Booterstown Boys
Blackrock · Roll number 06200O
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 188
- −20 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −35%
- Down 103 from 291 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 188
- 0% 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
188 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 | 36 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 24.7 |
| Senior Infants | 30 | 38 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 25 | 28.2 |
| 1st Class | 42 | 27 | 41 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 32.5 |
| 2nd Class | 38 | 34 | 28 | 34 | 27 | 28 | 31.5 |
| 3rd Class | 37 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 28 | 21 | 27.5 |
| 4th Class | 42 | 38 | 28 | 27 | 21 | 27 | 30.5 |
| 5th Class | 36 | 43 | 36 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 31.2 |
| 6th Class | 29 | 29 | 37 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 29.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
22 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 25 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2024/25
- 25Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
28 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 29 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 28Junior Infants2023/24
- 28Senior Infants2024/25
- 291st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
25 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 28 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2022/23
- 23Senior Infants2023/24
- 261st Class2024/25
- 282nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
22 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 21 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 22Junior Infants2021/22
- 25Senior Infants2022/23
- 301st Class2023/24
- 272nd Class2024/25
- 213rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
36 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 4th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils fewer.
- 36Junior Infants2020/21
- 38Senior Infants2021/22
- 411st Class2022/23
- 342nd Class2023/24
- 283rd Class2024/25
- 274th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
30 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 21 in 5th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils fewer.
- 30Senior Infants2020/21
- 271st Class2021/22
- 282nd Class2022/23
- 223rd Class2023/24
- 214th Class2024/25
- 215th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
42 in 1st Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2025/26): 20 pupils fewer.
- 421st Class2020/21
- 342nd Class2021/22
- 293rd Class2022/23
- 274th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 226th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
38 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2024/25): 11 pupils fewer.
- 382nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 284th Class2022/23
- 275th Class2023/24
- 276th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
37 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2023/24): 7 pupils fewer.
- 373rd Class2020/21
- 384th Class2021/22
- 365th Class2022/23
- 306th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
42 in 4th Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils fewer.
- 424th Class2020/21
- 435th Class2021/22
- 376th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
36 in 5th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2021/22): 7 pupils fewer.
- 365th Class2020/21
- 296th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +141st Class in 2022/23 (27 to 41)
- −151st Class in 2021/22 (42 to 27)
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 Booterstown Boys, 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
14.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers107.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.3
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
10.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11.82 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. 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 Booterstown Boys, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booterstown BoysThis school | – | 188 |
−35.4%
|
|
| 1 | Our Lady of Mercy Convent School0.4 km · Booterstown · Girls | 0.4 km | 247 |
+1.2%
|
| 2 | Booterstown N S1.1 km · Blackrock · Church of Ireland | 1.1 km | 85 |
−18.3%
|
| 3 | Carysfort NS1.7 km · Blackrock | 1.7 km | 583 |
+7.0%
|
| 4 | S N San Treasa1.7 km · Mount Merrion | 1.7 km | 430 |
−5.7%
|
| 5 | Oatlands Primary School, An Edmund Rice School2.0 km · Blackrock | 2.0 km | 428 |
−0.7%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Laighean2.1 km · Baile Átha Cliath 14 · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 2.1 km | 130 | – |
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
- Noel Scully
- Phone
- 012886830
- [email protected]
- Address
- Grotto Place, Booterstown, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, A94 AC97
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
- Planning area
- Booterstown–Blackrock
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 | 188 | 0 | 188 | 15 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 21 | 27 | 21 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | 208 | – | 208 | 22 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 227 | 0 | 227 | 28 | 23 | 30 | 34 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 30 |
| 2022/23 | 249 | – | 249 | 25 | 25 | 41 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 36 | 37 |
| 2021/22 | 259 | 0 | 259 | 22 | 38 | 27 | 34 | 28 | 38 | 43 | 29 |
| 2020/21 | 290 | – | 290 | 36 | 30 | 42 | 38 | 37 | 42 | 36 | 29 |
| 2019/20 | 307 | – | 307 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 326 | – | 326 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 311 | – | 311 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 297 | 0 | 297 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 291 | 0 | 291 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 263 | 0 | 263 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 248 | 0 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 248 | 0 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 231 | 0 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 209 | 0 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 195 | 0 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 207 | 0 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 211 | 0 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 210 | 0 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 211 | 0 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 219 | 0 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 223 | 0 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 222 | 0 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 196 | 0 | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 167 | 0 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 190 | 0 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 164 | – | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 139 | 0 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 113 | 0 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 105 | – | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 95 | – | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 100 | – | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 86 | 0 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 99 | 0 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 137 | 0 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 166 | 0 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 171 | 0 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 209 | 0 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 222 | 0 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 260 | 0 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |