S N Eoin Naofa
Baile Easa Dara · Roll number 17838F
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 226
- +4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −3%
- Down 6 from 232 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 114 / 112
- 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
226 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 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 32 | 22 | 35 | 29.2 |
| Senior Infants | 24 | 30 | 25 | 31 | 30 | 25 | 27.5 |
| 1st Class | 26 | 23 | 29 | 25 | 32 | 29 | 27.3 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 25 | 23 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 27.3 |
| 3rd Class | 26 | 31 | 24 | 22 | 30 | 28 | 26.8 |
| 4th Class | 22 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 23 | 31 | 26.5 |
| 5th Class | 36 | 22 | 26 | 33 | 26 | 23 | 27.7 |
| 6th Class | 33 | 34 | 25 | 27 | 32 | 24 | 29.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
22 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 25 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2024/25
- 25Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
32 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 29 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 32Junior Infants2023/24
- 30Senior Infants2024/25
- 291st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
30 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 31 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 30Junior Infants2022/23
- 31Senior Infants2023/24
- 321st Class2024/25
- 312nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
26 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 28 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 26Junior Infants2021/22
- 25Senior Infants2022/23
- 251st Class2023/24
- 272nd Class2024/25
- 283rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
30 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 31 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 30Junior Infants2020/21
- 30Senior Infants2021/22
- 291st Class2022/23
- 292nd Class2023/24
- 303rd Class2024/25
- 314th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 24Senior Infants2020/21
- 231st Class2021/22
- 232nd Class2022/23
- 223rd Class2023/24
- 234th Class2024/25
- 235th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
26 in 1st Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 261st Class2020/21
- 252nd Class2021/22
- 243rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 265th Class2024/25
- 246th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 313rd Class2021/22
- 324th Class2022/23
- 335th Class2023/24
- 326th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
26 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 263rd Class2020/21
- 264th Class2021/22
- 265th Class2022/23
- 276th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
22 in 4th Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 224th Class2020/21
- 225th Class2021/22
- 256th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
36 in 5th Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 365th Class2020/21
- 346th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +13Junior Infants in 2025/26 (22 to 35)
- −145th Class in 2021/22 (36 to 22)
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 Eoin Naofa, 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
13.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers90 hours of support teaching a week 3.6
2.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.6 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 S N Eoin Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Eoin NaofaThis school | – | 226 |
−2.6%
|
|
| 1 | St Pauls NS Collooney3.7 km · Collooney · Church of Ireland | 3.7 km | 75 |
+15.4%
|
| 2 | Scoil Mhuire agus Iosaf3.8 km · Collooney · DEIS | 3.8 km | 241 |
+44.3%
|
| 3 | Ransboro New Central3.9 km · Knocknahur | 3.9 km | 247 |
+7.9%
|
| 4 | Carraroe N S4.5 km · Carraroe | 4.5 km | 389 |
+21.6%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil Chnoc na Re5.9 km · Sligeach · Gaelscoil | 5.9 km | 208 |
−15.8%
|
| 6 | Scoil Eoin Naofa6.6 km · Sligo · DEIS | 6.6 km | 289 |
+11.2%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Mary Curley
- Phone
- 0719167639
- [email protected]
- Address
- Baile Easa Dara, Co Sligeach, F91 K032
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Achonry
- 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
- Sligo County Council
- Planning area
- Ballisodare
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 | 226 | 114 | 112 | 35 | 25 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 31 | 23 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | 222 | 110 | 112 | 22 | 30 | 32 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 32 |
| 2023/24 | 224 | 111 | 113 | 32 | 31 | 25 | 29 | 22 | 25 | 33 | 27 |
| 2022/23 | 214 | 101 | 113 | 30 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 24 | 32 | 26 | 25 |
| 2021/22 | 217 | 103 | 114 | 26 | 30 | 23 | 25 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 34 |
| 2020/21 | 226 | 113 | 113 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 36 | 33 |
| 2019/20 | 220 | 109 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 221 | 109 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 230 | 116 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 240 | 131 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 232 | 127 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 233 | 135 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 229 | 130 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 239 | 126 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 228 | 124 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 214 | 118 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 202 | 109 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 192 | 90 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 182 | 83 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 181 | 75 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 166 | 77 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 155 | 70 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 150 | 68 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 150 | 72 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 156 | 75 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 151 | 76 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 161 | 82 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 161 | 86 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 161 | 83 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 162 | 84 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 168 | 91 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 168 | 87 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 166 | 86 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 131 | 59 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 133 | 64 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 125 | 62 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 121 | 59 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 110 | 56 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 107 | – | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 107 | 57 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 106 | 55 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 107 | 55 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |