Scoil Nais Caitriona
Rush · Roll number 19624T
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 274
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −4%
- Down 11 from 285 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 125 / 149
- 46% girls
Pupils since 1979
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
274 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 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 26.2 |
| Senior Infants | 32 | 28 | 30 | 34 | 19 | 26 | 28.2 |
| 1st Class | 43 | 35 | 28 | 32 | 37 | 24 | 33.2 |
| 2nd Class | 44 | 45 | 36 | 27 | 32 | 43 | 37.8 |
| 3rd Class | 39 | 45 | 49 | 36 | 28 | 37 | 39.0 |
| 4th Class | 43 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 34 | 33 | 41.2 |
| 5th Class | 48 | 50 | 44 | 44 | 50 | 36 | 45.3 |
| 6th Class | 43 | 55 | 55 | 46 | 47 | 52 | 49.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
20 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 26 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2024/25
- 26Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
21 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 24 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2023/24
- 19Senior Infants2024/25
- 241st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
32 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 43 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 32Junior Infants2022/23
- 34Senior Infants2023/24
- 371st Class2024/25
- 432nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
31 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 37 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2021/22
- 30Senior Infants2022/23
- 321st Class2023/24
- 322nd Class2024/25
- 373rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
30 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 33 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2020/21
- 28Senior Infants2021/22
- 281st Class2022/23
- 272nd Class2023/24
- 283rd Class2024/25
- 334th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 36 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 32Senior Infants2020/21
- 351st Class2021/22
- 362nd Class2022/23
- 363rd Class2023/24
- 344th Class2024/25
- 365th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
43 in 1st Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 431st Class2020/21
- 452nd Class2021/22
- 493rd Class2022/23
- 504th Class2023/24
- 505th Class2024/25
- 526th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
44 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 442nd Class2020/21
- 453rd Class2021/22
- 454th Class2022/23
- 445th Class2023/24
- 476th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
39 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2023/24): 7 pupils more.
- 393rd Class2020/21
- 424th Class2021/22
- 445th Class2022/23
- 466th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
43 in 4th Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2022/23): 12 pupils more.
- 434th Class2020/21
- 505th Class2021/22
- 556th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
48 in 5th Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2021/22): 7 pupils more.
- 485th Class2020/21
- 556th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +126th Class in 2021/22 (43 to 55)
- −164th Class in 2024/25 (50 to 34)
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 Nais Caitriona, 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
21.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 21 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers157.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.3
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
14.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.3 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 14.33 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 Scoil Nais Caitriona, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Nais CaitrionaThis school | – | 274 |
−3.9%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Ros Eo0.5 km · Ros Eo · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 0.5 km | 167 |
−9.7%
|
| 2 | Scoil N. Breandan1.4 km · Skerries | 1.4 km | 183 |
−17.6%
|
| 3 | Rush NS1.6 km · Rush | 1.6 km | 698 |
−6.6%
|
| 4 | Rush and Lusk Educate Together NS3.9 km · Lusk · Multi-denominational | 3.9 km | 393 |
−2.2%
|
| 5 | Lusk Junior National School St Maccullins4.6 km · Lusk | 4.6 km | 366 | – |
| 6 | S N Lusca4.6 km · Lusk | 4.6 km | 413 |
−51.2%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Regina Dunne
- Phone
- 018438266
- [email protected]
- Address
- The Avenue, Rush, Co. Dublin, K56 TY32
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Fingal County Council
- Planning area
- Rush&Lusk
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 1979/80 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 274 | 125 | 149 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 43 | 37 | 33 | 36 | 52 |
| 2024/25 | 278 | 141 | 137 | 20 | 19 | 37 | 32 | 28 | 34 | 50 | 47 |
| 2023/24 | 305 | 152 | 153 | 21 | 34 | 32 | 27 | 36 | 50 | 44 | 46 |
| 2022/23 | 337 | 161 | 176 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 36 | 49 | 45 | 44 | 55 |
| 2021/22 | 349 | 160 | 189 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 45 | 45 | 42 | 50 | 55 |
| 2020/21 | 334 | 157 | 177 | 30 | 32 | 43 | 44 | 39 | 43 | 48 | 43 |
| 2019/20 | 334 | 152 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 348 | 154 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 321 | 154 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 294 | 128 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 285 | 134 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 316 | 146 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 306 | 147 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 328 | 164 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 325 | 172 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 323 | 169 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 326 | 162 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 317 | 164 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 321 | 162 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 268 | 134 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 237 | 115 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 187 | 100 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 193 | 103 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 163 | 84 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 155 | 77 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 150 | 69 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 142 | 70 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 159 | 73 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 142 | 66 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 149 | 67 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 154 | 68 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 164 | 77 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 172 | 83 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 132 | 65 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 119 | 55 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 86 | 34 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 62 | 19 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 38 | 9 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |