Rathmullan N S
Drogheda · Roll number 19479N
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 373
- −39 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −12%
- Down 53 from 426 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 166 / 207
- 45% 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
373 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 | 80 | 94 | 94 | 110 | 88 | 65 | 88.5 |
| Senior Infants | 89 | 92 | 97 | 111 | 103 | 92 | 97.3 |
| 1st Class | 93 | 86 | 99 | 98 | 111 | 106 | 98.8 |
| 2nd Class | 111 | 93 | 94 | 104 | 104 | 110 | 102.7 |
| 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
88 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 92 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 88Junior Infants2024/25
- 92Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
110 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 106 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 110Junior Infants2023/24
- 103Senior Infants2024/25
- 1061st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
94 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 110 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 16 pupils more.
- 94Junior Infants2022/23
- 111Senior Infants2023/24
- 1111st Class2024/25
- 1102nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
94 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 94 pupils fewer.
- 94Junior Infants2021/22
- 97Senior Infants2022/23
- 981st Class2023/24
- 1042nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
80 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 80 pupils fewer.
- 80Junior Infants2020/21
- 92Senior Infants2021/22
- 991st Class2022/23
- 1042nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
89 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 89 pupils fewer.
- 89Senior Infants2020/21
- 861st Class2021/22
- 942nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
93 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 93 pupils fewer.
- 931st Class2020/21
- 932nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +16Junior Infants in 2023/24 (94 to 110)
- −23Junior Infants in 2025/26 (88 to 65)
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 Rathmullan 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
34teaching posts
Our estimate: about 34 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 22 mainstream classes 22
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers250 hours of support teaching a week 10
- Special class teachersFor a speech and language class 1
7.98 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 7 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 10 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 7.98 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 Rathmullan N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathmullan N SThis school | – | 373 |
−12.4%
|
|
| 1 | St Pauls Senior NS0.0 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 0.0 km | 466 |
+5.7%
|
| 2 | S N Ard Mhuire C1.0 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 1.0 km | 315 |
+7.1%
|
| 3 | Naomh Seosamh1.0 km · Drogheda | 1.0 km | 293 |
+0.3%
|
| 4 | S N Naomh Peadar1.4 km · Drogheda · Church of Ireland | 1.4 km | 92 |
−1.1%
|
| 5 | Scoil na mBraithre Sn1.8 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 1.8 km | 359 |
+4.1%
|
| 6 | St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School1.8 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 1.8 km | 575 | – |
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
- Tanya O'Reilly
- Phone
- 0419831488
- [email protected]
- Address
- Marley's Lane, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 DD39
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Louth County Council
- Planning area
- Drogheda
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 | 373 | 166 | 207 | 65 | 92 | 106 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 412 | 187 | 225 | 88 | 103 | 111 | 104 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 428 | 187 | 241 | 110 | 111 | 98 | 104 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 391 | 178 | 213 | 94 | 97 | 99 | 94 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 372 | 181 | 191 | 94 | 92 | 86 | 93 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 379 | 183 | 196 | 80 | 89 | 93 | 111 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 408 | 195 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 442 | 197 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 444 | 186 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 442 | 172 | 270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 426 | 167 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 431 | 172 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 424 | 175 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 417 | 170 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 429 | 186 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 430 | 192 | 238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 410 | 179 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 389 | 178 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 367 | 153 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 329 | 134 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 312 | 126 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 303 | 122 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 272 | 107 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 255 | 104 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 229 | 78 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 216 | 77 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 210 | 77 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 209 | 77 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 177 | 65 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 173 | 66 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 171 | 62 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 166 | 72 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 177 | 74 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 325 | 136 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 343 | 148 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 686 | 295 | 391 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 601 | 257 | 344 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 527 | 225 | 302 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 442 | 185 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 328 | 141 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 240 | 107 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |