Prosperous N S
Naas · Roll number 18515J
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 493
- −11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 41 from 534 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 246 / 247
- 50% 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
493 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 | 59 | 53 | 46 | 68 | 64 | 60 | 58.3 |
| Senior Infants | 66 | 60 | 53 | 50 | 69 | 63 | 60.2 |
| 1st Class | 45 | 66 | 59 | 61 | 53 | 71 | 59.2 |
| 2nd Class | 63 | 45 | 68 | 64 | 56 | 52 | 58.0 |
| 3rd Class | 61 | 64 | 45 | 71 | 64 | 56 | 60.2 |
| 4th Class | 67 | 63 | 65 | 53 | 71 | 64 | 63.8 |
| 5th Class | 75 | 65 | 69 | 64 | 52 | 73 | 66.3 |
| 6th Class | 75 | 74 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 54 | 67.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
64 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 63 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 64Junior Infants2024/25
- 63Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
68 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 71 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 68Junior Infants2023/24
- 69Senior Infants2024/25
- 711st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
46 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 52 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2022/23
- 50Senior Infants2023/24
- 531st Class2024/25
- 522nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
53 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 56 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 53Junior Infants2021/22
- 53Senior Infants2022/23
- 611st Class2023/24
- 562nd Class2024/25
- 563rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 64 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 59Junior Infants2020/21
- 60Senior Infants2021/22
- 591st Class2022/23
- 642nd Class2023/24
- 643rd Class2024/25
- 644th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
66 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 73 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 66Senior Infants2020/21
- 661st Class2021/22
- 682nd Class2022/23
- 713rd Class2023/24
- 714th Class2024/25
- 735th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
45 in 1st Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 451st Class2020/21
- 452nd Class2021/22
- 453rd Class2022/23
- 534th Class2023/24
- 525th Class2024/25
- 546th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
63 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 69 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils more.
- 632nd Class2020/21
- 643rd Class2021/22
- 654th Class2022/23
- 645th Class2023/24
- 696th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
61 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 71 in 6th Class (2023/24): 10 pupils more.
- 613rd Class2020/21
- 634th Class2021/22
- 695th Class2022/23
- 716th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
67 in 4th Class (2020/21), 63 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils fewer.
- 674th Class2020/21
- 655th Class2021/22
- 636th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
75 in 5th Class (2020/21), 74 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 755th Class2020/21
- 746th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +263rd Class in 2023/24 (45 to 71)
- −193rd Class in 2022/23 (64 to 45)
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 Prosperous N S, 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
32teaching posts
Our estimate: about 32 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 21 mainstream classes 21
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers175 hours of support teaching a week 7
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
14 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 7 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 14 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 Prosperous N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosperous N SThis school | – | 493 |
−7.7%
|
|
| 1 | St Patricks BNS3.7 km · Clane · Boys | 3.7 km | 488 |
−1.2%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naisiunta Bhride3.9 km · Clane · Girls | 3.9 km | 480 |
+2.6%
|
| 3 | Hewetsons N S4.0 km · Clane · Church of Ireland | 4.0 km | 89 |
+3.5%
|
| 4 | S N Baile Roibeaird4.5 km · Robertstown | 4.5 km | 173 |
−26.1%
|
| 5 | S N Coill Dubh4.7 km · Naas | 4.7 km | 182 |
+14.5%
|
| 6 | S N NMH Mhuire4.8 km · Naas | 4.8 km | 105 |
+20.7%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Paul Cassidy
- Phone
- 045868660
- [email protected]
- Address
- Prosperous, Naas, Co. Kildare, W91 DT10
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- 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
- Kildare County Council
- Planning area
- Prosperous–Clane
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 | 493 | 246 | 247 | 60 | 63 | 71 | 52 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 54 |
| 2024/25 | 504 | 250 | 254 | 64 | 69 | 53 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 52 | 69 |
| 2023/24 | 510 | 248 | 262 | 68 | 50 | 61 | 64 | 71 | 53 | 64 | 71 |
| 2022/23 | 477 | 226 | 251 | 46 | 53 | 59 | 68 | 45 | 65 | 69 | 63 |
| 2021/22 | 501 | 239 | 262 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 45 | 64 | 63 | 65 | 74 |
| 2020/21 | 526 | 242 | 284 | 59 | 66 | 45 | 63 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 75 |
| 2019/20 | 531 | 243 | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 520 | 236 | 284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 531 | 243 | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 526 | 242 | 284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 534 | 237 | 297 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 525 | 229 | 296 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 526 | 233 | 293 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 522 | 244 | 278 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 522 | 249 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 503 | 236 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 501 | 236 | 265 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 500 | 234 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 489 | 233 | 256 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 450 | 225 | 225 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 441 | 209 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 449 | 222 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 439 | 213 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 392 | 198 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 352 | 170 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 326 | 164 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 310 | 160 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 264 | 133 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 273 | 138 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 271 | 125 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 273 | 129 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 285 | 138 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 289 | 144 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 334 | 155 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 320 | 148 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 306 | 147 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 291 | 142 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 288 | 139 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 287 | 135 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 272 | 123 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 261 | 115 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 226 | 101 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |