St Ciarans Mixed N S
Ballycumber · Roll number 16435B
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 110
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 9 from 119 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 48 / 62
- 44% 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
110 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 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 11.8 |
| Senior Infants | 12 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12.7 |
| 1st Class | 16 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13.7 |
| 2nd Class | 17 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 14.2 |
| 3rd Class | 17 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 15.5 |
| 4th Class | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 16.5 |
| 5th Class | 8 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14.8 |
| 6th Class | 15 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
10 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 12 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 10Junior Infants2024/25
- 12Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
14 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 14 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 14Junior Infants2023/24
- 12Senior Infants2024/25
- 141st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
13 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 13 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 13Junior Infants2022/23
- 13Senior Infants2023/24
- 131st Class2024/25
- 132nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
10 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 11 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 10Junior Infants2021/22
- 10Senior Infants2022/23
- 101st Class2023/24
- 92nd Class2024/25
- 113rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 19 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 15Junior Infants2020/21
- 17Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 172nd Class2023/24
- 173rd Class2024/25
- 194th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
12 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 15 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 12Senior Infants2020/21
- 131st Class2021/22
- 132nd Class2022/23
- 133rd Class2023/24
- 154th Class2024/25
- 155th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
16 in 1st Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 161st Class2020/21
- 162nd Class2021/22
- 163rd Class2022/23
- 164th Class2023/24
- 155th Class2024/25
- 176th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
17 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 172nd Class2020/21
- 193rd Class2021/22
- 174th Class2022/23
- 185th Class2023/24
- 176th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
17 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 173rd Class2020/21
- 174th Class2021/22
- 185th Class2022/23
- 186th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
15 in 4th Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 154th Class2020/21
- 155th Class2021/22
- 146th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
8 in 5th Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 85th Class2020/21
- 96th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +75th Class in 2021/22 (8 to 15)
- −82nd Class in 2024/25 (17 to 9)
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 Ciarans Mixed 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
10.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 10 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers62.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.5
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.58 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.58 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 Ciarans Mixed N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Ciarans Mixed N SThis school | – | 110 |
−7.6%
|
|
| 1 | S N Muire Naofa5.4 km · Pullough · DEIS | 5.4 km | 64 |
−31.9%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Callin5.7 km · Ballinahowen | 5.7 km | 69 |
+7.8%
|
| 3 | S N Mhanachain7.4 km · Moate | 7.4 km | 176 |
−5.9%
|
| 4 | Cill Cleithe N S7.7 km · Moate | 7.7 km | 99 |
+11.2%
|
| 5 | BL Oliver Plunkett N S8.0 km · Moate · Boys | 8.0 km | 82 |
−12.8%
|
| 6 | S N Phroinsiais Naofa8.0 km · Clara · Boys · DEIS | 8.0 km | 186 |
−19.8%
|
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
- Paul McKeon
- Phone
- 0579336351
- [email protected]
- Address
- Boher, Ballycumber, Co. Offaly, R35 P448
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise
- 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
- Offaly County Council
- Planning area
- Clara
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 | 110 | 48 | 62 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 17 |
| 2024/25 | 120 | 55 | 65 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
| 2023/24 | 130 | 61 | 69 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 18 |
| 2022/23 | 129 | 58 | 71 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 14 |
| 2021/22 | 128 | 58 | 70 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 9 |
| 2020/21 | 125 | 60 | 65 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 15 |
| 2019/20 | 125 | 63 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 131 | 66 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 128 | 66 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 124 | 68 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 119 | 65 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 115 | 58 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 107 | 54 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 105 | 50 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 103 | 49 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 110 | 60 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 104 | 53 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 94 | 49 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 91 | 50 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 99 | 55 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 104 | 52 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 106 | 53 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 116 | 56 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 117 | 58 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 122 | 62 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 122 | 60 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 121 | 59 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 124 | 63 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 127 | 72 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 139 | 77 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 148 | 82 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 149 | 82 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 165 | 87 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 171 | 87 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 165 | 83 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 160 | 87 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 141 | 77 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 142 | 78 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 128 | 73 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 126 | 73 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 128 | 67 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 113 | 54 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |