Ballinderreen MXD N S
Kilcolgan · Roll number 07551C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 182
- −6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −1%
- Down 2 from 184 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 94 / 88
- 52% 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
182 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 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 19.5 |
| Senior Infants | 18 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 21.0 |
| 1st Class | 26 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22.0 |
| 2nd Class | 24 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 23.2 |
| 3rd Class | 25 | 22 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 27 | 23.3 |
| 4th Class | 27 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 23.8 |
| 5th Class | 30 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 25.7 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 30 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 26.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
20 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 25 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2024/25
- 25Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
18 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 21 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2023/24
- 17Senior Infants2024/25
- 211st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
21 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 22 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 21Junior Infants2022/23
- 22Senior Infants2023/24
- 231st Class2024/25
- 222nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
23 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 27 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2021/22
- 24Senior Infants2022/23
- 231st Class2023/24
- 242nd Class2024/25
- 273rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 19 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 20Junior Infants2020/21
- 20Senior Infants2021/22
- 191st Class2022/23
- 192nd Class2023/24
- 173rd Class2024/25
- 194th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
18 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 18Senior Infants2020/21
- 201st Class2021/22
- 222nd Class2022/23
- 233rd Class2023/24
- 244th Class2024/25
- 245th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
26 in 1st Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 261st Class2020/21
- 282nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 275th Class2024/25
- 296th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
24 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 242nd Class2020/21
- 223rd Class2021/22
- 234th Class2022/23
- 245th Class2023/24
- 256th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
25 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 253rd Class2020/21
- 254th Class2021/22
- 245th Class2022/23
- 246th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
27 in 4th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils fewer.
- 274th Class2020/21
- 255th Class2021/22
- 236th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
30 in 5th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 305th Class2020/21
- 306th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +103rd Class in 2025/26 (17 to 27)
- −76th Class in 2022/23 (30 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 Ballinderreen 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
13.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers77.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.1
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.1 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.66 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 Ballinderreen MXD N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinderreen MXD N SThis school | – | 182 |
−1.1%
|
|
| 1 | S N Cronain4.7 km · Kilcolgan | 4.7 km | 59 |
−27.2%
|
| 2 | Scoil Mhuire5.0 km · Clarinbridge | 5.0 km | 256 |
+2.8%
|
| 3 | S N Naomh Iosef5.5 km · Kinvara | 5.5 km | 324 |
−0.6%
|
| 4 | Scoil Naomh Mhuire5.8 km · Oranmore | 5.8 km | 233 |
+8.4%
|
| 5 | Kilcolgan Educate Together NS6.0 km · Clarinbridge · Multi-denominational | 6.0 km | 195 |
−7.1%
|
| 6 | S N Brighdhe Naofa6.4 km · Cinn Mara | 6.4 km | 64 |
−22.9%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Barry Quinn
- Phone
- 091796632
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballinderreen, Kilcolgan, Co. Galway, H91 F292
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
- 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
- Galway County Council
- Planning area
- Kinvara
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 | 182 | 94 | 88 | 15 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 188 | 94 | 94 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 24 | 27 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | 184 | 94 | 90 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | 182 | 97 | 85 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | 193 | 104 | 89 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 30 |
| 2020/21 | 197 | 102 | 95 | 20 | 18 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 201 | 103 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 202 | 105 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 208 | 102 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 199 | 95 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 184 | 89 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 178 | 89 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 165 | 84 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 159 | 80 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 155 | 77 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 140 | 67 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 147 | 73 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 130 | 69 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 124 | 69 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 116 | 64 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 107 | 59 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 107 | 53 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 105 | 57 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 106 | 56 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 98 | 50 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 104 | 53 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 122 | 57 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 121 | 58 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 113 | 55 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 100 | 51 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 94 | 47 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 97 | 51 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 105 | 52 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 116 | 43 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 114 | 47 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 96 | 40 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 92 | 38 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 87 | 37 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 85 | 40 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 91 | 44 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |