St Macartans Central
Bundoran · Roll number 19686S
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 276
- −6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +12%
- Up 29 from 247 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 135 / 141
- 49% 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
276 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 | 24 | 36 | 31 | 34 | 32 | 27 | 30.7 |
| Senior Infants | 28 | 26 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 31.0 |
| 1st Class | 39 | 29 | 32 | 45 | 28 | 31 | 34.0 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 38 | 34 | 32 | 46 | 28 | 34.5 |
| 3rd Class | 35 | 26 | 54 | 34 | 29 | 47 | 37.5 |
| 4th Class | 30 | 35 | 32 | 52 | 34 | 29 | 35.3 |
| 5th Class | 35 | 30 | 37 | 29 | 54 | 33 | 36.3 |
| 6th Class | 35 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 29 | 53 | 37.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
32 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 28 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 32Junior Infants2024/25
- 28Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
34 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 31 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 34Junior Infants2023/24
- 30Senior Infants2024/25
- 311st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
31 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 28 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2022/23
- 30Senior Infants2023/24
- 281st Class2024/25
- 282nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
36 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 47 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 36Junior Infants2021/22
- 44Senior Infants2022/23
- 451st Class2023/24
- 462nd Class2024/25
- 473rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 29 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 24Junior Infants2020/21
- 26Senior Infants2021/22
- 321st Class2022/23
- 322nd Class2023/24
- 293rd Class2024/25
- 294th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
28 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 33 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 28Senior Infants2020/21
- 291st Class2021/22
- 342nd Class2022/23
- 343rd Class2023/24
- 344th Class2024/25
- 335th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
39 in 1st Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 391st Class2020/21
- 382nd Class2021/22
- 543rd Class2022/23
- 524th Class2023/24
- 545th Class2024/25
- 536th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 263rd Class2021/22
- 324th Class2022/23
- 295th Class2023/24
- 296th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
35 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 38 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 353rd Class2020/21
- 354th Class2021/22
- 375th Class2022/23
- 386th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
30 in 4th Class (2020/21), 36 in 6th Class (2022/23): 6 pupils more.
- 304th Class2020/21
- 305th Class2021/22
- 366th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
35 in 5th Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 355th Class2020/21
- 346th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +283rd Class in 2022/23 (26 to 54)
- −215th Class in 2025/26 (54 to 33)
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 St Macartans Central, 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
17.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 12 mainstream classes 12
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers117.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.7
4 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4.6 special education teachers and 4 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 St Macartans Central, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Macartans CentralThis school | – | 276 |
+11.7%
|
|
| 1 | Four Masters NS3.4 km · Kinlough | 3.4 km | 289 |
+5.9%
|
| 2 | SN an BR M O Cleirigh6.1 km · Ballyshannon | 6.1 km | 211 |
+1.4%
|
| 3 | Holy Family National School6.4 km · Ballyshannon · DEIS | 6.4 km | 193 |
+45.1%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Eirne6.7 km · Béal Átha Seannaigh · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational · DEIS | 6.7 km | 29 |
−61.8%
|
| 5 | Scoil Naomh Chaitriona6.8 km · Ballyshannon · DEIS | 6.8 km | 77 |
+24.2%
|
| 6 | Kilbarron N S7.0 km · Ballyshannon · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 7.0 km | 44 |
+57.1%
|
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
- Ronan Tighe
- Phone
- 0719841711
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bundoran, Co. Donegal, F94 EH33
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Clogher
- 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
- Donegal County Council
- Planning area
- Ballyshannon–Donegal
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
37 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 | 276 | 135 | 141 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 47 | 29 | 33 | 53 |
| 2024/25 | 282 | 133 | 149 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 46 | 29 | 34 | 54 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | 294 | 135 | 159 | 34 | 30 | 45 | 32 | 34 | 52 | 29 | 38 |
| 2022/23 | 300 | 144 | 156 | 31 | 44 | 32 | 34 | 54 | 32 | 37 | 36 |
| 2021/22 | 254 | 121 | 133 | 36 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 26 | 35 | 30 | 34 |
| 2020/21 | 255 | 117 | 138 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 29 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 35 |
| 2019/20 | 279 | 127 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 278 | 127 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 264 | 125 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 260 | 134 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 247 | 131 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 246 | 130 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 267 | 134 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 274 | 149 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 255 | 136 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 258 | 126 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 250 | 118 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 259 | 127 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 254 | 123 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 251 | 125 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 254 | 122 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 253 | 120 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 267 | 129 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 291 | 140 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 295 | 149 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 280 | 134 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 282 | 141 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 280 | 139 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 286 | 148 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 290 | 151 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 300 | 160 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 292 | 161 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 299 | 160 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 281 | 126 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 287 | 129 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 285 | 138 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 291 | 146 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |