Ardfert Central N S
Ardfert · Roll number 19384C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 215
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +1%
- Up 2 from 213 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 113 / 102
- 53% 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
215 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 | 19 | 27 | 33 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 26.0 |
| Senior Infants | 25 | 17 | 29 | 33 | 26 | 28 | 26.3 |
| 1st Class | 23 | 25 | 19 | 29 | 31 | 25 | 25.3 |
| 2nd Class | 22 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 28 | 31 | 25.0 |
| 3rd Class | 17 | 23 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 24.8 |
| 4th Class | 28 | 17 | 24 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 25.0 |
| 5th Class | 33 | 29 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 27.3 |
| 6th Class | 28 | 32 | 29 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 27.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
27 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 28 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 27Junior Infants2024/25
- 28Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
25 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 25Junior Infants2023/24
- 26Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
33 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 31 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 33Junior Infants2022/23
- 33Senior Infants2023/24
- 311st Class2024/25
- 312nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
27 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 28 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 27Junior Infants2021/22
- 29Senior Infants2022/23
- 291st Class2023/24
- 282nd Class2024/25
- 283rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2020/21
- 17Senior Infants2021/22
- 191st Class2022/23
- 202nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 234th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 25Senior Infants2020/21
- 251st Class2021/22
- 262nd Class2022/23
- 283rd Class2023/24
- 284th Class2024/25
- 275th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
23 in 1st Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 231st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 293rd Class2022/23
- 304th Class2023/24
- 285th Class2024/25
- 286th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
22 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 222nd Class2020/21
- 233rd Class2021/22
- 244th Class2022/23
- 265th Class2023/24
- 266th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
17 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 173rd Class2020/21
- 174th Class2021/22
- 215th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
28 in 4th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 284th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 296th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
33 in 5th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 335th Class2020/21
- 326th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +12Senior Infants in 2022/23 (17 to 29)
- −114th Class in 2021/22 (28 to 17)
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 Ardfert Central 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
13.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers85 hours of support teaching a week 3.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 5 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 7.83 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. 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 Ardfert Central N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardfert Central N SThis school | – | 215 |
+0.9%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Eirc5.2 km · Ard Fhearta | 5.2 km | 78 |
−32.2%
|
| 2 | Spa National School5.4 km · Tralee | 5.4 km | 230 |
+4.1%
|
| 3 | S N Lios Teilic6.3 km · Tralee | 6.3 km | 211 |
−3.7%
|
| 4 | S N Mainistir O dTorna6.3 km · Tralee | 6.3 km | 121 |
−18.8%
|
| 5 | Freastogail Mhuire MXD6.7 km · Tralee · DEIS | 6.7 km | 52 |
+44.4%
|
| 6 | Tralee Educate Together NS7.1 km · Tralee · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 7.1 km | 88 |
+6.0%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Marie O Connell
- Phone
- 0667134289
- [email protected]
- Address
- Station Road, Ardfert, Co. Kerry, V92 CD63
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kerry
- 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
- Kerry County Council
- Planning area
- Tralee
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 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 | 215 | 113 | 102 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 28 |
| 2024/25 | 218 | 114 | 104 | 27 | 26 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 26 |
| 2023/24 | 213 | 116 | 97 | 25 | 33 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 210 | 115 | 95 | 33 | 29 | 19 | 26 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | 193 | 103 | 90 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 29 | 32 |
| 2020/21 | 195 | 105 | 90 | 19 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 28 | 33 | 28 |
| 2019/20 | 202 | 110 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 199 | 104 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 204 | 100 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 207 | 99 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 213 | 92 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 205 | 81 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 199 | 89 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 202 | 88 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 212 | 93 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 213 | 93 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 217 | 93 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 233 | 100 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 242 | 110 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 244 | 117 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 234 | 105 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 241 | 107 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 238 | 101 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 240 | 104 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 239 | 106 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 232 | 101 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 236 | 109 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 231 | 105 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 240 | 113 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 260 | 122 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 270 | 130 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 273 | 134 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 288 | 147 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 295 | 139 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 278 | 133 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 279 | 130 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 278 | 124 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 278 | 125 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 257 | 122 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 241 | 119 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |