Scoil Naomh Colmchille
Carndonagh · Roll number 16880W
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 186
- +17 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +25%
- Up 37 from 149 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 83 / 103
- 45% 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
186 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 | 17 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 23.7 |
| Senior Infants | 23 | 17 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 22.5 |
| 1st Class | 17 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 29 | 21 | 22.0 |
| 2nd Class | 14 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 27 | 29 | 21.2 |
| 3rd Class | 21 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 27 | 19.8 |
| 4th Class | 19 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 18.7 |
| 5th Class | 27 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 20.0 |
| 6th Class | 25 | 27 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 21.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
20 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 20 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 20Junior Infants2024/25
- 20Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
20 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 21 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 20Junior Infants2023/24
- 20Senior Infants2024/25
- 211st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
28 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 29 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 28Junior Infants2022/23
- 29Senior Infants2023/24
- 291st Class2024/25
- 292nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
26 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 27 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 26Junior Infants2021/22
- 26Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 272nd Class2024/25
- 273rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
17 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 18 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 17Junior Infants2020/21
- 17Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 172nd Class2023/24
- 173rd Class2024/25
- 184th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 23Senior Infants2020/21
- 231st Class2021/22
- 232nd Class2022/23
- 233rd Class2023/24
- 224th Class2024/25
- 225th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
17 in 1st Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 171st Class2020/21
- 172nd Class2021/22
- 173rd Class2022/23
- 164th Class2023/24
- 165th Class2024/25
- 186th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
14 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 142nd Class2020/21
- 143rd Class2021/22
- 164th Class2022/23
- 165th Class2023/24
- 186th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
21 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 213rd Class2020/21
- 214th Class2021/22
- 225th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
19 in 4th Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 194th Class2020/21
- 175th Class2021/22
- 196th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
27 in 5th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 275th Class2020/21
- 276th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +11Junior Infants in 2025/26 (20 to 31)
- −105th Class in 2021/22 (27 to 17)
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 Scoil Naomh Colmchille, 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
10.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 11 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers67.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.7
4 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.8 special education teachers and 4 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 Scoil Naomh Colmchille, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh ColmchilleThis school | – | 186 |
+24.8%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach2.6 km · Carndonagh · DEIS | 2.6 km | 124 |
−24.4%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Padraig2.9 km · Carndonagh · DEIS | 2.9 km | 163 |
−1.2%
|
| 3 | Glentogher Con N S2.9 km · Carndonagh · DEIS | 2.9 km | 13 |
−61.8%
|
| 4 | S N Donaigh3.2 km · Carndonagh · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 3.2 km | 33 |
+17.9%
|
| 5 | Scoil Mhuire4.9 km · Gleneely · DEIS | 4.9 km | 118 |
+10.3%
|
| 6 | Naomh Bridhid6.5 km · Carndonagh · DEIS | 6.5 km | 92 |
−9.8%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Breegeen Doherty
- Phone
- 0749374022
- [email protected]
- Address
- Craigtown, Carndonagh, Co Donegal, F93 RY20
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Derry
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Donegal County Council
- Planning area
- Carndonagh
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 | 186 | 83 | 103 | 31 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 18 | 22 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | 169 | 82 | 87 | 20 | 20 | 29 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | 169 | 82 | 87 | 20 | 29 | 26 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 167 | 80 | 87 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 19 |
| 2021/22 | 162 | 78 | 84 | 26 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 163 | 75 | 88 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 27 | 25 |
| 2019/20 | 167 | 74 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 159 | 81 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 166 | 80 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 161 | 78 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 149 | 71 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 153 | 74 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 128 | 61 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 120 | 60 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 115 | 51 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 97 | 45 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 79 | 41 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 73 | 38 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 61 | 32 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 62 | 33 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 63 | 31 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 66 | 30 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 62 | 28 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 56 | 27 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 51 | 25 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 49 | 22 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 51 | 24 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 53 | 22 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 47 | 18 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 59 | 21 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 64 | 28 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 61 | 25 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 61 | 25 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 68 | 30 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 58 | 25 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 50 | 23 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 40 | 17 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 37 | 15 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 34 | 12 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 34 | 14 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |