St Patricks N S
Letterkenny · Roll number 16672P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 426
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −7%
- Down 33 from 459 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 203 / 223
- 48% 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
426 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 | 54 | 44 | 62 | 31 | 47 | 47.8 |
| Senior Infants | 55 | 51 | 53 | 46 | 59 | 34 | 49.7 |
| 1st Class | 52 | 54 | 51 | 57 | 47 | 65 | 54.3 |
| 2nd Class | 57 | 52 | 56 | 51 | 58 | 52 | 54.3 |
| 3rd Class | 59 | 57 | 53 | 58 | 51 | 58 | 56.0 |
| 4th Class | 59 | 59 | 56 | 53 | 59 | 54 | 56.7 |
| 5th Class | 60 | 58 | 60 | 58 | 51 | 60 | 57.8 |
| 6th Class | 51 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 57.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
31 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 34 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2024/25
- 34Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
62 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 65 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 62Junior Infants2023/24
- 59Senior Infants2024/25
- 651st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
44 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 52 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2022/23
- 46Senior Infants2023/24
- 471st Class2024/25
- 522nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
54 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 58 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 54Junior Infants2021/22
- 53Senior Infants2022/23
- 571st Class2023/24
- 582nd Class2024/25
- 583rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 49Junior Infants2020/21
- 51Senior Infants2021/22
- 511st Class2022/23
- 512nd Class2023/24
- 513rd Class2024/25
- 544th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
55 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 60 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 55Senior Infants2020/21
- 541st Class2021/22
- 562nd Class2022/23
- 583rd Class2023/24
- 594th Class2024/25
- 605th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
52 in 1st Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 521st Class2020/21
- 522nd Class2021/22
- 533rd Class2022/23
- 534th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 566th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
57 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 572nd Class2020/21
- 573rd Class2021/22
- 564th Class2022/23
- 585th Class2023/24
- 586th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
59 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 593rd Class2020/21
- 594th Class2021/22
- 605th Class2022/23
- 606th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
59 in 4th Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 594th Class2020/21
- 585th Class2021/22
- 596th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
60 in 5th Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 605th Class2020/21
- 586th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +18Junior Infants in 2023/24 (44 to 62)
- −31Junior Infants in 2024/25 (62 to 31)
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 Patricks 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
26.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 17 mainstream classes 17
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers155 hours of support teaching a week 6.2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
11.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11.66 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 St Patricks N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patricks N SThis school | – | 426 |
−7.2%
|
|
| 1 | S N Baile Raighin2.4 km · Letterkenny · Church of Ireland | 2.4 km | 215 |
−3.2%
|
| 2 | Letterkenny Educate Together NS3.3 km · Letterkenny · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 3.3 km | 420 |
+84.2%
|
| 3 | Glenmaquin N S3.6 km · Letterkenny · Presbyterian · DEIS | 3.6 km | 21 |
+10.5%
|
| 4 | Scoil Choilmcille3.7 km · Letterkenny · DEIS | 3.7 km | 658 |
+85.4%
|
| 5 | S N Muire gan Smal3.7 km · Letterkenny | 3.7 km | 480 |
+8.1%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Adhamhnain4.5 km · Leitir Ceanainn · Gaelscoil | 4.5 km | 410 |
−4.7%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Annraoi Cheevers
- Phone
- 0749125455
- [email protected]
- Address
- Lurgybrack, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, F92 HP82
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Raphoe
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Donegal County Council
- Planning area
- Letterkenny
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
42 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 | 426 | 203 | 223 | 47 | 34 | 65 | 52 | 58 | 54 | 60 | 56 |
| 2024/25 | 426 | 200 | 226 | 31 | 59 | 47 | 58 | 51 | 59 | 51 | 58 |
| 2023/24 | 454 | 204 | 250 | 62 | 46 | 57 | 51 | 58 | 53 | 58 | 60 |
| 2022/23 | 444 | 196 | 248 | 44 | 53 | 51 | 56 | 53 | 56 | 60 | 59 |
| 2021/22 | 455 | 210 | 245 | 54 | 51 | 54 | 52 | 57 | 59 | 58 | 58 |
| 2020/21 | 453 | 204 | 249 | 49 | 55 | 52 | 57 | 59 | 59 | 60 | 51 |
| 2019/20 | 454 | 199 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 446 | 200 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 453 | 197 | 256 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 459 | 200 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 459 | 196 | 263 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 447 | 195 | 252 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 452 | 204 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 434 | 196 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 436 | 202 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 438 | 207 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 430 | 202 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 425 | 198 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 416 | 194 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 383 | 177 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 352 | 156 | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 322 | 144 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 274 | 121 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 236 | 100 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 210 | 93 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 200 | 87 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 182 | 84 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 201 | 89 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 221 | 97 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 224 | 95 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 222 | 96 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 215 | 98 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 215 | 101 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 220 | 100 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 205 | 91 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 195 | 90 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 184 | 88 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 191 | 95 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 184 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 174 | 78 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 139 | 61 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |