S N Baile an Atha
Ballina · Roll number 18207V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 404
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −6%
- Down 26 from 430 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 183 / 221
- 45% 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
404 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 | 52 | 49 | 54 | 46 | 51 | 44 | 49.3 |
| Senior Infants | 48 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 46 | 51 | 50.5 |
| 1st Class | 50 | 50 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 47 | 50.7 |
| 2nd Class | 40 | 48 | 49 | 55 | 50 | 56 | 49.7 |
| 3rd Class | 53 | 40 | 47 | 50 | 55 | 48 | 48.8 |
| 4th Class | 55 | 52 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 57 | 50.0 |
| 5th Class | 50 | 55 | 50 | 44 | 44 | 50 | 48.8 |
| 6th Class | 56 | 50 | 57 | 50 | 48 | 51 | 52.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
51 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 51 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 51Junior Infants2024/25
- 51Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
46 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 47 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 46Junior Infants2023/24
- 46Senior Infants2024/25
- 471st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
54 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 56 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 54Junior Infants2022/23
- 54Senior Infants2023/24
- 531st Class2024/25
- 562nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
49 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 48 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 49Junior Infants2021/22
- 52Senior Infants2022/23
- 521st Class2023/24
- 502nd Class2024/25
- 483rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 57 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 52Junior Infants2020/21
- 52Senior Infants2021/22
- 521st Class2022/23
- 552nd Class2023/24
- 553rd Class2024/25
- 574th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
48 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 50 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 48Senior Infants2020/21
- 501st Class2021/22
- 492nd Class2022/23
- 503rd Class2023/24
- 484th Class2024/25
- 505th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
50 in 1st Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 501st Class2020/21
- 482nd Class2021/22
- 473rd Class2022/23
- 454th Class2023/24
- 445th Class2024/25
- 516th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
40 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 48 in 6th Class (2024/25): 8 pupils more.
- 402nd Class2020/21
- 403rd Class2021/22
- 434th Class2022/23
- 445th Class2023/24
- 486th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
53 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils fewer.
- 533rd Class2020/21
- 524th Class2021/22
- 505th Class2022/23
- 506th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
55 in 4th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 554th Class2020/21
- 555th Class2021/22
- 576th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
50 in 5th Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 505th Class2020/21
- 506th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +94th Class in 2025/26 (48 to 57)
- −133rd Class in 2021/22 (53 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 Baile an Atha, 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
25.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers127.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.1
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
8.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 17 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 8.66 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 Baile an Atha, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Baile an AthaThis school | – | 404 |
−6.0%
|
|
| 1 | Mercy Convent Killaloe0.6 km · Killaloe · DEIS | 0.6 km | 97 |
−2.0%
|
| 2 | Killaloe Boys N S0.9 km · Killaloe · Boys · DEIS | 0.9 km | 104 |
−10.3%
|
| 3 | Boher N S4.8 km · Killaloe PO | 4.8 km | 113 |
+7.6%
|
| 4 | S N Baile na hInse6.1 km · Birdhill | 6.1 km | 95 |
−22.1%
|
| 5 | Ogonnelloe National School7.0 km · Scariff | 7.0 km | 101 |
−9.8%
|
| 6 | Birdhill N S7.2 km · Killaloe | 7.2 km | 104 |
−36.2%
|
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
- Bernice O'Connell
- Phone
- 061376340
- [email protected]
- Address
- Grange Road, Ballina, Co. Tipperary, V94 V8X6
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
- 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
- Tipperary (Nr) County Council
- Planning area
- Killaloe
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 | 404 | 183 | 221 | 44 | 51 | 47 | 56 | 48 | 57 | 50 | 51 |
| 2024/25 | 413 | 191 | 222 | 51 | 46 | 53 | 50 | 55 | 48 | 44 | 48 |
| 2023/24 | 408 | 191 | 217 | 46 | 54 | 52 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 44 | 50 |
| 2022/23 | 416 | 193 | 223 | 54 | 52 | 52 | 49 | 47 | 43 | 50 | 57 |
| 2021/22 | 408 | 183 | 225 | 49 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 40 | 52 | 55 | 50 |
| 2020/21 | 416 | 185 | 231 | 52 | 48 | 50 | 40 | 53 | 55 | 50 | 56 |
| 2019/20 | 424 | 191 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 429 | 193 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 421 | 189 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 443 | 201 | 242 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 430 | 205 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 425 | 209 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 432 | 217 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 426 | 225 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 428 | 222 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 418 | 213 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 393 | 194 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 368 | 183 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 373 | 179 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 335 | 162 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 308 | 144 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 281 | 128 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 255 | 110 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 251 | 115 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 225 | 107 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 215 | 103 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 198 | 87 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 196 | 90 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 190 | 87 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 182 | 87 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 163 | 69 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 176 | 77 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 172 | 79 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 189 | 92 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 182 | 82 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 167 | 78 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 156 | 72 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 159 | 71 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 151 | – | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 142 | 64 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 147 | 70 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 123 | 58 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |