S N Dun na Mainistreach
Dungarvan · Roll number 18094L
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 455
- −27 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −4%
- Down 18 from 473 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 223 / 232
- 49% 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
455 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 | 54 | 58 | 54 | 55 | 49 | 40 | 51.7 |
| Senior Infants | 61 | 56 | 59 | 52 | 57 | 48 | 55.5 |
| 1st Class | 62 | 62 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 59.2 |
| 2nd Class | 61 | 62 | 64 | 59 | 60 | 57 | 60.5 |
| 3rd Class | 62 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 61 | 62.7 |
| 4th Class | 61 | 61 | 60 | 65 | 66 | 62 | 62.5 |
| 5th Class | 57 | 59 | 59 | 60 | 65 | 66 | 61.0 |
| 6th Class | 59 | 57 | 51 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 59.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
49 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 48 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 49Junior Infants2024/25
- 48Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
55 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 57 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 55Junior Infants2023/24
- 57Senior Infants2024/25
- 571st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
54 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 57 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 54Junior Infants2022/23
- 52Senior Infants2023/24
- 591st Class2024/25
- 572nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
58 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 61 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 58Junior Infants2021/22
- 59Senior Infants2022/23
- 581st Class2023/24
- 602nd Class2024/25
- 613rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
54 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 62 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 54Junior Infants2020/21
- 56Senior Infants2021/22
- 571st Class2022/23
- 592nd Class2023/24
- 633rd Class2024/25
- 624th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
61 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 66 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 61Senior Infants2020/21
- 621st Class2021/22
- 642nd Class2022/23
- 643rd Class2023/24
- 664th Class2024/25
- 665th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
62 in 1st Class (2020/21), 64 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 621st Class2020/21
- 622nd Class2021/22
- 643rd Class2022/23
- 654th Class2023/24
- 655th Class2024/25
- 646th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
61 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 63 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 612nd Class2020/21
- 623rd Class2021/22
- 604th Class2022/23
- 605th Class2023/24
- 636th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
62 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 61 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 623rd Class2020/21
- 614th Class2021/22
- 595th Class2022/23
- 616th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
61 in 4th Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2022/23): 10 pupils fewer.
- 614th Class2020/21
- 595th Class2021/22
- 516th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
57 in 5th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 575th Class2020/21
- 576th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +106th Class in 2023/24 (51 to 61)
- −9Junior Infants in 2025/26 (49 to 40)
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 Dun na Mainistreach, 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
26.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 27 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 18 mainstream classes 18
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers140 hours of support teaching a week 5.6
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
8.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.33 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 S N Dun na Mainistreach, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Dun na MainistreachThis school | – | 455 |
−3.8%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Naomh Seosamh0.8 km · Dungarvan · Boys · DEIS | 0.8 km | 151 |
+24.8%
|
| 2 | St Marys NS1.0 km · Dungarvan · DEIS | 1.0 km | 237 |
−20.7%
|
| 3 | Scoil Gearbhain1.6 km · Dún Garbhán · Gaelscoil | 1.6 km | 310 |
+24.0%
|
| 4 | S N an Garrain Bhain4.1 km · Dungarvan | 4.1 km | 225 |
+13.6%
|
| 5 | S N na Leanai4.7 km · Dun Garbhan · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht | 4.7 km | 42 |
−4.5%
|
| 6 | S N an Carraig Liath4.8 km · Dungarvan | 4.8 km | 98 |
+3.2%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Ruaidhri de Paor
- Phone
- 05841102
- [email protected]
- Address
- Sheares Street, Abbeyside, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, X35 NW50
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Waterford County Council
- Planning area
- Dungarvan
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 | 455 | 223 | 232 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 57 | 61 | 62 | 66 | 64 |
| 2024/25 | 482 | 239 | 243 | 49 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 65 | 63 |
| 2023/24 | 474 | 234 | 240 | 55 | 52 | 58 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 61 |
| 2022/23 | 471 | 225 | 246 | 54 | 59 | 57 | 64 | 64 | 60 | 59 | 51 |
| 2021/22 | 484 | 225 | 259 | 58 | 56 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 61 | 59 | 57 |
| 2020/21 | 480 | 215 | 265 | 54 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 57 | 59 |
| 2019/20 | 476 | 219 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 474 | 214 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 472 | 218 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 476 | 223 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 473 | 226 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 466 | 222 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 464 | 219 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 472 | 231 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 470 | 226 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 472 | 219 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 463 | 216 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 473 | 229 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 459 | 218 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 450 | 223 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 431 | 201 | 230 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 413 | 197 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 399 | 195 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 389 | 199 | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 381 | 203 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 375 | 199 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 376 | 192 | 184 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 368 | 179 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 379 | 181 | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 386 | 181 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 388 | 179 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 382 | 178 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 392 | 176 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 374 | 172 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 344 | 157 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 346 | 153 | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 350 | 151 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 369 | 159 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 397 | 166 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 412 | 158 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 424 | 158 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 415 | 160 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |