Scoil Mhuire Boys
Dublin 14 · Roll number 19446V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 367
- −21 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −20%
- Down 91 from 458 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 367
- 0% 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
367 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 | 48 | 59 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 40 | 44.2 |
| Senior Infants | 53 | 53 | 61 | 40 | 41 | 38 | 47.7 |
| 1st Class | 58 | 51 | 52 | 64 | 39 | 42 | 51.0 |
| 2nd Class | 57 | 58 | 54 | 54 | 60 | 39 | 53.7 |
| 3rd Class | 55 | 58 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 54.0 |
| 4th Class | 52 | 53 | 58 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 52.8 |
| 5th Class | 52 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 48 | 50 | 51.5 |
| 6th Class | 62 | 52 | 49 | 54 | 58 | 50 | 54.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
38 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 38 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 38Junior Infants2024/25
- 38Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
40 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 42 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 40Junior Infants2023/24
- 41Senior Infants2024/25
- 421st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
40 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 39 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 40Junior Infants2022/23
- 40Senior Infants2023/24
- 391st Class2024/25
- 392nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
59 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 53 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 59Junior Infants2021/22
- 61Senior Infants2022/23
- 641st Class2023/24
- 602nd Class2024/25
- 533rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
48 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 55 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 48Junior Infants2020/21
- 53Senior Infants2021/22
- 521st Class2022/23
- 542nd Class2023/24
- 533rd Class2024/25
- 554th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 50 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 53Senior Infants2020/21
- 511st Class2021/22
- 542nd Class2022/23
- 533rd Class2023/24
- 514th Class2024/25
- 505th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
58 in 1st Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 581st Class2020/21
- 582nd Class2021/22
- 523rd Class2022/23
- 484th Class2023/24
- 485th Class2024/25
- 506th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
57 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 572nd Class2020/21
- 583rd Class2021/22
- 584th Class2022/23
- 585th Class2023/24
- 586th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
55 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 553rd Class2020/21
- 534th Class2021/22
- 535th Class2022/23
- 546th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
52 in 4th Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 524th Class2020/21
- 485th Class2021/22
- 496th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
52 in 5th Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 525th Class2020/21
- 526th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +121st Class in 2023/24 (52 to 64)
- −251st Class in 2024/25 (64 to 39)
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 Scoil Mhuire Boys, 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
23.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers147.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.9
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
9.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.7 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 9.66 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 Scoil Mhuire Boys, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire BoysThis school | – | 367 |
−19.9%
|
|
| 1 | Clochar Loreto N S0.5 km · Dublin 14 | 0.5 km | 445 |
−13.6%
|
| 2 | Rathfarnham Educate Together0.7 km · Dublin 14 · Multi-denominational | 0.7 km | 188 |
−15.7%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naisiunta an Dea Aoire1.0 km · Dublin 14 · DEIS | 1.0 km | 209 |
+15.5%
|
| 4 | Ballyroan B N S1.2 km · Dublin 16 · Boys | 1.2 km | 375 |
+5.3%
|
| 5 | Rathfarnham Parish N S1.3 km · Dublin 14 · Church of Ireland | 1.3 km | 215 |
−7.3%
|
| 6 | Marley Grange NS1.4 km · Dublin 16 | 1.4 km | 461 |
−7.6%
|
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
- Edward O'Riordan
- Phone
- 014931477
- [email protected]
- Address
- Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, D14 P046
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Rathfarnham
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 | 367 | 0 | 367 | 40 | 38 | 42 | 39 | 53 | 55 | 50 | 50 |
| 2024/25 | 388 | – | 388 | 38 | 41 | 39 | 60 | 53 | 51 | 48 | 58 |
| 2023/24 | 411 | 0 | 411 | 40 | 40 | 64 | 54 | 53 | 48 | 58 | 54 |
| 2022/23 | 419 | – | 419 | 40 | 61 | 52 | 54 | 52 | 58 | 53 | 49 |
| 2021/22 | 432 | – | 432 | 59 | 53 | 51 | 58 | 58 | 53 | 48 | 52 |
| 2020/21 | 437 | – | 437 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 57 | 55 | 52 | 52 | 62 |
| 2019/20 | 444 | – | 444 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 463 | – | 463 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 468 | – | 468 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 458 | 0 | 458 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 458 | 0 | 458 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 472 | 0 | 472 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 478 | 0 | 478 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 470 | 0 | 470 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 452 | 0 | 452 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 452 | 0 | 452 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 459 | 0 | 459 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 439 | 0 | 439 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 423 | 0 | 423 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 434 | 0 | 434 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 423 | 0 | 423 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 437 | 0 | 437 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 442 | 0 | 442 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 445 | 0 | 445 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 451 | 0 | 451 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 458 | 0 | 458 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 471 | 0 | 471 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 479 | – | 479 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 485 | 0 | 485 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 494 | 0 | 494 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 510 | – | 510 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 519 | – | 519 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 530 | – | 530 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 288 | 0 | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 302 | 0 | 302 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 333 | 0 | 333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 301 | 0 | 301 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 289 | 0 | 289 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 273 | 0 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 244 | 0 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 111 | 0 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |