St Mary's N.S.
Ballyhaise · Roll number 16520P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 31
- −5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −34%
- Down 16 from 47 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 12 / 19
- 39% 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
31 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 | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3.8 |
| Senior Infants | 6 | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | 2 | 4.2 |
| 1st Class | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | 4.6 |
| 2nd Class | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4.8 |
| 3rd Class | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 4th Class | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6.2 |
| 5th Class | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7.0 |
| 6th Class | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 7.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
2 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 2 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 2Junior Infants2024/25
- 2Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
5 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 5 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 5Junior Infants2023/24
- 5Senior Infants2024/25
- 51st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
5 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 5 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 5Junior Infants2021/22
- 5Senior Infants2022/23
- 51st Class2023/24
- 52nd Class2024/25
- 53rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
3 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 4 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 3Junior Infants2020/21
- 3Senior Infants2021/22
- 31st Class2022/23
- 32nd Class2023/24
- 33rd Class2024/25
- 44th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
6 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 6 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 6Senior Infants2020/21
- 51st Class2021/22
- 52nd Class2022/23
- 53rd Class2023/24
- 54th Class2024/25
- 65th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
5 in 1st Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 51st Class2020/21
- 52nd Class2021/22
- 53rd Class2022/23
- 54th Class2023/24
- 55th Class2024/25
- 56th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
11 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 112nd Class2020/21
- 103rd Class2021/22
- 104th Class2022/23
- 105th Class2023/24
- 116th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
6 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 6 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 63rd Class2020/21
- 64th Class2021/22
- 65th Class2022/23
- 66th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
7 in 4th Class (2020/21), 6 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 74th Class2020/21
- 65th Class2021/22
- 66th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
9 in 5th Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 95th Class2020/21
- 96th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +56th Class in 2024/25 (6 to 11)
- −62nd Class in 2021/22 (11 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 Mary's 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
2.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 2 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 2 mainstream classes 2
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers10 hours of support teaching a week 0.4
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.4 special education teachers and 1 SNA 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 Mary's N.S., measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's N.S.This school | – | 31 |
−34.0%
|
|
| 1 | Drung No 2 NS0.7 km · Drung · Church of Ireland | 0.7 km | 4 |
−87.1%
|
| 2 | S N Padraig3.5 km · Cootehill | 3.5 km | 51 |
−7.3%
|
| 3 | Castletara N S4.7 km · Ballyhaise | 4.7 km | 183 |
+15.8%
|
| 4 | S N Lathrach5.4 km · Stradone | 5.4 km | 140 |
+12.0%
|
| 5 | Ballyhaise N S6.3 km · Ballyhaise | 6.3 km | 152 |
+16.9%
|
| 6 | Kill N S6.9 km · Cootehill | 6.9 km | 126 |
+65.8%
|
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
- Lisa Smith
- Phone
- 0495553144
- [email protected]
- Address
- Drung, Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan, H12 P598
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kilmore
- 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
- Cavan County Council
- Planning area
- Cootehill
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 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 5 | – | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | 39 | 18 | 21 | 5 | – | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 40 | 17 | 23 | – | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021/22 | 49 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| 2020/21 | 55 | 25 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| 2019/20 | 61 | 28 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 58 | 29 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 59 | 30 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 55 | 26 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 47 | 24 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 47 | 24 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 56 | 32 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 54 | 31 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 52 | 30 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 59 | 32 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 61 | 31 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 62 | 32 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 67 | 35 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 66 | 35 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 66 | 34 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 64 | 32 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 62 | 32 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 63 | 33 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 69 | 36 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 63 | 30 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 67 | 30 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 79 | 40 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 78 | 37 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 84 | 42 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 85 | 43 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 88 | 49 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 95 | 53 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 87 | 38 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 87 | 40 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 86 | 39 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 91 | 43 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 102 | 47 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 102 | 48 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 101 | 51 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |