S N Muire gan Smal
Ballinasloe · Roll number 17198S
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 445
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +7%
- Up 30 from 415 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 228 / 217
- 51% 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
445 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 | 53 | 65 | 58 | 61 | 51 | 53 | 56.8 |
| Senior Infants | 53 | 53 | 68 | 56 | 62 | 49 | 56.8 |
| 1st Class | 57 | 58 | 54 | 66 | 55 | 65 | 59.2 |
| 2nd Class | 43 | 57 | 57 | 54 | 64 | 55 | 55.0 |
| 3rd Class | 37 | 49 | 58 | 57 | 52 | 63 | 52.7 |
| 4th Class | 58 | 34 | 49 | 55 | 55 | 51 | 50.3 |
| 5th Class | 54 | 60 | 34 | 52 | 56 | 54 | 51.7 |
| 6th Class | 52 | 54 | 62 | 34 | 51 | 55 | 51.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
51 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 49 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 51Junior Infants2024/25
- 49Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
61 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 65 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 61Junior Infants2023/24
- 62Senior Infants2024/25
- 651st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
58 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 55 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 58Junior Infants2022/23
- 56Senior Infants2023/24
- 551st Class2024/25
- 552nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
65 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 63 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 65Junior Infants2021/22
- 68Senior Infants2022/23
- 661st Class2023/24
- 642nd Class2024/25
- 633rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 51 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 53Junior Infants2020/21
- 53Senior Infants2021/22
- 541st Class2022/23
- 542nd Class2023/24
- 523rd Class2024/25
- 514th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 53Senior Infants2020/21
- 581st Class2021/22
- 572nd Class2022/23
- 573rd Class2023/24
- 554th Class2024/25
- 545th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
57 in 1st Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 571st Class2020/21
- 572nd Class2021/22
- 583rd Class2022/23
- 554th Class2023/24
- 565th Class2024/25
- 556th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
43 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2024/25): 8 pupils more.
- 432nd Class2020/21
- 493rd Class2021/22
- 494th Class2022/23
- 525th Class2023/24
- 516th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
37 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils fewer.
- 373rd Class2020/21
- 344th Class2021/22
- 345th Class2022/23
- 346th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
58 in 4th Class (2020/21), 62 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 584th Class2020/21
- 605th Class2021/22
- 626th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
54 in 5th Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 545th Class2020/21
- 546th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +185th Class in 2023/24 (34 to 52)
- −286th Class in 2023/24 (62 to 34)
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 Muire gan Smal, 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
29.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 30 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 19 mainstream classes 19
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers212.5 hours of support teaching a week 8.5
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 8.5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9.66 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 S N Muire gan Smal, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Muire gan SmalThis school | – | 445 |
+7.2%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil an Chroi Naofa1.8 km · Ballinasloe · DEIS | 1.8 km | 293 |
+5.0%
|
| 2 | SN Ui Cheithearnaigh2.6 km · Béal Átha na Slua · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 2.6 km | 193 |
−4.9%
|
| 3 | Scoil Mhuire,3.5 km · Ballinasloe | 3.5 km | 115 |
+47.4%
|
| 4 | Aibhistin Naofa6.4 km · Ballinasloe | 6.4 km | 80 |
+116.2%
|
| 5 | S N Naomh Ciaran6.6 km · Athlone | 6.6 km | 107 |
−7.8%
|
| 6 | The Glebe N.S.8.0 km · Ballinasloe · Church of Ireland | 8.0 km | 17 |
+6.2%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Áine Ní Cholleráin (Bleahene)
- Phone
- 0909642634
- [email protected]
- Address
- Shannonbridge, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, H53 PT32
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Clonfert
- 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
- Galway County Council
- Planning area
- Ballinasloe
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 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 | 445 | 228 | 217 | 53 | 49 | 65 | 55 | 63 | 51 | 54 | 55 |
| 2024/25 | 446 | 226 | 220 | 51 | 62 | 55 | 64 | 52 | 55 | 56 | 51 |
| 2023/24 | 435 | 214 | 221 | 61 | 56 | 66 | 54 | 57 | 55 | 52 | 34 |
| 2022/23 | 440 | 215 | 225 | 58 | 68 | 54 | 57 | 58 | 49 | 34 | 62 |
| 2021/22 | 430 | 217 | 213 | 65 | 53 | 58 | 57 | 49 | 34 | 60 | 54 |
| 2020/21 | 407 | 199 | 208 | 53 | 53 | 57 | 43 | 37 | 58 | 54 | 52 |
| 2019/20 | 414 | 215 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 428 | 222 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 417 | 214 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 418 | 218 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 415 | 207 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 415 | 199 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 411 | 193 | 218 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 409 | 194 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 420 | 187 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 402 | 181 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 402 | 181 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 381 | 153 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 390 | 158 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 387 | 165 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 397 | 166 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 399 | 168 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 392 | 171 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 381 | 169 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 377 | 163 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 357 | 155 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 340 | 158 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 338 | 156 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 330 | 154 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 346 | 158 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 348 | 157 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 359 | 160 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 351 | 160 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 277 | 122 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 257 | 118 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 271 | 123 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 253 | 118 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 253 | 114 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 240 | 102 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 221 | 97 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |