Dromore West Central
Dromore West · Roll number 19688W
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 90
- +11 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +22%
- Up 16 from 74 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 46 / 44
- 51% 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
90 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 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 11.2 |
| Senior Infants | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 9.3 |
| 1st Class | 9 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 8.2 |
| 2nd Class | 8 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 8.0 |
| 3rd Class | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 8.0 |
| 4th Class | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 6.7 |
| 5th Class | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8.0 |
| 6th Class | 11 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
17 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 17 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 17Junior Infants2024/25
- 17Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
12 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 13 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 12Junior Infants2023/24
- 12Senior Infants2024/25
- 131st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
7 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 9 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 7Junior Infants2022/23
- 7Senior Infants2023/24
- 71st Class2024/25
- 92nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
11 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 13 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 11Junior Infants2021/22
- 11Senior Infants2022/23
- 111st Class2023/24
- 122nd Class2024/25
- 133rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
6 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 8 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 6Junior Infants2020/21
- 6Senior Infants2021/22
- 61st Class2022/23
- 62nd Class2023/24
- 73rd Class2024/25
- 84th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
3 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 7 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 3Senior Infants2020/21
- 31st Class2021/22
- 42nd Class2022/23
- 43rd Class2023/24
- 44th Class2024/25
- 75th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
9 in 1st Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 91st Class2020/21
- 92nd Class2021/22
- 93rd Class2022/23
- 94th Class2023/24
- 115th Class2024/25
- 96th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
8 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 82nd Class2020/21
- 83rd Class2021/22
- 84th Class2022/23
- 85th Class2023/24
- 96th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
7 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 8 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 73rd Class2020/21
- 74th Class2021/22
- 75th Class2022/23
- 86th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
4 in 4th Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 44th Class2020/21
- 45th Class2021/22
- 46th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
11 in 5th Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 115th Class2020/21
- 126th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +62nd Class in 2024/25 (6 to 12)
- −86th Class in 2022/23 (12 to 4)
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 Dromore West 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
5teaching 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 teachers25 hours of support teaching a week 1
0.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.1 special education teachers and 0.5 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 Dromore West Central, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dromore West CentralThis school | – | 90 |
+21.6%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Iosef4.5 km · Templeboy | 4.5 km | 29 |
−14.7%
|
| 2 | Killeenduff N S4.5 km · Easkey · DEIS | 4.5 km | 20 |
−35.5%
|
| 3 | Owenbeg N S5.0 km · Culleens · DEIS | 5.0 km | 36 |
−46.3%
|
| 4 | S N Muire gan Smal7.4 km · Templeboy | 7.4 km | 24 |
0.0%
|
| 5 | Kilglass N S9.5 km · Enniscrone · DEIS | 9.5 km | 114 |
+18.8%
|
| 6 | Leaffoney N S9.6 km · Kilglass · Girls · Church of Ireland | 9.6 km | 1 |
−93.8%
|
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
- Eimear Higgins
- Phone
- 09647224
- [email protected]
- Address
- Dromore West, Co. Sligo, F26 VW50
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killala
- 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
- Sligo County Council
- Planning area
- Easkey
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 | 90 | 46 | 44 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | 79 | 43 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 9 |
| 2023/24 | 65 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| 2022/23 | 56 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| 2021/22 | 60 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 2020/21 | 59 | 27 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 11 |
| 2019/20 | 57 | 28 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 68 | 31 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 69 | 32 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 69 | 27 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 74 | 30 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 82 | 35 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 79 | 34 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 75 | 30 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 82 | 30 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 85 | 31 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 95 | 41 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 99 | 47 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 101 | 49 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 106 | 49 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 109 | 56 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 112 | 57 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 104 | 53 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 103 | 55 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 102 | 53 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 107 | 54 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 106 | 54 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 98 | 54 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 97 | 49 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 95 | 49 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 95 | 48 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 93 | 47 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 90 | 43 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 61 | 34 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 63 | 32 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 71 | 36 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 69 | 32 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 66 | 28 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |