Scoil Fhionáin
An Fál Carrach · Roll number 17704H
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 204
- +11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +16%
- Up 28 from 176 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 97 / 107
- 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
204 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 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 25 | 29 | 25 | 22.7 |
| Senior Infants | 13 | 14 | 25 | 17 | 25 | 31 | 20.8 |
| 1st Class | 24 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 17 | 30 | 21.0 |
| 2nd Class | 23 | 23 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 20.3 |
| 3rd Class | 19 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 30 | 20.7 |
| 4th Class | 30 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 23.2 |
| 5th Class | 28 | 29 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 24.8 |
| 6th Class | 18 | 29 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
29 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 31 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2024/25
- 31Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
25 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 30 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2023/24
- 25Senior Infants2024/25
- 301st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
16 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 20 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2022/23
- 17Senior Infants2023/24
- 171st Class2024/25
- 202nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
25 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 30 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2021/22
- 25Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 303rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
16 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 21 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2020/21
- 14Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 162nd Class2023/24
- 143rd Class2024/25
- 214th 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
- 131st Class2021/22
- 142nd Class2022/23
- 153rd Class2023/24
- 184th Class2024/25
- 205th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
24 in 1st Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 241st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 233rd Class2022/23
- 244th Class2023/24
- 255th Class2024/25
- 276th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
23 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 232nd Class2020/21
- 233rd Class2021/22
- 254th Class2022/23
- 255th Class2023/24
- 266th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
19 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 193rd Class2020/21
- 214th Class2021/22
- 225th Class2022/23
- 246th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
30 in 4th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 304th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 306th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
28 in 5th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 285th Class2020/21
- 296th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +163rd Class in 2025/26 (14 to 30)
- −111st Class in 2021/22 (24 to 13)
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 Fhionáin, 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
14.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers97.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.9
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
9.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 13 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9.83 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. 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 Fhionáin, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil FhionáinThis school | – | 204 |
+15.9%
|
|
| 1 | S N Gort an Choirce3.1 km · Leitir Ceanainn · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 3.1 km | 40 |
−24.5%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Dubhthach5.2 km · Gort a Choirce · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 5.2 km | 27 |
−27.0%
|
| 3 | S N Cnoc na Naomh5.5 km · Leitir Ceanainn · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 5.5 km | 87 |
−20.2%
|
| 4 | Murroe National School5.6 km · Dunfanaghy · DEIS | 5.6 km | 50 |
+138.1%
|
| 5 | S N Caiseal na gCorr5.9 km · Leitir Ceanainn · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 5.9 km | 44 |
+7.3%
|
| 6 | Scoil Bhrighde8.4 km · Leitir Ceanainn · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 8.4 km | 28 |
+12.0%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Stiofán Ó Canainn
- Phone
- 0749135122
- [email protected]
- Address
- Baile Chonaill, An Fál Carrach, Co. Dhún na nGall, F92 FW44
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Raphoe
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Donegal County Council
- Planning area
- Falcarragh
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 | 204 | 97 | 107 | 25 | 31 | 30 | 20 | 30 | 21 | 20 | 27 |
| 2024/25 | 193 | 88 | 105 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 26 |
| 2023/24 | 180 | 79 | 101 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 25 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | 179 | 74 | 105 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | 183 | 75 | 108 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 29 | 29 |
| 2020/21 | 175 | 70 | 105 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 30 | 28 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 170 | 65 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 179 | 72 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 171 | 67 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 185 | 74 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 176 | 73 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 173 | 80 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 179 | 80 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 184 | 89 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 180 | 98 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 173 | 94 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 188 | 105 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 181 | 106 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 179 | 102 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 185 | 108 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 186 | 111 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 199 | 114 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 195 | 109 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 207 | 111 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 205 | 105 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 213 | 105 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 226 | 113 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 229 | 113 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 236 | 111 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 241 | 114 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 259 | 115 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 278 | 127 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 285 | 132 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 339 | 167 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 305 | 157 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 301 | 152 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 302 | 149 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 298 | 141 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 279 | 136 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 218 | 98 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |