Saint Marys N S Lahinch
Lahinch · Roll number 18753C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 166
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +17%
- Up 24 from 142 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 99 / 67
- 60% 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
166 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 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 20.7 |
| Senior Infants | 20 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 20.3 |
| 1st Class | 13 | 21 | 31 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20.5 |
| 2nd Class | 22 | 13 | 21 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 20.7 |
| 3rd Class | 16 | 22 | 14 | 24 | 31 | 19 | 21.0 |
| 4th Class | 14 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 22 | 30 | 20.2 |
| 5th Class | 20 | 15 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 21 | 19.0 |
| 6th Class | 16 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 25 | 17 | 17.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
19 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 19 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 19Junior Infants2024/25
- 19Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
20 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 20 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 20Junior Infants2023/24
- 20Senior Infants2024/25
- 201st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
18 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 17 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 18Junior Infants2022/23
- 18Senior Infants2023/24
- 181st Class2024/25
- 172nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
16 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 19 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2021/22
- 17Senior Infants2022/23
- 201st Class2023/24
- 192nd Class2024/25
- 193rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
28 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 28Junior Infants2020/21
- 28Senior Infants2021/22
- 311st Class2022/23
- 322nd Class2023/24
- 313rd Class2024/25
- 304th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 21 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 20Senior Infants2020/21
- 211st Class2021/22
- 212nd Class2022/23
- 243rd Class2023/24
- 224th Class2024/25
- 215th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
13 in 1st Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 131st Class2020/21
- 132nd Class2021/22
- 143rd Class2022/23
- 154th Class2023/24
- 165th Class2024/25
- 176th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
22 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 222nd Class2020/21
- 223rd Class2021/22
- 254th Class2022/23
- 275th Class2023/24
- 256th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
16 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 163rd Class2020/21
- 154th Class2021/22
- 155th Class2022/23
- 146th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
14 in 4th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 144th Class2020/21
- 155th Class2021/22
- 156th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
20 in 5th Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 205th Class2020/21
- 196th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +125th Class in 2023/24 (15 to 27)
- −132nd Class in 2024/25 (32 to 19)
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 Saint Marys N S Lahinch, 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
11.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 11 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers80.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.2
2 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.1 special education teachers and 2 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 Saint Marys N S Lahinch, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Marys N S LahinchThis school | – | 166 |
+16.9%
|
|
| 1 | S N Iosef Naofa3.2 km · An Leacht · Gaelscoil | 3.2 km | 29 |
−9.4%
|
| 2 | Ennistymon National School3.3 km · Ennistymon · DEIS | 3.3 km | 64 |
−28.1%
|
| 3 | S N Liosceanuir3.5 km · Liscannor | 3.5 km | 105 |
+54.4%
|
| 4 | Mol an Óige Community National School3.5 km · Ennistymon · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 3.5 km | 158 |
+8.2%
|
| 5 | Rineen N S5.2 km · Miltown Malbay | 5.2 km | 35 |
−31.4%
|
| 6 | Forgleann N S5.3 km · Lahinch · DEIS | 5.3 km | 7 |
−80.0%
|
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
- Helen Nolan
- Phone
- 0657081844
- [email protected]
- Address
- Lahinch, Co. Clare, V95 FD70
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
- 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
- Clare County Council
- Planning area
- Ennistymon
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 | 166 | 99 | 67 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 30 | 21 | 17 |
| 2024/25 | 170 | 101 | 69 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 31 | 22 | 16 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | 170 | 102 | 68 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 32 | 24 | 15 | 27 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | 156 | 92 | 64 | 18 | 17 | 31 | 21 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | 149 | 88 | 61 | 16 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 19 |
| 2020/21 | 149 | 87 | 62 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 16 |
| 2019/20 | 132 | 79 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 133 | 74 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 147 | 77 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 136 | 70 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 142 | 68 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 145 | 67 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 151 | 76 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 161 | 78 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 152 | 76 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 159 | 82 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 150 | 82 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 144 | 83 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 132 | 76 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 120 | 71 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 120 | 66 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 116 | 62 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 116 | 59 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 107 | 49 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 113 | 53 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 110 | 46 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 110 | 44 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 108 | 40 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 106 | 42 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 104 | 42 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 102 | 44 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 106 | 47 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 108 | 50 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 100 | 53 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 103 | 55 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 106 | 57 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 107 | 59 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 102 | 58 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 101 | 57 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 110 | 64 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |