Naomh Padraig Measc
Traighli · Roll number 16917T
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 168
- −8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −17%
- Down 34 from 202 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 80 / 88
- 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
168 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 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 20.7 |
| Senior Infants | 26 | 16 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 22.8 |
| 1st Class | 22 | 26 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 21.7 |
| 2nd Class | 24 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 22.3 |
| 3rd Class | 20 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 20 | 22.3 |
| 4th Class | 24 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 22.5 |
| 5th Class | 21 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 27 | 22.7 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 22.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
23 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 24 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 23Junior Infants2024/25
- 24Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
20 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 19 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 20Junior Infants2023/24
- 20Senior Infants2024/25
- 191st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
25 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 23 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 25Junior Infants2022/23
- 27Senior Infants2023/24
- 241st Class2024/25
- 232nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
20 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 20 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 20Junior Infants2021/22
- 24Senior Infants2022/23
- 201st Class2023/24
- 202nd Class2024/25
- 203rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 16 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 15Junior Infants2020/21
- 16Senior Infants2021/22
- 191st Class2022/23
- 202nd Class2023/24
- 193rd Class2024/25
- 164th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 26Senior Infants2020/21
- 261st Class2021/22
- 262nd Class2022/23
- 283rd Class2023/24
- 274th Class2024/25
- 275th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
22 in 1st Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 221st Class2020/21
- 212nd Class2021/22
- 223rd Class2022/23
- 224th Class2023/24
- 205th Class2024/25
- 186th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
24 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 242nd Class2020/21
- 253rd Class2021/22
- 254th Class2022/23
- 255th Class2023/24
- 236th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 203rd Class2020/21
- 214th Class2021/22
- 225th Class2022/23
- 246th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
24 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 244th Class2020/21
- 215th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
21 in 5th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 215th Class2020/21
- 216th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +8Senior Infants in 2022/23 (16 to 24)
- −114th Class in 2025/26 (27 to 16)
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 Naomh Padraig Measc, 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
11.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers97.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.9
5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.8 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 6.66 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. 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 Naomh Padraig Measc, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Padraig MeascThis school | – | 168 |
−16.8%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Mhuire3.2 km · Tralee · DEIS | 3.2 km | 378 |
+2.4%
|
| 2 | S N an Chroi Naofa3.3 km · Tralee · DEIS | 3.3 km | 342 |
−6.6%
|
| 3 | S N Mhuire na mBraithre3.7 km · Tralee · DEIS | 3.7 km | 414 |
−10.8%
|
| 4 | St Johns Parochial School3.7 km · Tralee · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 3.7 km | 61 |
+69.4%
|
| 5 | Holy Family4.0 km · Tralee · DEIS | 4.0 km | 265 |
+16.7%
|
| 6 | Scoil Eoin4.1 km · Tralee | 4.1 km | 589 |
−13.9%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Mary Connolly
- Phone
- 0667121919
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cathair Leithin, Traighli, Co Chiarrai, V92 W248
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kerry
- 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
- Kerry County Council
- Planning area
- Tralee
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 | 168 | 80 | 88 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 27 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | 176 | 89 | 87 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | 186 | 89 | 97 | 20 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | 185 | 86 | 99 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 26 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 171 | 77 | 94 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 179 | 80 | 99 | 15 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 197 | 87 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 195 | 85 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 199 | 89 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 201 | 94 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 202 | 94 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 206 | 95 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 210 | 96 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 210 | 96 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 206 | 86 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 205 | 94 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 215 | 95 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 211 | 88 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 222 | 98 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 226 | 98 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 224 | 102 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 227 | 109 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 221 | 105 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 195 | 90 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 183 | 90 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 172 | 83 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 159 | 77 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 148 | 72 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 130 | 60 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 113 | 49 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 86 | 41 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 82 | 41 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 68 | 33 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 29 | 16 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 30 | 16 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 31 | 16 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 29 | 14 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 38 | 21 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 63 | 32 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 67 | 36 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 83 | 44 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |