Clochar Muire N S
Rathdrum · Roll number 17228B
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 176
- +16 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +27%
- Up 37 from 139 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 176 / 0
- 100% 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
176 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 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 17.8 |
| Senior Infants | 13 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 16.7 |
| 1st Class | 17 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 29 | 17.7 |
| 2nd Class | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 18.0 |
| 3rd Class | 14 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 19.0 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 20.0 |
| 5th Class | 20 | 23 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 20.7 |
| 6th Class | 21 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 20.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
18 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 18 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 18Junior Infants2024/25
- 18Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
24 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 29 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 24Junior Infants2023/24
- 25Senior Infants2024/25
- 291st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
19 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 20 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 19Junior Infants2022/23
- 18Senior Infants2023/24
- 161st Class2024/25
- 202nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
14 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 25 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 14Junior Infants2021/22
- 14Senior Infants2022/23
- 161st Class2023/24
- 212nd Class2024/25
- 253rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
11 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 19 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 11Junior Infants2020/21
- 12Senior Infants2021/22
- 141st Class2022/23
- 132nd Class2023/24
- 163rd Class2024/25
- 194th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 20 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 13Senior Infants2020/21
- 141st Class2021/22
- 152nd Class2022/23
- 183rd Class2023/24
- 194th Class2024/25
- 205th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
17 in 1st Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 171st Class2020/21
- 182nd Class2021/22
- 193rd Class2022/23
- 234th Class2023/24
- 235th Class2024/25
- 246th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
21 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 212nd Class2020/21
- 223rd Class2021/22
- 224th Class2022/23
- 235th Class2023/24
- 226th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
14 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 143rd Class2020/21
- 144th Class2021/22
- 155th Class2022/23
- 146th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
23 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 234th Class2020/21
- 235th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
20 in 5th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 205th Class2020/21
- 216th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +131st Class in 2025/26 (16 to 29)
- −94th Class in 2021/22 (23 to 14)
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 Clochar Muire 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
9.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 10 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers70 hours of support teaching a week 2.8
2.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.4 special education teachers and 2.5 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 Clochar Muire N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clochar Muire N SThis school | – | 176 |
+26.6%
|
|
| 1 | Rathdrum Boys N S0.3 km · Rathdrum · Boys · DEIS | 0.3 km | 172 |
+25.5%
|
| 2 | St Saviours N S0.7 km · Rathdrum · Church of Ireland | 0.7 km | 124 |
+44.2%
|
| 3 | Glenealy 1 N S6.3 km · Glenealy · DEIS | 6.3 km | 116 |
−14.1%
|
| 4 | Scoil San Eoin7.9 km · Redcross | 7.9 km | 37 |
−30.2%
|
| 5 | Moneystown N S8.0 km · Roundwood Bray | 8.0 km | 108 |
−6.1%
|
| 6 | S N Muire MXD8.4 km · Barndarrig | 8.4 km | 37 |
−43.9%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Helena Cassidy
- Phone
- 040446256
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, A67 KW18
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Wicklow County Council
- Planning area
- Rathdrum
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 | 176 | 176 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 29 | 20 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | 160 | 160 | – | 18 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | 149 | 149 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | 140 | 140 | – | 19 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 138 | 138 | – | 14 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 140 | 140 | – | 11 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 21 |
| 2019/20 | 143 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 140 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 132 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 129 | 129 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 139 | 139 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 140 | 140 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 130 | 130 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 124 | 124 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 125 | 125 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 122 | 122 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 127 | 127 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 127 | 127 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 123 | 123 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 128 | 128 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 126 | 126 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 134 | 134 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 143 | 143 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 143 | 143 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 141 | 141 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 135 | 130 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 137 | 130 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 135 | 129 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 141 | 135 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 144 | 137 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 138 | 132 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 141 | 136 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 143 | 139 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 187 | 187 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 189 | 189 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 181 | 181 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 168 | 168 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 166 | 166 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 171 | 171 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 154 | 154 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 146 | 146 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 120 | 120 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |