; Up 3 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 34%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 26; Estimate: 16 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 6 special education and 3 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 20; 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 Strokestown 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: 3; In 2 of 5 schools. 2 in 2023/24
Allocated for 2026/27: 3; In 2 schools
Autism classes: 3; 100% of special classes

Special classes since 2023/24

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

2023/24 2
2024/25 2
2025/26 3
2026/27 3

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
St Mary's PrimaryStrokestown	17808T	136	+40.2%	5	24.80	28	0
S N Baile Ui FhidhneScramogue	18432F	96	+23.1%	4	24.00	34	1
S N Naomh PadraigStrokestown	15045G	44	+33.3%	3	13.67	17	0
Clooncagh N SStokestown	16291D	20	−20.0%	2	10.00	13	0
Slatta N SKilglass	13879W	8	−66.7%	2	4.00	5	0