Scoil Mhuire
Dublin 20 · Roll number 17891J
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 176
- +10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −30%
- Down 76 from 252 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 168 / 8
- 95% 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 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 15.2 |
| Senior Infants | 24 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 17.7 |
| 1st Class | 24 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 19.7 |
| 2nd Class | 24 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 22.2 |
| 3rd Class | 28 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 24 | 23 | 25.8 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 27.2 |
| 5th Class | 31 | 29 | 34 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 29.5 |
| 6th Class | 30 | 31 | 31 | 40 | 30 | 28 | 31.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
12 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 20 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2024/25
- 20Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
9 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 13 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 9Junior Infants2023/24
- 9Senior Infants2024/25
- 131st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
14 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 13 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 14Junior Infants2022/23
- 15Senior Infants2023/24
- 161st Class2024/25
- 132nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
15 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 23 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 15Junior Infants2021/22
- 17Senior Infants2022/23
- 191st Class2023/24
- 212nd Class2024/25
- 233rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
18 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 4th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2020/21
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 201st Class2022/23
- 232nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 284th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 24Senior Infants2020/21
- 261st Class2021/22
- 272nd Class2022/23
- 293rd Class2023/24
- 284th Class2024/25
- 285th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
24 in 1st Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 241st Class2020/21
- 252nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 265th Class2024/25
- 286th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
24 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils more.
- 242nd Class2020/21
- 253rd Class2021/22
- 254th Class2022/23
- 295th Class2023/24
- 306th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
28 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2023/24): 12 pupils more.
- 283rd Class2020/21
- 284th Class2021/22
- 345th Class2022/23
- 406th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 316th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
31 in 5th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 315th Class2020/21
- 316th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +11Junior Infants in 2025/26 (12 to 23)
- −106th Class in 2024/25 (40 to 30)
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 Mhuire, 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
13teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers50 hours of support teaching a week 2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
3.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 4.66 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 Scoil Mhuire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil MhuireThis school | – | 176 |
−30.2%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Lorcain B1.1 km · Dublin 20 · Boys | 1.1 km | 321 |
−18.5%
|
| 2 | Scoil Bride C1.1 km · Dublin 20 · Girls | 1.1 km | 329 |
−8.6%
|
| 3 | St Louise de Marillac Primary School1.3 km · Dublin 10 · Girls · DEIS | 1.3 km | 256 |
−27.9%
|
| 4 | Chapelizod N S1.4 km · Dublin 20 · Church of Ireland | 1.4 km | 30 |
+20.0%
|
| 5 | Bainrion na nAingal 21.6 km · Dublin 10 · Boys · DEIS | 1.6 km | 133 |
+20.9%
|
| 6 | S N Banrion na nAingeal 11.6 km · Dublin 10 · Boys · DEIS | 1.6 km | 171 |
+20.4%
|
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
- Orlaith Gallagher
- Phone
- 018213105
- [email protected]
- Address
- Tower Road, Chapelizod, Dublin 20, D20 HX04
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Fingal County Council
- Planning area
- Castleknock–D15
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 | 168 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| 2024/25 | 166 | 166 | – | 12 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 189 | 189 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 29 | 25 | 29 | 40 |
| 2022/23 | 194 | 194 | – | 14 | 17 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 34 | 31 |
| 2021/22 | 200 | 200 | – | 15 | 21 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 31 |
| 2020/21 | 208 | 208 | – | 18 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 30 |
| 2019/20 | 220 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 223 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 237 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 242 | 242 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 252 | 252 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 247 | 247 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 248 | 248 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 246 | 246 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 246 | 246 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 247 | 247 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 245 | 245 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 248 | 248 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 248 | 248 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 249 | 249 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 250 | 250 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 248 | 248 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 251 | 251 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 248 | 248 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 250 | 250 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 257 | 257 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 268 | 268 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 277 | 277 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 278 | 278 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 281 | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 278 | 278 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 284 | 284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 287 | 287 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 262 | 262 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 270 | 270 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 268 | 268 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 267 | 267 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 272 | 262 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 280 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 278 | 256 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 265 | 241 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 277 | 236 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |