Ballinahown NS
Athlone · Roll number 19632S
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 96
- +2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +33%
- Up 24 from 72 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 52 / 44
- 54% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
96 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 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 11.3 |
| Senior Infants | 11 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 11.0 |
| 1st Class | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 11.7 |
| 2nd Class | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12.5 |
| 3rd Class | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12.2 |
| 4th Class | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12.7 |
| 5th Class | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12.8 |
| 6th Class | 8 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
6 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 6 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 6Junior Infants2024/25
- 6Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
9 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 10 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 9Junior Infants2023/24
- 10Senior Infants2024/25
- 101st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
14 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 14 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 14Junior Infants2022/23
- 14Senior Infants2023/24
- 141st Class2024/25
- 142nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
10 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 13 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 10Junior Infants2021/22
- 11Senior Infants2022/23
- 111st Class2023/24
- 122nd Class2024/25
- 133rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
14 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 14Junior Infants2020/21
- 14Senior Infants2021/22
- 131st Class2022/23
- 132nd Class2023/24
- 133rd Class2024/25
- 134th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
11 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 11 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 11Senior Infants2020/21
- 111st Class2021/22
- 112nd Class2022/23
- 113rd Class2023/24
- 114th Class2024/25
- 115th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
11 in 1st Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 111st Class2020/21
- 122nd Class2021/22
- 133rd Class2022/23
- 134th Class2023/24
- 145th Class2024/25
- 146th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
13 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 132nd Class2020/21
- 123rd Class2021/22
- 134th Class2022/23
- 125th Class2023/24
- 146th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
11 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 113rd Class2020/21
- 124th Class2021/22
- 135th Class2022/23
- 146th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
14 in 4th Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 144th Class2020/21
- 135th Class2021/22
- 136th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
14 in 5th Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 145th Class2020/21
- 146th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +9Junior Infants in 2025/26 (6 to 15)
- −5Junior Infants in 2023/24 (14 to 9)
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 Ballinahown NS, 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
5.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 5 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers32.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.3
1.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.4 special education teachers and 1.5 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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 Ballinahown NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinahown NSThis school | – | 96 |
+33.3%
|
|
| 1 | Cill Cleithe N S4.0 km · Moate | 4.0 km | 99 |
+11.2%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Callin5.1 km · Ballinahowen | 5.1 km | 69 |
+7.8%
|
| 3 | Clonown N S5.8 km · Athlone | 5.8 km | 28 |
−9.7%
|
| 4 | Cluain Buinne N S5.8 km · Athlone | 5.8 km | 164 |
+40.2%
|
| 5 | St Ciarans Mixed N S8.7 km · Ballycumber · DEIS | 8.7 km | 110 |
−7.6%
|
| 6 | St. Cynoc's National School8.7 km · Ferbane · DEIS | 8.7 km | 189 |
−4.1%
|
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
- Thomas Keena
- Phone
- 0906430044
- [email protected]
- Address
- Athlone, Co Westmeath, N37 F744
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise
- 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
- Westmeath County Council
- Planning area
- Ferbane
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
34 school years from 1983/84 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 96 | 52 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 |
| 2024/25 | 94 | 47 | 47 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | 97 | 50 | 47 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | 101 | 51 | 50 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 2021/22 | 98 | 52 | 46 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 2020/21 | 96 | 52 | 44 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 8 |
| 2019/20 | 89 | 52 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 75 | 42 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 74 | 38 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 70 | 37 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 72 | 36 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 67 | 32 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 64 | 31 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 67 | 30 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 61 | 27 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 61 | 28 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 70 | 32 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 68 | 32 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 61 | 26 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 55 | 25 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 56 | 24 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 54 | 26 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 50 | 22 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 56 | 21 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 55 | 20 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 57 | 20 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 66 | 31 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 70 | 33 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 83 | 37 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 86 | 37 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 85 | 36 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 102 | 50 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 109 | 57 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 95 | 48 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |