Ballynarry N S
Kilnaleck · Roll number 19378H
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 111
- +4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +26%
- Up 23 from 88 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 55 / 56
- 50% girls
Pupils since 1977
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
111 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 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14.0 |
| Senior Infants | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 13.8 |
| 1st Class | 16 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 14.7 |
| 2nd Class | 7 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 13.2 |
| 3rd Class | 14 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 12.5 |
| 4th Class | 10 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 11.7 |
| 5th Class | 11 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 11.3 |
| 6th Class | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 10.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
12 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 12 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 12Junior Infants2024/25
- 12Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
14 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 16 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 14Junior Infants2023/24
- 16Senior Infants2024/25
- 161st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
16 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 18 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2022/23
- 16Senior Infants2023/24
- 181st Class2024/25
- 182nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
15 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 13 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2021/22
- 15Senior Infants2022/23
- 141st Class2023/24
- 142nd Class2024/25
- 133rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 14 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2020/21
- 14Senior Infants2021/22
- 141st Class2022/23
- 142nd Class2023/24
- 153rd Class2024/25
- 144th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
10 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 11 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 10Senior Infants2020/21
- 101st Class2021/22
- 102nd Class2022/23
- 103rd Class2023/24
- 104th Class2024/25
- 115th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
16 in 1st Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 161st Class2020/21
- 162nd Class2021/22
- 163rd Class2022/23
- 154th Class2023/24
- 155th Class2024/25
- 156th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
7 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 72nd Class2020/21
- 73rd Class2021/22
- 74th Class2022/23
- 75th Class2023/24
- 76th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
14 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 143rd Class2020/21
- 144th Class2021/22
- 145th Class2022/23
- 126th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
10 in 4th Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 104th Class2020/21
- 105th Class2021/22
- 106th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
11 in 5th Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 115th Class2020/21
- 116th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +92nd Class in 2021/22 (7 to 16)
- −73rd Class in 2021/22 (14 to 7)
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 Ballynarry 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
9.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 10 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers37.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.5
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
5.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 5.83 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 Ballynarry N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballynarry N SThis school | – | 111 |
+26.1%
|
|
| 1 | Kilnaleck Mixed N S3.0 km · Kilnaleck · DEIS | 3.0 km | 106 |
+35.9%
|
| 2 | Mullahoran Central N S5.7 km · Kilcogy · DEIS | 5.7 km | 164 |
−3.0%
|
| 3 | Crosserlough N S5.8 km · Crosserlough | 5.8 km | 93 |
−19.8%
|
| 4 | Drumkilly NS5.9 km · Kilnaleck | 5.9 km | 96 |
−23.8%
|
| 5 | St Patricks6.6 km · Ballinagh | 6.6 km | 63 |
+10.5%
|
| 6 | Scoil Bhride6.7 km · Mountnugent | 6.7 km | 94 |
−22.3%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Darragh Hourihane
- Phone
- 0494336833
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballyheelan, Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan, A82 T993
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise
- 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
- Cavan County Council
- Planning area
- Ballyjamesduff
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
39 school years from 1977/78 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 111 | 55 | 56 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 15 |
| 2024/25 | 107 | 52 | 55 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | 102 | 51 | 51 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 12 |
| 2022/23 | 102 | 47 | 55 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 10 |
| 2021/22 | 97 | 45 | 52 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 11 |
| 2020/21 | 92 | 43 | 49 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 |
| 2019/20 | 91 | 44 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 89 | 44 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 84 | 39 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 83 | 35 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 88 | 36 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 89 | 33 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 89 | 34 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 102 | 41 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 104 | 44 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 116 | 49 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 116 | 53 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 115 | 48 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 109 | 45 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 110 | 42 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 103 | 42 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 95 | 36 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 105 | 42 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 100 | 41 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 97 | 42 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 99 | 51 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 112 | 57 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 116 | 66 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 118 | 66 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 117 | 62 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 108 | 53 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 106 | 56 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 99 | 51 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 72 | 33 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 86 | 42 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 91 | 41 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 102 | 43 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 107 | 47 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 122 | 51 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |