St Francis Xavier J N S
Dublin 15 · Roll number 19435Q
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 357
- −31 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −13%
- Down 52 from 409 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 164 / 193
- 46% 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
357 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 | 95 | 101 | 103 | 100 | 87 | 72 | 93.0 |
| Senior Infants | 90 | 93 | 98 | 101 | 101 | 87 | 95.0 |
| 1st Class | 105 | 86 | 89 | 97 | 102 | 98 | 96.2 |
| 2nd Class | 94 | 105 | 86 | 84 | 98 | 100 | 94.5 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
87 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 87 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 87Junior Infants2024/25
- 87Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
100 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 98 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 100Junior Infants2023/24
- 101Senior Infants2024/25
- 981st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
103 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 100 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 103Junior Infants2022/23
- 101Senior Infants2023/24
- 1021st Class2024/25
- 1002nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
101 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 101 pupils fewer.
- 101Junior Infants2021/22
- 98Senior Infants2022/23
- 971st Class2023/24
- 982nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
95 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 95 pupils fewer.
- 95Junior Infants2020/21
- 93Senior Infants2021/22
- 891st Class2022/23
- 842nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
90 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 90 pupils fewer.
- 90Senior Infants2020/21
- 861st Class2021/22
- 862nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
105 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 105 pupils fewer.
- 1051st Class2020/21
- 1052nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +142nd Class in 2024/25 (84 to 98)
- −191st Class in 2021/22 (105 to 86)
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 St Francis Xavier J 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
22.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers122.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.9
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
8.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 10.15 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 St Francis Xavier J N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Francis Xavier J N SThis school | – | 357 |
−12.7%
|
|
| 1 | St Francis Xavier Senior N S0.1 km · Dublin 15 | 0.1 km | 388 |
+19.0%
|
| 2 | Scoil Bride C0.7 km · Dublin 15 · Girls | 0.7 km | 213 |
−31.9%
|
| 3 | Scoil Thomais0.7 km · Dublin 15 | 0.7 km | 622 |
−10.2%
|
| 4 | Scoil Bride B0.7 km · Dublin 15 · Boys | 0.7 km | 193 |
−43.2%
|
| 5 | SN Oilibheir1.1 km · Baile Átha Cliath 15 · Gaelscoil | 1.1 km | 266 |
+1.1%
|
| 6 | Castleknock Educate Together NS1.4 km · Dublin 15 · Multi-denominational | 1.4 km | 374 |
−14.4%
|
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
- Olivia Barrett
- Phone
- 018210892
- [email protected]
- Address
- Roselawn Road, Castleknock, Dublin 15, D15 CX84
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Fingal County Council
- Planning area
- BlanchardstownVge–D15
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 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 | 357 | 164 | 193 | 72 | 87 | 98 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 388 | 182 | 206 | 87 | 101 | 102 | 98 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 382 | 175 | 207 | 100 | 101 | 97 | 84 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 376 | 185 | 191 | 103 | 98 | 89 | 86 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 390 | 202 | 188 | 101 | 93 | 86 | 105 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 390 | 200 | 190 | 95 | 90 | 105 | 94 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 413 | 214 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 411 | 206 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 401 | 184 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 408 | 177 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 409 | 169 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 419 | 185 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 402 | 178 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 390 | 176 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 374 | 177 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 401 | 195 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 404 | 199 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 415 | 201 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 382 | 182 | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 371 | 167 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 343 | 157 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 344 | 157 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 374 | 157 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 398 | 169 | 229 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 407 | 168 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 418 | 175 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 416 | 183 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 439 | 192 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 450 | 200 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 461 | 213 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 495 | 219 | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 492 | 231 | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 497 | 233 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 621 | 304 | 317 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 651 | 286 | 365 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 666 | 311 | 355 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 676 | 304 | 372 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 664 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 547 | 235 | 312 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 551 | 253 | 298 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 130 | 58 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |