Knock N S

Claremorris · Roll number 16122D

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  • Catholic ethos
  • DEIS
  • Ordinary with Special Classes
Pupils in 2025/26
152
+5 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
+16%
Up 21 from 131 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
67 / 85
44% girls
Teachers
about 12
6 class teachers and 3 special class teachers. Who they are

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

152 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants11
  • Senior Infants18
  • 1st Class16
  • 2nd Class14
  • 3rd Class26
  • 4th Class21
  • 5th Class21
  • 6th Class25

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

Pupils in each class for each school year
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 12 15 8 13 15 11 12.3
Senior Infants 14 14 17 10 15 18 14.7
1st Class 17 10 15 16 9 16 13.8
2nd Class 18 19 12 16 17 14 16.0
3rd Class 22 17 19 16 16 26 19.3
4th Class 20 22 19 18 15 21 19.2
5th Class 14 19 24 22 20 21 20.0
6th Class 21 16 22 27 22 25 22.2

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

12 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 21 in 4th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.

  1. 12Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 14Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 151st Class2022/23
  4. 162nd Class2023/24
  5. 163rd Class2024/25
  6. 214th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +103rd Class in 2025/26 (16 to 26)
  • −71st Class in 2021/22 (17 to 10)

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 Knock 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

12.3teaching posts

Our estimate: about 12 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
  • PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
  • Special education teachers57.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.3
  • Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3

10.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 2.4 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 10.33 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 Knock N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to Knock N S
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
Knock N SThis school – 152
+16.0%
1 Barnacarroll Central NS4.2 km · Claremorris 4.2 km 208
+84.1%
2 S N Uileog de Burca5.0 km · Clár Chlainne Mhuiris · Gaelscoil 5.0 km 105
−10.3%
3 Beacan Mixed N S6.2 km · Claremorris 6.2 km 177
+18.0%
4 Kiltimagh Central7.6 km · Kiltimagh 7.6 km 262
+8.7%
5 St Marys N S7.8 km · Ballyhaunis · DEIS 7.8 km 93
−6.1%
6 Claremorris National School8.7 km · Claremorris 8.7 km 314 –
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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
Máire Boyle
Address
Knock, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, F12 KF89

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Archbishop of Tuam
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
Mayo County Council
Planning area
Kiltimagh

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.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 152 67 85 1118161426212125
2024/25 147 70 77 151591716152022
2023/24 154 71 83 1310161616182227
2022/23 148 64 84 817151219192422
2021/22 144 62 82 1514101917221916
2020/21 150 63 87 1214171822201421
2019/20 146 65 81 ––––––––
2018/19 147 62 85 ––––––––
2017/18 131 58 73 ––––––––
2016/17 137 62 75 ––––––––
2015/16 131 60 71 ––––––––
2014/15 133 65 68 ––––––––
2013/14 141 72 69 ––––––––
2012/13 142 73 69 ––––––––
2011/12 143 73 70 ––––––––
2010/11 125 62 63 ––––––––
2009/10 134 66 68 ––––––––
2008/09 126 63 63 ––––––––
2007/08 132 72 60 ––––––––
2006/07 139 78 61 ––––––––
2005/06 130 71 59 ––––––––
2004/05 125 68 57 ––––––––
2003/04 137 78 59 ––––––––
2002/03 153 85 68 ––––––––
2001/02 150 81 69 ––––––––
2000/01 152 85 67 ––––––––
1999/00 154 87 67 ––––––––
1998/99 148 81 67 ––––––––
1997/98 149 78 71 ––––––––
1996/97 149 74 75 ––––––––
1995/96 146 70 76 ––––––––
1994/95 137 63 74 ––––––––
1993/94 142 67 75 ––––––––
1983/84 186 96 90 ––––––––
1982/83 179 91 88 ––––––––
1981/82 164 82 82 ––––––––
1980/81 154 82 72 ––––––––
1979/80 165 87 78 ––––––––
1978/79 177 91 86 ––––––––
1977/78 164 89 75 ––––––––
1976/77 167 87 80 ––––––––
1975/76 152 – – ––––––––
1974/75 150 74 76 ––––––––