Kilmessan MXD N S
Kilmessan · Roll number 04210H
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 242
- +11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +24%
- Up 47 from 195 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 127 / 115
- 52% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
242 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 32 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 30.0 |
| Senior Infants | 25 | 32 | 27 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 27.8 |
| 1st Class | 28 | 25 | 31 | 28 | 33 | 25 | 28.3 |
| 2nd Class | 26 | 27 | 25 | 34 | 29 | 34 | 29.2 |
| 3rd Class | 27 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 36 | 30 | 28.8 |
| 4th Class | 39 | 25 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 36 | 29.7 |
| 5th Class | 20 | 41 | 24 | 23 | 30 | 25 | 27.2 |
| 6th Class | 32 | 20 | 41 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 28.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
30 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 28 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 30Junior Infants2024/25
- 28Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
26 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 26Junior Infants2023/24
- 25Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
30 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 34 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2022/23
- 30Senior Infants2023/24
- 331st Class2024/25
- 342nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
28 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 30 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 28Junior Infants2021/22
- 27Senior Infants2022/23
- 281st Class2023/24
- 292nd Class2024/25
- 303rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 36 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 32Junior Infants2020/21
- 32Senior Infants2021/22
- 311st Class2022/23
- 342nd Class2023/24
- 363rd Class2024/25
- 364th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 25Senior Infants2020/21
- 251st Class2021/22
- 252nd Class2022/23
- 263rd Class2023/24
- 254th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
28 in 1st Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 281st Class2020/21
- 272nd Class2021/22
- 283rd Class2022/23
- 294th Class2023/24
- 305th Class2024/25
- 306th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
26 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils fewer.
- 262nd Class2020/21
- 263rd Class2021/22
- 244th Class2022/23
- 235th Class2023/24
- 236th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
27 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 273rd Class2020/21
- 254th Class2021/22
- 245th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
39 in 4th Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 394th Class2020/21
- 415th Class2021/22
- 416th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
20 in 5th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 205th Class2020/21
- 206th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +215th Class in 2021/22 (20 to 41)
- −186th Class in 2023/24 (41 to 23)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Kilmessan MXD N S, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
13.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers95 hours of support teaching a week 3.8
3.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.9 special education teachers and 3.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to Kilmessan MXD N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmessan MXD N SThis school | – | 242 |
+24.1%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Seosamh3.5 km · Dunsany | 3.5 km | 95 |
+25.0%
|
| 2 | Scoil Nais Mhuire Naofa4.1 km · Dunsany | 4.1 km | 113 |
+7.6%
|
| 3 | S N Mhuire5.7 km · Navan | 5.7 km | 194 |
+6.6%
|
| 4 | S N na Trionoide Naofa6.5 km · Navan | 6.5 km | 233 |
−15.0%
|
| 5 | Scoil Bhríde6.8 km · Navan | 6.8 km | 392 |
−11.7%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil na Boinne7.1 km · Trim · Gaelscoil | 7.1 km | 206 |
−10.4%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Michelle McKeown
- Phone
- 0469025532
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath, C15 TE28
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Meath County Council
- Planning area
- Trim
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
43 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 242 | 127 | 115 | 34 | 28 | 25 | 34 | 30 | 36 | 25 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 231 | 124 | 107 | 30 | 25 | 33 | 29 | 36 | 25 | 30 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | 219 | 122 | 97 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 34 | 26 | 29 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 230 | 122 | 108 | 30 | 27 | 31 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 41 |
| 2021/22 | 224 | 116 | 108 | 28 | 32 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 41 | 20 |
| 2020/21 | 229 | 122 | 107 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 39 | 20 | 32 |
| 2019/20 | 234 | 128 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 233 | 124 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 226 | 119 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 211 | 111 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 195 | 98 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 184 | 94 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 174 | 91 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 170 | 92 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 157 | 81 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 139 | 73 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 135 | 75 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 126 | 72 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 127 | 68 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 116 | 57 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 109 | 52 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 103 | 45 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 97 | 43 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 100 | 41 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 108 | 46 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 112 | 47 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 108 | 55 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 123 | 61 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 128 | 68 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 136 | 71 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 145 | 72 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 163 | 81 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 170 | 84 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 170 | 80 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 166 | 80 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 164 | 76 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 166 | 77 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 155 | 65 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 152 | – | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 145 | 58 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 128 | 51 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 108 | 41 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |