S N Naomh Colmchille
Kilmacrennan · Roll number 17036P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 231
- +3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +2%
- Up 4 from 227 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 115 / 116
- 50% 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
231 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 | 29 | 20 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 27.7 |
| Senior Infants | 18 | 30 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 26.5 |
| 1st Class | 22 | 20 | 32 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 25.8 |
| 2nd Class | 22 | 22 | 22 | 32 | 23 | 31 | 25.3 |
| 3rd Class | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 25.8 |
| 4th Class | 22 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 21 | 35 | 26.2 |
| 5th Class | 28 | 23 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 26.7 |
| 6th Class | 30 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 29.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
29 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 30 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 29Junior Infants2024/25
- 30Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
30 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 28 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 30Junior Infants2023/24
- 28Senior Infants2024/25
- 281st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
29 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 31 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2022/23
- 29Senior Infants2023/24
- 291st Class2024/25
- 312nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
20 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 27 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2021/22
- 24Senior Infants2022/23
- 241st Class2023/24
- 232nd Class2024/25
- 273rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
29 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 35 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2020/21
- 30Senior Infants2021/22
- 321st Class2022/23
- 322nd Class2023/24
- 323rd Class2024/25
- 354th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
18 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 18Senior Infants2020/21
- 201st Class2021/22
- 222nd Class2022/23
- 253rd Class2023/24
- 214th Class2024/25
- 225th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
22 in 1st Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 221st Class2020/21
- 222nd Class2021/22
- 243rd Class2022/23
- 274th Class2023/24
- 285th Class2024/25
- 296th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
22 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 222nd Class2020/21
- 233rd Class2021/22
- 274th Class2022/23
- 295th Class2023/24
- 266th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
24 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2023/24): 7 pupils more.
- 243rd Class2020/21
- 254th Class2021/22
- 305th Class2022/23
- 316th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
22 in 4th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2022/23): 10 pupils more.
- 224th Class2020/21
- 235th Class2021/22
- 326th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
28 in 5th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 285th Class2020/21
- 276th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +144th Class in 2025/26 (21 to 35)
- −9Junior Infants in 2021/22 (29 to 20)
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 S N 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
16teaching posts
Our estimate: about 16 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers100 hours of support teaching a week 4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
10.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 10.83 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 S N Naomh Colmchille, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Naomh ColmchilleThis school | – | 231 |
+1.8%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Cholmcille4.1 km · An Tearmann · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 4.1 km | 127 |
−9.3%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Seosamh4.2 km · Letterkenny | 4.2 km | 24 |
−35.1%
|
| 3 | Portlean N S4.7 km · Letterkenny · Presbyterian | 4.7 km | 20 |
−23.1%
|
| 4 | Scoil Naomh Fiachra4.8 km · Letterkenny | 4.8 km | 519 |
+0.8%
|
| 5 | S N Trianta5.1 km · Letterkenny · Presbyterian | 5.1 km | 33 |
+43.5%
|
| 6 | Scoil Naomh Cholmcille5.1 km · Ramelton · DEIS | 5.1 km | 68 |
−32.0%
|
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
- John carr
- Phone
- 0749139295
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilmacrennan, Co. Donegal, F92 P934
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 | 231 | 115 | 116 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 31 | 27 | 35 | 22 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 228 | 118 | 110 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 32 | 21 | 28 | 26 |
| 2023/24 | 239 | 121 | 118 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 32 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | 231 | 109 | 122 | 29 | 24 | 32 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | 200 | 94 | 106 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 201 | 94 | 107 | 29 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 30 |
| 2019/20 | 194 | 87 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 201 | 92 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 212 | 100 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 220 | 104 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 227 | 109 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 220 | 103 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 220 | 97 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 213 | 94 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 210 | 92 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 193 | 79 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 187 | 70 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 181 | 73 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 154 | 58 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 147 | 58 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 146 | 57 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 120 | 53 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 113 | 50 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 111 | 51 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 98 | 46 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 97 | 46 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 84 | 43 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 77 | 41 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 78 | 41 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 86 | 45 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 84 | 43 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 77 | 42 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 77 | 41 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 144 | 64 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 131 | 58 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 137 | 61 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 145 | 60 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 144 | 63 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 149 | 74 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 122 | 57 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |