Scoil Mhuire
Tralee · Roll number 13530D
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 378
- −5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +2%
- Up 9 from 369 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 179 / 199
- 47% 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
378 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 | 49 | 48 | 30 | 45 | 42 | 34 | 41.3 |
| Senior Infants | 35 | 49 | 47 | 37 | 46 | 43 | 42.8 |
| 1st Class | 47 | 36 | 50 | 47 | 37 | 50 | 44.5 |
| 2nd Class | 51 | 46 | 42 | 51 | 45 | 39 | 45.7 |
| 3rd Class | 54 | 52 | 48 | 46 | 55 | 50 | 50.8 |
| 4th Class | 46 | 55 | 51 | 51 | 48 | 57 | 51.3 |
| 5th Class | 47 | 49 | 55 | 50 | 52 | 51 | 50.7 |
| 6th Class | 61 | 48 | 53 | 55 | 52 | 54 | 53.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
42 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 43 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 42Junior Infants2024/25
- 43Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
45 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 50 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 45Junior Infants2023/24
- 46Senior Infants2024/25
- 501st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
30 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 39 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2022/23
- 37Senior Infants2023/24
- 371st Class2024/25
- 392nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
48 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 50 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 48Junior Infants2021/22
- 47Senior Infants2022/23
- 471st Class2023/24
- 452nd Class2024/25
- 503rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 57 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 49Junior Infants2020/21
- 49Senior Infants2021/22
- 501st Class2022/23
- 512nd Class2023/24
- 553rd Class2024/25
- 574th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
35 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 51 in 5th Class (2025/26): 16 pupils more.
- 35Senior Infants2020/21
- 361st Class2021/22
- 422nd Class2022/23
- 463rd Class2023/24
- 484th Class2024/25
- 515th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
47 in 1st Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 471st Class2020/21
- 462nd Class2021/22
- 483rd Class2022/23
- 514th Class2023/24
- 525th Class2024/25
- 546th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
51 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 512nd Class2020/21
- 523rd Class2021/22
- 514th Class2022/23
- 505th Class2023/24
- 526th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
54 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 543rd Class2020/21
- 554th Class2021/22
- 555th Class2022/23
- 556th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
46 in 4th Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2022/23): 7 pupils more.
- 464th Class2020/21
- 495th Class2021/22
- 536th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
47 in 5th Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 475th Class2020/21
- 486th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +15Junior Infants in 2023/24 (30 to 45)
- −18Junior Infants in 2022/23 (48 to 30)
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, 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
28.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 28 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers237.5 hours of support teaching a week 9.5
- Special class teachersFor an autism class and a speech and language class 2
11.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 13 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9.4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11.16 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 Scoil Mhuire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil MhuireThis school | – | 378 |
+2.4%
|
|
| 1 | S N an Chroi Naofa0.1 km · Tralee · DEIS | 0.1 km | 342 |
−6.6%
|
| 2 | St Johns Parochial School0.5 km · Tralee · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.5 km | 61 |
+69.4%
|
| 3 | S N Mhuire na mBraithre0.5 km · Tralee · DEIS | 0.5 km | 414 |
−10.8%
|
| 4 | Holy Family0.9 km · Tralee · DEIS | 0.9 km | 265 |
+16.7%
|
| 5 | Scoil Eoin1.0 km · Tralee | 1.0 km | 589 |
−13.9%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn1.8 km · Trá Lí · Gaelscoil | 1.8 km | 415 |
+48.2%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Pat Neenan
- Phone
- 0667124403
- [email protected]
- Address
- Moyderwell, Tralee, Co. Kerry, V92 AE70
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kerry
- 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
- Kerry County Council
- Planning area
- Tralee
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 | 378 | 179 | 199 | 34 | 43 | 50 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 51 | 54 |
| 2024/25 | 383 | 171 | 212 | 42 | 46 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 48 | 52 | 52 |
| 2023/24 | 395 | 168 | 227 | 45 | 37 | 47 | 51 | 46 | 51 | 50 | 55 |
| 2022/23 | 387 | 161 | 226 | 30 | 47 | 50 | 42 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 53 |
| 2021/22 | 396 | 160 | 236 | 48 | 49 | 36 | 46 | 52 | 55 | 49 | 48 |
| 2020/21 | 403 | 149 | 254 | 49 | 35 | 47 | 51 | 54 | 46 | 47 | 61 |
| 2019/20 | 404 | 154 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 410 | 159 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 393 | 153 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 369 | 141 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 369 | 154 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 369 | 162 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 371 | 163 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 370 | 171 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 371 | 172 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 397 | 182 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 413 | 206 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 413 | 223 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 400 | 230 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 366 | 218 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 327 | 221 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 302 | 226 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 315 | 231 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 312 | 235 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 319 | 236 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 313 | 227 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 302 | 219 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 313 | 228 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 305 | 217 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 313 | 224 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 316 | 234 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 313 | 231 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 305 | 236 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 452 | 326 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 480 | 349 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 475 | 344 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 460 | 333 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 460 | 334 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 493 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 522 | 374 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 530 | 376 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 519 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 529 | 393 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |