St Laurences N S
Athy · Roll number 09414C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 259
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −18%
- Down 55 from 314 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 104 / 155
- 40% 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
259 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 | 25 | 41 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 29.8 |
| Senior Infants | 34 | 28 | 42 | 23 | 31 | 30 | 31.3 |
| 1st Class | 36 | 33 | 28 | 40 | 22 | 36 | 32.5 |
| 2nd Class | 33 | 37 | 33 | 28 | 41 | 25 | 32.8 |
| 3rd Class | 40 | 33 | 37 | 31 | 30 | 42 | 35.5 |
| 4th Class | 24 | 43 | 34 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 32.8 |
| 5th Class | 38 | 24 | 42 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 34.2 |
| 6th Class | 42 | 38 | 24 | 41 | 31 | 34 | 35.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
26 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 30 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 26Junior Infants2024/25
- 30Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
30 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 36 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2023/24
- 31Senior Infants2024/25
- 361st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
26 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 25 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 26Junior Infants2022/23
- 23Senior Infants2023/24
- 221st Class2024/25
- 252nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
41 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 42 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 41Junior Infants2021/22
- 42Senior Infants2022/23
- 401st Class2023/24
- 412nd Class2024/25
- 423rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2020/21
- 28Senior Infants2021/22
- 281st Class2022/23
- 282nd Class2023/24
- 303rd Class2024/25
- 284th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
34 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 33 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 34Senior Infants2020/21
- 331st Class2021/22
- 332nd Class2022/23
- 313rd Class2023/24
- 324th Class2024/25
- 335th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
36 in 1st Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 361st Class2020/21
- 372nd Class2021/22
- 373rd Class2022/23
- 364th Class2023/24
- 355th Class2024/25
- 346th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
33 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 332nd Class2020/21
- 333rd Class2021/22
- 344th Class2022/23
- 335th Class2023/24
- 316th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
40 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 403rd Class2020/21
- 434th Class2021/22
- 425th Class2022/23
- 416th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
24 in 4th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 244th Class2020/21
- 245th Class2021/22
- 246th 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
- +194th Class in 2021/22 (24 to 43)
- −19Senior Infants in 2023/24 (42 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 St Laurences 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
18teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers100 hours of support teaching a week 4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
5.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers, 3 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. 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 Laurences N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Laurences N SThis school | – | 259 |
−17.5%
|
|
| 1 | Grange Con N S5.0 km · Dunlavin | 5.0 km | 23 |
−39.5%
|
| 2 | S N Colmcill Naofa5.4 km · Athy | 5.4 km | 129 |
−3.7%
|
| 3 | S N Ide6.7 km · Athy · DEIS | 6.7 km | 139 |
−32.5%
|
| 4 | Ballyshannon N S7.4 km · Kilcullen | 7.4 km | 115 |
+5.5%
|
| 5 | Jonathan Swift NS7.8 km · Dunlavin · Church of Ireland | 7.8 km | 24 |
−45.5%
|
| 6 | S N Nicolais Naofa8.0 km · Dunluain | 8.0 km | 250 |
−3.8%
|
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
- Sean Gordon
- Phone
- 0598623333
- [email protected]
- Address
- Crookstown, Ballytore, Athy, Co. Kildare, R14 P758
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
- Kildare County Council
- Planning area
- Dunlavin
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 | 259 | 104 | 155 | 31 | 30 | 36 | 25 | 42 | 28 | 33 | 34 |
| 2024/25 | 259 | 112 | 147 | 26 | 31 | 22 | 41 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 31 |
| 2023/24 | 268 | 121 | 147 | 30 | 23 | 40 | 28 | 31 | 36 | 33 | 41 |
| 2022/23 | 266 | 119 | 147 | 26 | 42 | 28 | 33 | 37 | 34 | 42 | 24 |
| 2021/22 | 277 | 121 | 156 | 41 | 28 | 33 | 37 | 33 | 43 | 24 | 38 |
| 2020/21 | 272 | 119 | 153 | 25 | 34 | 36 | 33 | 40 | 24 | 38 | 42 |
| 2019/20 | 292 | 129 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 302 | 135 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 310 | 143 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 315 | 140 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 314 | 140 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 318 | 144 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 336 | 155 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 331 | 158 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 321 | 160 | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 320 | 152 | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 342 | 164 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 316 | 146 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 296 | 136 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 284 | 128 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 275 | 124 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 248 | 114 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 253 | 112 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 244 | 116 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 211 | 97 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 213 | 95 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 203 | 90 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 212 | 99 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 191 | 78 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 215 | 95 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 223 | 94 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 232 | 109 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 238 | 116 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 287 | 140 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 288 | 143 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 267 | 130 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 261 | 126 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 263 | 127 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 248 | 118 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 246 | 116 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 242 | 109 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 254 | 116 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |