Scoil Carmel
Dublin 24 · Roll number 17899C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 313
- −24 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −30%
- Down 135 from 448 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 166 / 147
- 53% 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
313 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 | 98 | 108 | 82 | 88 | 68 | 82 | 87.7 |
| Senior Infants | 93 | 102 | 103 | 82 | 88 | 65 | 88.8 |
| 1st Class | 85 | 89 | 103 | 100 | 81 | 85 | 90.5 |
| 2nd Class | 107 | 85 | 89 | 98 | 98 | 81 | 93.0 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
68 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 65 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 68Junior Infants2024/25
- 65Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
88 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 85 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 88Junior Infants2023/24
- 88Senior Infants2024/25
- 851st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
82 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 81 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 82Junior Infants2022/23
- 82Senior Infants2023/24
- 811st Class2024/25
- 812nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
108 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 108 pupils fewer.
- 108Junior Infants2021/22
- 103Senior Infants2022/23
- 1001st Class2023/24
- 982nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
98 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 98 pupils fewer.
- 98Junior Infants2020/21
- 102Senior Infants2021/22
- 1031st Class2022/23
- 982nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
93 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 93 pupils fewer.
- 93Senior Infants2020/21
- 891st Class2021/22
- 892nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
85 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 85 pupils fewer.
- 851st Class2020/21
- 852nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +141st Class in 2022/23 (89 to 103)
- −26Junior Infants in 2022/23 (108 to 82)
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 Carmel, 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
22.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 14 mainstream classes 14
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers132.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
10.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 10.32 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 Carmel, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil CarmelThis school | – | 313 |
−30.1%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Treasa Firhouse0.5 km · Dublin 24 | 0.5 km | 377 |
−3.6%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna0.7 km · Baile Átha Cliath 16 · Gaelscoil | 0.7 km | 233 |
−1.3%
|
| 3 | Scoil Santain0.7 km · Baile Átha Cliath 24 · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.7 km | 262 |
−27.4%
|
| 4 | Firhouse Educate Together National School0.9 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 355 |
+446.2%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil na Giúise0.9 km · D24 W682 · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 278 |
+434.6%
|
| 6 | S N Aenghusa1.0 km · Dublin 24 · DEIS | 1.0 km | 209 |
+10.6%
|
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
- Irene Quinn
- Phone
- 014514151
- [email protected]
- Address
- Firhouse Road, Dublin 24, D24 NA44
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Firhouse–Oldbawn
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 | 313 | 166 | 147 | 82 | 65 | 85 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 337 | 175 | 162 | 68 | 88 | 81 | 98 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 368 | 182 | 186 | 88 | 82 | 100 | 98 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 377 | 188 | 189 | 82 | 103 | 103 | 89 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 384 | 186 | 198 | 108 | 102 | 89 | 85 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 383 | 190 | 193 | 98 | 93 | 85 | 107 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 403 | 186 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 401 | 203 | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 425 | 208 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 435 | 214 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 448 | 228 | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 446 | 220 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 447 | 218 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 423 | 202 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 410 | 201 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 431 | 200 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 431 | 201 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 432 | 209 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 422 | 211 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 432 | 226 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 451 | 242 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 444 | 238 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 434 | 212 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 441 | 209 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 439 | 203 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 454 | 199 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 453 | 208 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 468 | 218 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 434 | 225 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 424 | 232 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 425 | 214 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 406 | 202 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 410 | 198 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 612 | 292 | 320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 519 | 246 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 448 | 219 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 415 | 201 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 439 | 212 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 514 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 526 | 246 | 280 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 521 | 231 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 484 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 397 | 158 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |