Chriost Ri
Ennis · Roll number 19559L
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 226
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +2%
- Up 5 from 221 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 114 / 112
- 50% girls
Pupils since 1978
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
226 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 | 35 | 27 | 26 | 33 | 23 | 26 | 28.3 |
| Senior Infants | 33 | 35 | 30 | 26 | 32 | 22 | 29.7 |
| 1st Class | 28 | 36 | 37 | 30 | 24 | 29 | 30.7 |
| 2nd Class | 24 | 30 | 38 | 39 | 30 | 24 | 30.8 |
| 3rd Class | 25 | 25 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 29 | 30.5 |
| 4th Class | 25 | 26 | 25 | 31 | 35 | 34 | 29.3 |
| 5th Class | 37 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 29.3 |
| 6th Class | 24 | 37 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 27.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
23 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 22 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2024/25
- 22Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
33 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 29 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 33Junior Infants2023/24
- 32Senior Infants2024/25
- 291st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
26 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 24 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 26Junior Infants2022/23
- 26Senior Infants2023/24
- 241st Class2024/25
- 242nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
27 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 27Junior Infants2021/22
- 30Senior Infants2022/23
- 301st Class2023/24
- 302nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
35 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 34 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 35Junior Infants2020/21
- 35Senior Infants2021/22
- 371st Class2022/23
- 392nd Class2023/24
- 363rd Class2024/25
- 344th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
33 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 33Senior Infants2020/21
- 361st Class2021/22
- 382nd Class2022/23
- 363rd Class2023/24
- 354th Class2024/25
- 325th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
28 in 1st Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 281st Class2020/21
- 302nd Class2021/22
- 323rd Class2022/23
- 314th Class2023/24
- 305th Class2024/25
- 306th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
24 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 242nd Class2020/21
- 253rd Class2021/22
- 254th Class2022/23
- 255th Class2023/24
- 256th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
25 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 253rd Class2020/21
- 264th Class2021/22
- 265th Class2022/23
- 266th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
25 in 4th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 254th Class2020/21
- 265th Class2021/22
- 246th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
37 in 5th Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 375th Class2020/21
- 376th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +136th Class in 2021/22 (24 to 37)
- −136th Class in 2022/23 (37 to 24)
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 Chriost Ri, 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
20.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 20 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 12 mainstream classes 12
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers160 hours of support teaching a week 6.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
9.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.3 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 9.33 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 Chriost Ri, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chriost RiThis school | – | 226 |
+2.3%
|
|
| 1 | Holy Family Junior School0.9 km · Ennis · DEIS | 0.9 km | 167 |
−12.6%
|
| 2 | Holy Family SNR0.9 km · Ennis · DEIS | 0.9 km | 306 |
−10.5%
|
| 3 | Bunscoil na mBraithre1.0 km · Ennis | 1.0 km | 643 |
−3.3%
|
| 4 | Gael SC Mhichil Chiosog1.2 km · Inis · Gaelscoil | 1.2 km | 451 |
+11.9%
|
| 5 | Ennis Educate Together NS1.4 km · Ennis · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 1.4 km | 144 |
+54.8%
|
| 6 | Ennis N S2.0 km · Ennis | 2.0 km | 615 |
+9.4%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Danny O COnnor
- Phone
- 0656820105
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cloughleigh, Ennis, Co. Clare, V95 YD26
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killaloe
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Clare County Council
- Planning area
- Ennis
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
38 school years from 1978/79 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 226 | 114 | 112 | 26 | 22 | 29 | 24 | 29 | 34 | 32 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 235 | 117 | 118 | 23 | 32 | 24 | 30 | 36 | 35 | 30 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | 246 | 112 | 134 | 33 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 36 | 31 | 25 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | 238 | 106 | 132 | 26 | 30 | 37 | 38 | 32 | 25 | 26 | 24 |
| 2021/22 | 242 | 107 | 135 | 27 | 35 | 36 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 37 |
| 2020/21 | 231 | 94 | 137 | 35 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 37 | 24 |
| 2019/20 | 225 | 100 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 209 | 95 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 200 | 91 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 212 | 103 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 221 | 112 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 224 | 117 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 226 | 115 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 224 | 121 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 245 | 130 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 245 | 129 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 255 | 133 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 258 | 133 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 256 | 122 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 233 | 103 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 239 | 107 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 242 | 114 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 218 | 101 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 218 | 96 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 226 | 109 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 217 | 96 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 230 | 105 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 256 | 125 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 262 | 134 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 268 | 146 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 296 | 153 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 312 | 162 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 323 | 171 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 355 | 195 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 328 | 183 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 298 | 177 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 208 | 126 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 98 | 62 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |