Rush NS
Rush · Roll number 19660A
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 698
- −10 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −7%
- Down 49 from 747 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 346 / 352
- 50% 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
698 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 | 102 | 78 | 99 | 83 | 75 | 98 | 89.2 |
| Senior Infants | 79 | 101 | 80 | 99 | 85 | 73 | 86.2 |
| 1st Class | 84 | 79 | 96 | 79 | 92 | 87 | 86.2 |
| 2nd Class | 107 | 84 | 83 | 98 | 82 | 96 | 91.7 |
| 3rd Class | 82 | 106 | 85 | 84 | 95 | 82 | 89.0 |
| 4th Class | 88 | 82 | 105 | 84 | 83 | 94 | 89.3 |
| 5th Class | 119 | 88 | 84 | 109 | 85 | 83 | 94.7 |
| 6th Class | 91 | 118 | 88 | 84 | 111 | 85 | 96.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
75 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 73 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 75Junior Infants2024/25
- 73Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
83 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 87 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 83Junior Infants2023/24
- 85Senior Infants2024/25
- 871st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
99 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 96 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 99Junior Infants2022/23
- 99Senior Infants2023/24
- 921st Class2024/25
- 962nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
78 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 82 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 78Junior Infants2021/22
- 80Senior Infants2022/23
- 791st Class2023/24
- 822nd Class2024/25
- 823rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
102 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 94 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 102Junior Infants2020/21
- 101Senior Infants2021/22
- 961st Class2022/23
- 982nd Class2023/24
- 953rd Class2024/25
- 944th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
79 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 83 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 79Senior Infants2020/21
- 791st Class2021/22
- 832nd Class2022/23
- 843rd Class2023/24
- 834th Class2024/25
- 835th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
84 in 1st Class (2020/21), 85 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 841st Class2020/21
- 842nd Class2021/22
- 853rd Class2022/23
- 844th Class2023/24
- 855th Class2024/25
- 856th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
107 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 111 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils more.
- 1072nd Class2020/21
- 1063rd Class2021/22
- 1054th Class2022/23
- 1095th Class2023/24
- 1116th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
82 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 84 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 823rd Class2020/21
- 824th Class2021/22
- 845th Class2022/23
- 846th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
88 in 4th Class (2020/21), 88 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 884th Class2020/21
- 885th Class2021/22
- 886th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
119 in 5th Class (2020/21), 118 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1195th Class2020/21
- 1186th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +276th Class in 2021/22 (91 to 118)
- −315th Class in 2021/22 (119 to 88)
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 Rush 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
41.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 42 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 29 mainstream classes 29
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers272.5 hours of support teaching a week 10.9
12.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 10.9 special education teachers and 12.49 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 Rush NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush NSThis school | – | 698 |
−6.6%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Ros Eo1.3 km · Ros Eo · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 1.3 km | 167 |
−9.7%
|
| 2 | Scoil Nais Caitriona1.6 km · Rush | 1.6 km | 274 |
−3.9%
|
| 3 | Scoil N. Breandan3.0 km · Skerries | 3.0 km | 183 |
−17.6%
|
| 4 | Rush and Lusk Educate Together NS3.6 km · Lusk · Multi-denominational | 3.6 km | 393 |
−2.2%
|
| 5 | S N C Naomh Padraig3.7 km · Donabate · Girls | 3.7 km | 376 |
−12.1%
|
| 6 | St Patricks Boys National School3.7 km · Donabate · Boys | 3.7 km | 370 |
−3.4%
|
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
- Morgan Doran
- Phone
- 018437095
- [email protected]
- Address
- Channel Road, Rush, Co. Dublin, K56 VK88
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- 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 | 698 | 346 | 352 | 98 | 73 | 87 | 96 | 82 | 94 | 83 | 85 |
| 2024/25 | 708 | 345 | 363 | 75 | 85 | 92 | 82 | 95 | 83 | 85 | 111 |
| 2023/24 | 720 | 348 | 372 | 83 | 99 | 79 | 98 | 84 | 84 | 109 | 84 |
| 2022/23 | 720 | 340 | 380 | 99 | 80 | 96 | 83 | 85 | 105 | 84 | 88 |
| 2021/22 | 736 | 339 | 397 | 78 | 101 | 79 | 84 | 106 | 82 | 88 | 118 |
| 2020/21 | 752 | 347 | 405 | 102 | 79 | 84 | 107 | 82 | 88 | 119 | 91 |
| 2019/20 | 750 | 353 | 397 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 759 | 369 | 390 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 779 | 386 | 393 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 744 | 370 | 374 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 747 | 369 | 378 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 758 | 385 | 373 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 725 | 375 | 350 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 728 | 380 | 348 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 713 | 364 | 349 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 717 | 375 | 342 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 721 | 385 | 336 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 693 | 356 | 337 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 701 | 352 | 349 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 679 | 351 | 328 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 675 | 354 | 321 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 668 | 346 | 322 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 644 | 331 | 313 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 623 | 311 | 312 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 612 | 286 | 326 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 599 | 283 | 316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 570 | 277 | 293 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 560 | 260 | 300 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 574 | 257 | 317 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 569 | 251 | 318 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 555 | 252 | 303 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 548 | 256 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 571 | 273 | 298 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 639 | 311 | 328 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 614 | 296 | 318 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 629 | 290 | 339 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 619 | 280 | 339 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 620 | 278 | 342 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |