Carysfort MXD N S
Arklow · Roll number 14045B
- Church Of Ireland ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 197
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 18 from 215 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 102 / 95
- 52% 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
197 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 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 23.0 |
| Senior Infants | 26 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 25.2 |
| 1st Class | 21 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 23.2 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 24.8 |
| 3rd Class | 27 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 25.7 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 27 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 26.8 |
| 5th Class | 28 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 27 | 27.3 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 27.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
26 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 28 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 26Junior Infants2024/25
- 28Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
25 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 25Junior Infants2023/24
- 26Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
24 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 24 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 24Junior Infants2022/23
- 25Senior Infants2023/24
- 221st Class2024/25
- 242nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
25 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 27 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2021/22
- 25Senior Infants2022/23
- 251st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 273rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2020/21
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 211st Class2022/23
- 232nd Class2023/24
- 213rd Class2024/25
- 244th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 26Senior Infants2020/21
- 251st Class2021/22
- 252nd Class2022/23
- 253rd Class2023/24
- 264th Class2024/25
- 275th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
21 in 1st Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 211st Class2020/21
- 222nd Class2021/22
- 243rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 235th Class2024/25
- 246th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 303rd Class2021/22
- 304th Class2022/23
- 305th Class2023/24
- 286th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
27 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 273rd Class2020/21
- 274th Class2021/22
- 275th Class2022/23
- 286th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 296th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
28 in 5th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 285th Class2020/21
- 286th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +63rd Class in 2025/26 (21 to 27)
- −8Junior Infants in 2025/26 (26 to 18)
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 Carysfort 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
12.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers80 hours of support teaching a week 3.2
2.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.2 special education teachers and 2.5 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 Carysfort MXD N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carysfort MXD N SThis school | – | 197 |
−8.4%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhoir0.7 km · An tInbhear Mór · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 0.7 km | 242 |
−29.0%
|
| 2 | St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School0.7 km · Arklow · DEIS | 0.7 km | 250 |
−42.5%
|
| 3 | St John's Senior School0.9 km · Arklow · Some subjects through Irish · DEIS | 0.9 km | 323 |
−13.9%
|
| 4 | St Josephs N S2.2 km · Arklow | 2.2 km | 500 |
−24.5%
|
| 5 | S N Naomh Padraig4.8 km · Arklow | 4.8 km | 76 |
−14.6%
|
| 6 | S N Cul Greine5.6 km · Gorey · DEIS | 5.6 km | 115 |
+15.0%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Heather Minion
- Phone
- 040232690
- [email protected]
- Address
- Knockanrahan, Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Y14 XE30
School
- Ethos
- Church Of Ireland
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Wicklow County Council
- Planning area
- Arklow
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 | 197 | 102 | 95 | 18 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | 198 | 101 | 97 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | 206 | 109 | 97 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | 205 | 110 | 95 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 30 | 27 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | 207 | 110 | 97 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 28 |
| 2020/21 | 207 | 110 | 97 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 212 | 108 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 211 | 105 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 209 | 101 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 212 | 101 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 215 | 102 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 211 | 98 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 218 | 97 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 211 | 95 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 182 | 83 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 182 | 81 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 184 | 83 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 179 | 86 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 180 | 89 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 174 | 89 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 158 | 81 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 163 | 89 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 161 | 88 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 156 | 86 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 131 | 73 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 126 | 68 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 111 | 56 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 108 | 56 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 100 | 52 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 96 | 47 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 98 | 51 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 102 | 46 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 103 | 50 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 136 | 68 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 137 | 69 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 138 | 69 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 140 | 70 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 135 | 69 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 139 | 67 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 142 | 68 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 147 | 67 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 138 | 64 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |