S N Muire gan Smal
Carlow · Roll number 18363M
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 345
- −32 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −21%
- Down 92 from 437 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 345 / 0
- 100% girls
Pupils since 1975
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
345 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 | 35 | 36 | 42 | 31 | 28 | 34.2 |
| Senior Infants | 49 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 49 | 30 | 39.3 |
| 1st Class | 50 | 50 | 40 | 36 | 45 | 48 | 44.8 |
| 2nd Class | 46 | 47 | 46 | 39 | 42 | 41 | 43.5 |
| 3rd Class | 46 | 45 | 54 | 52 | 45 | 42 | 47.3 |
| 4th Class | 50 | 48 | 46 | 54 | 54 | 45 | 49.5 |
| 5th Class | 59 | 50 | 53 | 51 | 59 | 54 | 54.3 |
| 6th Class | 54 | 58 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 57 | 53.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
31 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 30 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2024/25
- 30Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
42 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 48 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2023/24
- 49Senior Infants2024/25
- 481st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
36 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 41 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 36Junior Infants2022/23
- 38Senior Infants2023/24
- 451st Class2024/25
- 412nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
35 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 42 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2021/22
- 36Senior Infants2022/23
- 361st Class2023/24
- 422nd Class2024/25
- 423rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
33 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 45 in 4th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2020/21
- 34Senior Infants2021/22
- 401st Class2022/23
- 392nd Class2023/24
- 453rd Class2024/25
- 454th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 49Senior Infants2020/21
- 501st Class2021/22
- 462nd Class2022/23
- 523rd Class2023/24
- 544th Class2024/25
- 545th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
50 in 1st Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 501st Class2020/21
- 472nd Class2021/22
- 543rd Class2022/23
- 544th Class2023/24
- 595th Class2024/25
- 576th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
46 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils more.
- 462nd Class2020/21
- 453rd Class2021/22
- 464th Class2022/23
- 515th Class2023/24
- 526th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
46 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 463rd Class2020/21
- 484th Class2021/22
- 535th Class2022/23
- 516th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
50 in 4th Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 504th Class2020/21
- 505th Class2021/22
- 516th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
59 in 5th Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 595th Class2020/21
- 586th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +11Senior Infants in 2024/25 (38 to 49)
- −19Senior Infants in 2025/26 (49 to 30)
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 Muire gan Smal, 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
23.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers167.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.7
4 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 6.3 special education teachers and 4 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 S N Muire gan Smal, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Muire gan SmalThis school | – | 345 |
−21.1%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa0.1 km · St. Joseph's Road · DEIS | 0.1 km | 111 |
−35.5%
|
| 2 | Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys SNR SCH0.4 km · Station Road · Boys · DEIS | 0.4 km | 165 |
−37.3%
|
| 3 | Holy Family National School0.7 km · Carlow · DEIS | 0.7 km | 592 | – |
| 4 | Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc1.2 km · Ceatharlach · Gaelscoil | 1.2 km | 444 |
−7.3%
|
| 5 | S N Ceatharlach1.4 km · Carlow · Church of Ireland | 1.4 km | 137 |
+3.8%
|
| 6 | S N Naomh Fhiach1.5 km · Graiguecullen · DEIS | 1.5 km | 570 |
+7.8%
|
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
- Zoe Uí Bhroin
- Phone
- 0599142705
- [email protected]
- Address
- Green Lane, Carlow, R93 FP57
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Carlow County Council
- Planning area
- Carlow
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
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 345 | 345 | 0 | 28 | 30 | 48 | 41 | 42 | 45 | 54 | 57 |
| 2024/25 | 377 | 377 | – | 31 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 45 | 54 | 59 | 52 |
| 2023/24 | 363 | 363 | 0 | 42 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 52 | 54 | 51 | 51 |
| 2022/23 | 362 | 362 | – | 36 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 46 | 53 | 51 |
| 2021/22 | 367 | 367 | – | 35 | 34 | 50 | 47 | 45 | 48 | 50 | 58 |
| 2020/21 | 387 | 387 | – | 33 | 49 | 50 | 46 | 46 | 50 | 59 | 54 |
| 2019/20 | 415 | 415 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 422 | 422 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 427 | 427 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 440 | 440 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 437 | 437 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 442 | 442 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 439 | 439 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 434 | 434 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 449 | 449 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 446 | 446 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 442 | 442 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 449 | 449 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 445 | 445 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 435 | 435 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 421 | 421 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 407 | 407 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 400 | 400 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 388 | 388 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 378 | 378 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 361 | 361 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 363 | 363 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 367 | 367 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 343 | 343 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 334 | 334 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 344 | 344 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 368 | 368 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 378 | 378 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 524 | 524 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 519 | 519 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 538 | 538 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 539 | 539 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 519 | 519 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 547 | 547 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 569 | 569 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 608 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |