Scoil Mhuire gan Smal
Via Roscommon · Roll number 07455G
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 81
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −15%
- Down 14 from 95 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 43 / 38
- 53% girls
Pupils since 1975
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
81 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 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 8.5 |
| Senior Infants | 11 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 9.3 |
| 1st Class | 13 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 10.2 |
| 2nd Class | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10.0 |
| 3rd Class | 6 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 10.2 |
| 4th Class | 9 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10.0 |
| 5th Class | 17 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 11.3 |
| 6th Class | 9 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 11.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
7 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 8 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 7Junior Infants2024/25
- 8Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
9 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 12 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 9Junior Infants2023/24
- 11Senior Infants2024/25
- 121st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
7 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 8 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 7Junior Infants2022/23
- 7Senior Infants2023/24
- 71st Class2024/25
- 82nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
10 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 12 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 10Junior Infants2021/22
- 12Senior Infants2022/23
- 111st Class2023/24
- 112nd Class2024/25
- 123rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
7 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 9 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 7Junior Infants2020/21
- 7Senior Infants2021/22
- 81st Class2022/23
- 82nd Class2023/24
- 93rd Class2024/25
- 94th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
11 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 12 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 11Senior Infants2020/21
- 101st Class2021/22
- 102nd Class2022/23
- 113rd Class2023/24
- 124th Class2024/25
- 125th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
13 in 1st Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 131st Class2020/21
- 102nd Class2021/22
- 103rd Class2022/23
- 114th Class2023/24
- 105th Class2024/25
- 96th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
13 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 132nd Class2020/21
- 133rd Class2021/22
- 134th Class2022/23
- 145th Class2023/24
- 156th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
6 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 63rd Class2020/21
- 64th Class2021/22
- 65th Class2022/23
- 76th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
9 in 4th Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 94th Class2020/21
- 95th Class2021/22
- 96th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
17 in 5th Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 175th Class2020/21
- 176th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +86th Class in 2021/22 (9 to 17)
- −85th Class in 2021/22 (17 to 9)
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 Scoil Mhuire gan Smal, 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
5.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 6 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers37.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.5
2 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.5 special education teachers and 2 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 Scoil Mhuire gan Smal, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire gan SmalThis school | – | 81 |
−14.7%
|
|
| 1 | Mount Talbot N S3.1 km · Mount Talbot | 3.1 km | 24 |
−17.2%
|
| 2 | S N Padraig Naofa4.1 km · Ballygar | 4.1 km | 106 |
−18.5%
|
| 3 | Ballyforan Mixed N S6.8 km · Ballinasloe · DEIS | 6.8 km | 59 |
−7.8%
|
| 4 | Tisrara National School6.9 km · Four Roads · DEIS | 6.9 km | 54 |
−8.5%
|
| 5 | Athleague N S7.3 km · Athleague | 7.3 km | 105 |
+123.4%
|
| 6 | S N Baile A Mhoinin7.3 km · Ballinsloe | 7.3 km | 11 |
−75.0%
|
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
- Helene Hanley
- Phone
- 0906624951
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballygar, Co. Galway, Via Roscommon, F42 AD83
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Elphin
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Galway County Council
- Planning area
- Ballygar
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
42 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 81 | 43 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | 82 | 44 | 38 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 15 |
| 2023/24 | 78 | 44 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 7 |
| 2022/23 | 75 | 41 | 34 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021/22 | 82 | 38 | 44 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | 85 | 42 | 43 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 9 |
| 2019/20 | 85 | 41 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 81 | 38 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 84 | 38 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 88 | 40 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 95 | 42 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 82 | 39 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 81 | 39 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 85 | 39 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 81 | 41 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 84 | 42 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 81 | 39 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 86 | 42 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 92 | 44 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 88 | 42 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 89 | 42 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 86 | 42 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 82 | 43 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 96 | 47 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 103 | 52 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 112 | 56 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 120 | 61 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 130 | 68 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 128 | 66 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 139 | 67 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 146 | 69 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 156 | 77 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 158 | 79 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 139 | 69 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 142 | 66 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 141 | 61 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 135 | 55 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 146 | 59 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 156 | 67 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 159 | 61 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |