School planning area

Tarbert

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

7 primary schools and 461 pupils in 2025/26, in Counties Kerry and Limerick.

Pupils in 2025/26: 461; +1 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16: +0.7%; 458 pupils in 2015/16
Schools: 7; No change on 2024/25
Average class size: 19.30; Average school size: 65.9

By county

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

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Limerick	4	248	+12.2%
Kerry	3	213	−10.1%

Trends in Tarbert

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 Kerry and Limerick, schools with no planning area had 1.8% of pupils in 2015/16, 8.6% in 2005/06 and 31.6% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

461

+1 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

65.9

109.0 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

19.30

+0.04 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. 50 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

7 schools with figures for both years

3fell by 10% or more

2within 10%

2grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 1Within 10% · 2Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 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: 19.30
Mainstream classes: 23
Classes of 30 or more: 0
Schools with a class of 30+: 0

Teachers

Teachers in the 7 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: 23; Down 3 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 19%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 36; Estimate: 23 class teachers, 1 principals and deputies, 9 special education and 3 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 30; 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 Tarbert planning area, and the special classes in the 7 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 7 schools. 1 in 2021/22
Allocated for 2026/27: 3; In 2 schools
Autism classes: 3; 100% of special classes

Special classes since 2021/22

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

2021/22 1
2022/23 1
2023/24 3
2024/25 3
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

7 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.

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	Roll number
St Fergus Primary SchoolGlin	20102T	Limerick	159	+51.4%	6	24.50	27
Tarbert National SchoolTarbert	18705O	Kerry	133	−13.6%	6	22.17	28
S N Oilibhear NaofaBallylongford	19492F	Kerry	61	−3.2%	3	18.67	19
Scoil Naomh Mhuire National SchoolBeal Atha Da Thuille	18236F	Limerick	39	+25.8%	2	19.50	21
Gearoid Ui GhriobhthaLoughill	17814O	Limerick	30	−41.2%	2	15.00	20
Ballyguiltenane N SGlin	11307N	Limerick	20	−41.2%	2	10.00	10
S N an Leana MhoirListowel	17349N	Kerry	19	−5.0%	2	9.50	11