Holy Family
Tralee · Roll number 19536W
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 265
- −18 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +17%
- Up 38 from 227 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 113 / 152
- 43% girls
Pupils since 1976
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
265 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 | 18 | 19 | 35 | 38 | 27 | 30 | 27.8 |
| Senior Infants | 16 | 17 | 26 | 41 | 37 | 30 | 27.8 |
| 1st Class | 19 | 18 | 22 | 29 | 39 | 32 | 26.5 |
| 2nd Class | 31 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 33 | 38 | 29.5 |
| 3rd Class | 27 | 30 | 37 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 30.0 |
| 4th Class | 33 | 28 | 28 | 40 | 30 | 26 | 30.8 |
| 5th Class | 30 | 34 | 40 | 31 | 51 | 31 | 36.2 |
| 6th Class | 33 | 29 | 33 | 41 | 34 | 47 | 36.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
27 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 30 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 27Junior Infants2024/25
- 30Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
38 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 32 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 38Junior Infants2023/24
- 37Senior Infants2024/25
- 321st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
35 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 38 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2022/23
- 41Senior Infants2023/24
- 391st Class2024/25
- 382nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
19 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 31 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2021/22
- 26Senior Infants2022/23
- 291st Class2023/24
- 332nd Class2024/25
- 313rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
18 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2020/21
- 17Senior Infants2021/22
- 221st Class2022/23
- 252nd Class2023/24
- 263rd Class2024/25
- 264th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
16 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 31 in 5th Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 16Senior Infants2020/21
- 181st Class2021/22
- 272nd Class2022/23
- 293rd Class2023/24
- 304th Class2024/25
- 315th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
19 in 1st Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2025/26): 28 pupils more.
- 191st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 373rd Class2022/23
- 404th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 476th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
31 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 312nd Class2020/21
- 303rd Class2021/22
- 284th Class2022/23
- 315th Class2023/24
- 346th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
27 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2023/24): 14 pupils more.
- 273rd Class2020/21
- 284th Class2021/22
- 405th Class2022/23
- 416th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
33 in 4th Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 334th Class2020/21
- 345th Class2021/22
- 336th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
30 in 5th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 305th Class2020/21
- 296th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +205th Class in 2024/25 (31 to 51)
- −205th Class in 2025/26 (51 to 31)
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 Holy Family, 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
24teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers150 hours of support teaching a week 6
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
11.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11.5 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 Holy Family, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy FamilyThis school | – | 265 |
+16.7%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Eoin0.2 km · Tralee | 0.2 km | 589 |
−13.9%
|
| 2 | St Johns Parochial School0.6 km · Tralee · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.6 km | 61 |
+69.4%
|
| 3 | S N an Chroi Naofa0.8 km · Tralee · DEIS | 0.8 km | 342 |
−6.6%
|
| 4 | Scoil Mhuire0.9 km · Tralee · DEIS | 0.9 km | 378 |
+2.4%
|
| 5 | S N Mhuire na mBraithre0.9 km · Tralee · DEIS | 0.9 km | 414 |
−10.8%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn1.9 km · Trá Lí · Gaelscoil | 1.9 km | 415 |
+48.2%
|
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
- Maria O'Regan
- Phone
- 0667124161
- [email protected]
- Address
- Balloonagh, Tralee, Co. Kerry, V92 R239
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kerry
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- 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
41 school years from 1976/77 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 265 | 113 | 152 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 31 | 26 | 31 | 47 |
| 2024/25 | 283 | 123 | 160 | 27 | 37 | 39 | 33 | 26 | 30 | 51 | 34 |
| 2023/24 | 274 | 130 | 144 | 38 | 41 | 29 | 25 | 29 | 40 | 31 | 41 |
| 2022/23 | 248 | 110 | 138 | 35 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 37 | 28 | 40 | 33 |
| 2021/22 | 198 | 70 | 128 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 34 | 29 |
| 2020/21 | 207 | 80 | 127 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 31 | 27 | 33 | 30 | 33 |
| 2019/20 | 215 | 85 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 220 | 84 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 202 | 73 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 206 | 75 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 227 | 74 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 254 | 73 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 259 | 71 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 271 | 60 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 294 | 59 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 320 | 54 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 360 | 43 | 317 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 416 | 40 | 376 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 442 | 25 | 417 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 431 | 14 | 417 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 432 | 0 | 432 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 466 | 0 | 466 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 489 | 0 | 489 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 478 | 0 | 478 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 487 | 0 | 487 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 491 | 0 | 491 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 489 | 0 | 489 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 509 | – | 509 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 541 | 0 | 541 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 566 | – | 566 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 566 | – | 566 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 596 | – | 596 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 592 | – | 592 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 665 | 0 | 665 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 667 | 0 | 667 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 670 | 0 | 670 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 644 | 0 | 644 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 563 | 0 | 563 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 186 | 0 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 92 | 0 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |