St Johns Convent
Limerick · Roll number 06936R
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 223
- +3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −25%
- Down 76 from 299 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 168 / 55
- 75% 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
223 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 | 35 | 33 | 38 | 32 | 25 | 33 | 32.7 |
| Senior Infants | 39 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 35.3 |
| 1st Class | 36 | 37 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 46 | 35.5 |
| 2nd Class | 38 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 3rd Class | 20 | 37 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 22.3 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 21 | 39 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 25.2 |
| 5th Class | 38 | 28 | 21 | 31 | 26 | 26 | 28.3 |
| 6th Class | 23 | 38 | 28 | 23 | 33 | 25 | 28.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
25 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 38 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 13 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2024/25
- 38Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
32 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 46 in 1st Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 32Junior Infants2023/24
- 35Senior Infants2024/25
- 461st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
38 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 23 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 15 pupils fewer.
- 38Junior Infants2022/23
- 37Senior Infants2023/24
- 351st Class2024/25
- 232nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
33 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 17 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 16 pupils fewer.
- 33Junior Infants2021/22
- 32Senior Infants2022/23
- 281st Class2023/24
- 152nd Class2024/25
- 173rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
35 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 15 in 4th Class (2025/26): 20 pupils fewer.
- 35Junior Infants2020/21
- 31Senior Infants2021/22
- 311st Class2022/23
- 152nd Class2023/24
- 153rd Class2024/25
- 154th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
39 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 5th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils fewer.
- 39Senior Infants2020/21
- 371st Class2021/22
- 232nd Class2022/23
- 233rd Class2023/24
- 234th Class2024/25
- 265th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
36 in 1st Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils fewer.
- 361st Class2020/21
- 242nd Class2021/22
- 223rd Class2022/23
- 244th Class2023/24
- 265th Class2024/25
- 256th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
38 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils fewer.
- 382nd Class2020/21
- 373rd Class2021/22
- 394th Class2022/23
- 315th Class2023/24
- 336th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 203rd Class2020/21
- 214th Class2021/22
- 215th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 285th Class2021/22
- 286th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
38 in 5th Class (2020/21), 38 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 385th Class2020/21
- 386th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +184th Class in 2022/23 (21 to 39)
- −153rd Class in 2022/23 (37 to 22)
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 St Johns Convent, 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
22.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 12 mainstream classes 12
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers180 hours of support teaching a week 7.2
- Special class teachersFor an autism class and a speech and language class 2
7.58 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 13 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.75 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 St Johns Convent, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Johns ConventThis school | – | 223 |
−25.4%
|
|
| 1 | St John the Baptist Boys N S0.2 km · Limerick · Boys · DEIS | 0.2 km | 68 |
+83.8%
|
| 2 | Presentation Primary School0.5 km · Limerick · DEIS | 0.5 km | 279 |
+4.5%
|
| 3 | Scoil Iosagain0.5 km · Limerick · Boys · DEIS | 0.5 km | 222 |
+1.4%
|
| 4 | St Michaels NS0.5 km · Limerick · DEIS | 0.5 km | 126 |
+55.6%
|
| 5 | Scoil Padraig Naofa B0.7 km · Limerick · Boys · DEIS | 0.7 km | 197 |
−10.0%
|
| 6 | Scoil Padraig Naofa C0.7 km · Limerick · Girls · DEIS | 0.7 km | 197 |
−14.7%
|
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
- Aoibheann Ruane
- Phone
- 061416752
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cathedral Place, Limerick, V94 T223
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Limerick City Council
- Planning area
- Limerick City
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 | 223 | 168 | 55 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 26 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 220 | 167 | 53 | 25 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 26 | 33 |
| 2023/24 | 220 | 164 | 56 | 32 | 37 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 241 | 178 | 63 | 38 | 32 | 31 | 23 | 22 | 39 | 21 | 28 |
| 2021/22 | 255 | 201 | 54 | 33 | 31 | 37 | 24 | 37 | 21 | 28 | 38 |
| 2020/21 | 265 | 212 | 53 | 35 | 39 | 36 | 38 | 20 | 29 | 38 | 23 |
| 2019/20 | 274 | 214 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 298 | 233 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 329 | 260 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 293 | 236 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 299 | 232 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 298 | 223 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 292 | 222 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 298 | 222 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 298 | 219 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 281 | 216 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 275 | 215 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 300 | 218 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 295 | 213 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 279 | 206 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 270 | 216 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 265 | 217 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 257 | 207 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 267 | 214 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 244 | 188 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 249 | 194 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 240 | 184 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 228 | 185 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 226 | 171 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 234 | 169 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 212 | 148 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 182 | 130 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 208 | 150 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 253 | 201 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 233 | 233 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 260 | 260 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 256 | 256 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 296 | 296 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 347 | 347 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 371 | 371 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 409 | 409 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 433 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 454 | 454 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |