St Marys N S
Muine Bheag · Roll number 11135K
- Church Of Ireland ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 90
- −8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −5%
- Down 5 from 95 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 51 / 39
- 57% 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
90 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 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 9.2 |
| Senior Infants | 15 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 9.8 |
| 1st Class | 13 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 11.3 |
| 2nd Class | 18 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11.7 |
| 3rd Class | 11 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 12.8 |
| 4th Class | 9 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 12.3 |
| 5th Class | 18 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 13.7 |
| 6th Class | 11 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 12.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
6 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 6 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 6Junior Infants2024/25
- 6Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
16 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 18 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2023/24
- 15Senior Infants2024/25
- 181st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
9 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 9 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 9Junior Infants2022/23
- 9Senior Infants2023/24
- 81st Class2024/25
- 92nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
11 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 13 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 11Junior Infants2021/22
- 10Senior Infants2022/23
- 91st Class2023/24
- 82nd Class2024/25
- 133rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
4 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 7 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 4Junior Infants2020/21
- 4Senior Infants2021/22
- 51st Class2022/23
- 72nd Class2023/24
- 73rd Class2024/25
- 74th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 16 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 15Senior Infants2020/21
- 151st Class2021/22
- 152nd Class2022/23
- 153rd Class2023/24
- 154th Class2024/25
- 165th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
13 in 1st Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 131st Class2020/21
- 132nd Class2021/22
- 133rd Class2022/23
- 134th Class2023/24
- 115th Class2024/25
- 126th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
18 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 182nd Class2020/21
- 183rd Class2021/22
- 184th Class2022/23
- 165th Class2023/24
- 166th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
11 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 113rd Class2020/21
- 124th Class2021/22
- 135th Class2022/23
- 146th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
9 in 4th Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils fewer.
- 94th Class2020/21
- 85th Class2021/22
- 56th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
18 in 5th Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 185th Class2020/21
- 176th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +101st Class in 2025/26 (8 to 18)
- −126th Class in 2022/23 (17 to 5)
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 Marys 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
8.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 9 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers47.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.9
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
6.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1.8 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.83 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 St Marys N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys N SThis school | – | 90 |
−5.3%
|
|
| 1 | Queen of Universe N S0.3 km · Muinebeagh · DEIS | 0.3 km | 253 |
−11.2%
|
| 2 | St Bridgets Monastery Boys Senior School0.3 km · Muinebheag · DEIS | 0.3 km | 134 |
+1.5%
|
| 3 | St Laserians MXD NS4.0 km · Leighlinbridge | 4.0 km | 182 |
+2.8%
|
| 4 | Scoil Bhride B7C4.8 km · Kilkenny | 4.8 km | 217 |
−7.7%
|
| 5 | Baile an Chuilinn N S6.1 km · Muinebeag | 6.1 km | 126 |
+15.6%
|
| 6 | Newtown Dunleckney MXD6.1 km · Muinebheag | 6.1 km | 144 |
+5.1%
|
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
- Emer Magee
- Phone
- 0599721021
- [email protected]
- Address
- Dunleckney Road, Muine Bheag, Co. Carlow, R21 XF96
School
- Ethos
- Church Of Ireland
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert COI
- 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
- Carlow County Council
- Planning area
- Bagenalstown
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
41 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 | 90 | 51 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 98 | 57 | 41 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | 110 | 64 | 46 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | 93 | 52 | 41 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | 103 | 57 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | 104 | 60 | 44 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 11 |
| 2019/20 | 106 | 58 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 104 | 59 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 104 | 55 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 99 | 53 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 95 | 48 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 84 | 42 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 80 | 41 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 76 | 35 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 87 | 41 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 85 | 40 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 81 | 42 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 78 | 37 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 82 | 37 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 86 | 38 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 87 | 40 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 84 | 39 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 75 | 34 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 73 | 33 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 68 | 27 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 73 | 34 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 70 | 29 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 55 | 28 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 51 | 25 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 53 | 23 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 45 | 19 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 46 | 21 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 49 | 23 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 60 | 26 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 60 | 27 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 62 | 27 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 56 | 23 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 52 | 25 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 50 | 25 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 52 | 28 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |