Scoil Mhuire MXD
Howth · Roll number 18080A
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 349
- −13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −4%
- Down 14 from 363 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 174 / 175
- 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
349 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 | 33 | 29 | 48 | 42 | 30 | 38 | 36.7 |
| Senior Infants | 54 | 35 | 35 | 46 | 44 | 32 | 41.0 |
| 1st Class | 49 | 55 | 36 | 35 | 46 | 47 | 44.7 |
| 2nd Class | 56 | 45 | 59 | 36 | 36 | 47 | 46.5 |
| 3rd Class | 53 | 59 | 51 | 61 | 37 | 35 | 49.3 |
| 4th Class | 52 | 53 | 62 | 52 | 57 | 39 | 52.5 |
| 5th Class | 61 | 53 | 56 | 63 | 51 | 60 | 57.3 |
| 6th Class | 59 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 51 | 58.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
30 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 32 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2024/25
- 32Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
42 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 47 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2023/24
- 44Senior Infants2024/25
- 471st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
48 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 47 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 48Junior Infants2022/23
- 46Senior Infants2023/24
- 461st Class2024/25
- 472nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
29 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 35 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2021/22
- 35Senior Infants2022/23
- 351st Class2023/24
- 362nd Class2024/25
- 353rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
33 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 39 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2020/21
- 35Senior Infants2021/22
- 361st Class2022/23
- 362nd Class2023/24
- 373rd Class2024/25
- 394th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
54 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 60 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 54Senior Infants2020/21
- 551st Class2021/22
- 592nd Class2022/23
- 613rd Class2023/24
- 574th Class2024/25
- 605th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
49 in 1st Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 491st Class2020/21
- 452nd Class2021/22
- 513rd Class2022/23
- 524th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 516th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
56 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 562nd Class2020/21
- 593rd Class2021/22
- 624th Class2022/23
- 635th Class2023/24
- 616th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
53 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 533rd Class2020/21
- 534th Class2021/22
- 565th Class2022/23
- 596th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
52 in 4th Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2022/23): 7 pupils more.
- 524th Class2020/21
- 535th Class2021/22
- 596th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
61 in 5th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 615th Class2020/21
- 606th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +19Junior Infants in 2022/23 (29 to 48)
- −243rd Class in 2024/25 (61 to 37)
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 MXD, 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
23teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers150 hours of support teaching a week 6
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
8.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 8.16 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 MXD, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire MXDThis school | – | 349 |
−3.9%
|
|
| 1 | St Fintans NS1.8 km · Dublin 13 | 1.8 km | 431 |
−8.3%
|
| 2 | Burrow N S2.2 km · Dublin 13 · Church of Ireland | 2.2 km | 195 |
−11.0%
|
| 3 | St Laurence's National School4.5 km · Dublin 13 | 4.5 km | 413 |
−5.1%
|
| 4 | S N Muire agus Iosef5.2 km · Dublin 13 | 5.2 km | 396 |
−7.9%
|
| 5 | Mhuire Iosef Junior5.2 km · Dublin 13 | 5.2 km | 302 |
−30.1%
|
| 6 | Stapolin Educate Together National School5.5 km · Dublin 13 · Multi-denominational | 5.5 km | 340 | – |
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
- Mary Downes
- Phone
- 018323572
- [email protected]
- Address
- Tuckett's Lane, Howth, Co. Dublin, D13 PW99
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
- Donaghmede–Howth–D13
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 | 349 | 174 | 175 | 38 | 32 | 47 | 47 | 35 | 39 | 60 | 51 |
| 2024/25 | 362 | 175 | 187 | 30 | 44 | 46 | 36 | 37 | 57 | 51 | 61 |
| 2023/24 | 394 | 193 | 201 | 42 | 46 | 35 | 36 | 61 | 52 | 63 | 59 |
| 2022/23 | 406 | 199 | 207 | 48 | 35 | 36 | 59 | 51 | 62 | 56 | 59 |
| 2021/22 | 389 | 197 | 192 | 29 | 35 | 55 | 45 | 59 | 53 | 53 | 60 |
| 2020/21 | 417 | 212 | 205 | 33 | 54 | 49 | 56 | 53 | 52 | 61 | 59 |
| 2019/20 | 436 | 219 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 437 | 226 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 416 | 207 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 395 | 199 | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 363 | 182 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 334 | 163 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 298 | 146 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 280 | 143 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 253 | 132 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 223 | 122 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 215 | 113 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 216 | 111 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 205 | 104 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 194 | 99 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 196 | 98 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 200 | 93 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 191 | 87 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 213 | 93 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 224 | 98 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 213 | 91 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 235 | 108 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 259 | 120 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 270 | 132 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 295 | 152 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 315 | 165 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 323 | 161 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 296 | 156 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 444 | 196 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 449 | 200 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 478 | 209 | 269 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 467 | 200 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 469 | 197 | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 489 | 206 | 283 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 470 | 201 | 269 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 433 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 401 | 169 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |