Scoil Aine Naofa
Rathkeale · Roll number 18177P
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 224
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +38%
- Up 62 from 162 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 167 / 57
- 75% 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
224 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 | 28 | 33 | 48 | 35 | 44 | 36.5 |
| Senior Infants | 20 | 31 | 35 | 53 | 32 | 44 | 35.8 |
| 1st Class | 20 | 29 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 33 | 34.7 |
| 2nd Class | 19 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 19.3 |
| 3rd Class | 20 | 20 | 11 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 19.5 |
| 4th Class | 16 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 20.2 |
| 5th Class | 19 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 21.0 |
| 6th Class | 14 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 17.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
35 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 44 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2024/25
- 44Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
48 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 33 in 1st Class (2025/26): 15 pupils fewer.
- 48Junior Infants2023/24
- 32Senior Infants2024/25
- 331st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
33 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 24 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 9 pupils fewer.
- 33Junior Infants2022/23
- 53Senior Infants2023/24
- 501st Class2024/25
- 242nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
28 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 22 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 28Junior Infants2021/22
- 35Senior Infants2022/23
- 411st Class2023/24
- 202nd Class2024/25
- 223rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
31 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 19 in 4th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2020/21
- 31Senior Infants2021/22
- 351st Class2022/23
- 182nd Class2023/24
- 183rd Class2024/25
- 194th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 20Senior Infants2020/21
- 291st Class2021/22
- 222nd Class2022/23
- 263rd Class2023/24
- 204th Class2024/25
- 225th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
20 in 1st Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 201st Class2020/21
- 132nd Class2021/22
- 113rd Class2022/23
- 184th Class2023/24
- 175th Class2024/25
- 166th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
19 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 192nd Class2020/21
- 203rd Class2021/22
- 254th Class2022/23
- 255th Class2023/24
- 226th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 203rd Class2020/21
- 234th Class2021/22
- 255th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
16 in 4th Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 164th Class2020/21
- 185th Class2021/22
- 136th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
19 in 5th Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 195th Class2020/21
- 186th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +18Senior Infants in 2023/24 (35 to 53)
- −21Senior Infants in 2024/25 (53 to 32)
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 Aine Naofa, 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
21teaching posts
Our estimate: about 21 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers175 hours of support teaching a week 7
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
11.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11.49 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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 Aine Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Aine NaofaThis school | – | 224 |
+38.3%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Naomh Iosef0.1 km · Rathkeale · Boys · DEIS | 0.1 km | 86 |
+24.6%
|
| 2 | Church Street National School0.7 km · Rathkeale · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.7 km | 14 |
−48.1%
|
| 3 | St James N S3.3 km · Askeaton | 3.3 km | 110 |
−19.1%
|
| 4 | Croagh National School4.6 km · Rathkeale | 4.6 km | 78 |
−3.7%
|
| 5 | Coolcappa N S5.3 km · Ardagh | 5.3 km | 54 |
+17.4%
|
| 6 | Scoil Mhuire6.7 km · Ballingarry | 6.7 km | 107 |
−18.9%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Mairéad O'Donnell
- Phone
- 06964779
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, V94 YY15
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Limerick County Council
- Planning area
- Rathkeale
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 | 224 | 167 | 57 | 44 | 44 | 33 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | 224 | 166 | 58 | 35 | 32 | 50 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | 257 | 191 | 66 | 48 | 53 | 41 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 25 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 199 | 149 | 50 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 25 | 25 | 13 |
| 2021/22 | 180 | 137 | 43 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 18 |
| 2020/21 | 159 | 128 | 31 | 31 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 14 |
| 2019/20 | 169 | 139 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 162 | 136 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 158 | 129 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 171 | 131 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 162 | 120 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 159 | 118 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 177 | 131 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 147 | 112 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 151 | 116 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 270 | 209 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 269 | 204 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 263 | 203 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 248 | 194 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 174 | 130 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 174 | 131 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 193 | 143 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 169 | 130 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 162 | 116 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 194 | 145 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 212 | 159 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 197 | 146 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 186 | 134 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 189 | 130 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 202 | 140 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 209 | 150 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 210 | 157 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 221 | 168 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 296 | 219 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 310 | 226 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 301 | 220 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 308 | 223 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 312 | 227 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 312 | 229 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 303 | 225 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 316 | 236 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 336 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 320 | 232 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |