S N Mhuire na Trocaire
Ardee · Roll number 18099V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 339
- +25 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +30%
- Up 78 from 261 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 270 / 69
- 80% 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
339 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 | 31 | 24 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 38.0 |
| Senior Infants | 21 | 28 | 24 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 35.0 |
| 1st Class | 56 | 23 | 30 | 25 | 42 | 44 | 36.7 |
| 2nd Class | 31 | 57 | 27 | 31 | 29 | 49 | 37.3 |
| 3rd Class | 44 | 30 | 59 | 27 | 33 | 30 | 37.2 |
| 4th Class | 35 | 42 | 29 | 61 | 29 | 32 | 38.0 |
| 5th Class | 33 | 34 | 49 | 33 | 62 | 30 | 40.2 |
| 6th Class | 44 | 34 | 37 | 50 | 31 | 62 | 43.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
43 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 50 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 43Junior Infants2024/25
- 50Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
44 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 44 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 44Junior Infants2023/24
- 45Senior Infants2024/25
- 441st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
44 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 49 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2022/23
- 42Senior Infants2023/24
- 421st Class2024/25
- 492nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
24 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 30 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 24Junior Infants2021/22
- 24Senior Infants2022/23
- 251st Class2023/24
- 292nd Class2024/25
- 303rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
31 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 31Junior Infants2020/21
- 28Senior Infants2021/22
- 301st Class2022/23
- 312nd Class2023/24
- 333rd Class2024/25
- 324th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 5th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 21Senior Infants2020/21
- 231st Class2021/22
- 272nd Class2022/23
- 273rd Class2023/24
- 294th Class2024/25
- 305th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
56 in 1st Class (2020/21), 62 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 561st Class2020/21
- 572nd Class2021/22
- 593rd Class2022/23
- 614th Class2023/24
- 625th Class2024/25
- 626th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
31 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 312nd Class2020/21
- 303rd Class2021/22
- 294th Class2022/23
- 335th Class2023/24
- 316th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
44 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 443rd Class2020/21
- 424th Class2021/22
- 495th Class2022/23
- 506th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
35 in 4th Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 354th Class2020/21
- 345th Class2021/22
- 376th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
33 in 5th Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 335th Class2020/21
- 346th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +324th Class in 2023/24 (29 to 61)
- −331st Class in 2021/22 (56 to 23)
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 Mhuire na Trocaire, 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
19.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 19 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 14 mainstream classes 14
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers102.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.1
5.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4.5 special education teachers and 5.83 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 Mhuire na Trocaire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Mhuire na TrocaireThis school | – | 339 |
+29.9%
|
|
| 1 | Ardee Monastery0.3 km · Ardee · DEIS | 0.3 km | 244 |
−8.6%
|
| 2 | Ardee Educate Together NS1.2 km · Ardee · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 1.2 km | 177 |
+42.7%
|
| 3 | Ballapousta NS3.8 km · Ardee | 3.8 km | 186 |
−23.5%
|
| 4 | S N Chaoimhin Naofa5.4 km · Dunleer | 5.4 km | 148 |
+8.0%
|
| 5 | Dromin N S5.9 km · Dunleer | 5.9 km | 97 |
−12.6%
|
| 6 | Newtown N S6.1 km · Ardee | 6.1 km | 60 |
−35.5%
|
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
- Deirdre Sweeney
- Phone
- 0416853152
- [email protected]
- Address
- Hale Street, Ardee, Co. Louth, A92 FR58
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Armagh
- 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
- Louth County Council
- Planning area
- Ardee
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 | 339 | 270 | 69 | 42 | 50 | 44 | 49 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 62 |
| 2024/25 | 314 | 270 | 44 | 43 | 45 | 42 | 29 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 31 |
| 2023/24 | 313 | 292 | 21 | 44 | 42 | 25 | 31 | 27 | 61 | 33 | 50 |
| 2022/23 | 299 | 288 | 11 | 44 | 24 | 30 | 27 | 59 | 29 | 49 | 37 |
| 2021/22 | 272 | 272 | – | 24 | 28 | 23 | 57 | 30 | 42 | 34 | 34 |
| 2020/21 | 295 | 295 | – | 31 | 21 | 56 | 31 | 44 | 35 | 33 | 44 |
| 2019/20 | 295 | 295 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 290 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 267 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 271 | 271 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 261 | 261 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 262 | 262 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 251 | 251 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 235 | 235 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 250 | 250 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 260 | 260 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 269 | 269 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 260 | 260 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 263 | 263 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 265 | 265 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 272 | 272 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 276 | 276 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 244 | 244 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 267 | 267 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 267 | 267 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 267 | 267 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 272 | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 266 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 291 | 291 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 303 | 303 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 310 | 310 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 322 | 322 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 314 | 314 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 373 | 373 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 404 | 404 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 387 | 387 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 394 | 394 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 404 | 404 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 405 | 405 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 416 | 416 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 404 | 404 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 416 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 420 | 420 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |