Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts
Wexford · Roll number 19739N
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 573
- −39 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −6%
- Down 38 from 611 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 281 / 292
- 49% 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
573 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 | 54 | 68 | 65 | 56 | 70 | 59 | 62.0 |
| Senior Infants | 58 | 56 | 71 | 72 | 61 | 66 | 64.0 |
| 1st Class | 63 | 58 | 56 | 78 | 78 | 64 | 66.2 |
| 2nd Class | 69 | 65 | 64 | 68 | 79 | 84 | 71.5 |
| 3rd Class | 71 | 68 | 67 | 72 | 74 | 85 | 72.8 |
| 4th Class | 82 | 73 | 74 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 73.5 |
| 5th Class | 73 | 83 | 74 | 81 | 70 | 76 | 76.2 |
| 6th Class | 95 | 70 | 84 | 76 | 84 | 69 | 79.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
70 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 66 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 70Junior Infants2024/25
- 66Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
56 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 64 in 1st Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 56Junior Infants2023/24
- 61Senior Infants2024/25
- 641st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
65 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 84 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 19 pupils more.
- 65Junior Infants2022/23
- 72Senior Infants2023/24
- 781st Class2024/25
- 842nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
68 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 85 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 17 pupils more.
- 68Junior Infants2021/22
- 71Senior Infants2022/23
- 781st Class2023/24
- 792nd Class2024/25
- 853rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
54 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 70 in 4th Class (2025/26): 16 pupils more.
- 54Junior Infants2020/21
- 56Senior Infants2021/22
- 561st Class2022/23
- 682nd Class2023/24
- 743rd Class2024/25
- 704th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
58 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 76 in 5th Class (2025/26): 18 pupils more.
- 58Senior Infants2020/21
- 581st Class2021/22
- 642nd Class2022/23
- 723rd Class2023/24
- 724th Class2024/25
- 765th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
63 in 1st Class (2020/21), 69 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 631st Class2020/21
- 652nd Class2021/22
- 673rd Class2022/23
- 704th Class2023/24
- 705th Class2024/25
- 696th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
69 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 84 in 6th Class (2024/25): 15 pupils more.
- 692nd Class2020/21
- 683rd Class2021/22
- 744th Class2022/23
- 815th Class2023/24
- 846th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
71 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 76 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 713rd Class2020/21
- 734th Class2021/22
- 745th Class2022/23
- 766th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
82 in 4th Class (2020/21), 84 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 824th Class2020/21
- 835th Class2021/22
- 846th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
73 in 5th Class (2020/21), 70 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 735th Class2020/21
- 706th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +221st Class in 2023/24 (56 to 78)
- −256th Class in 2021/22 (95 to 70)
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 Mhuire Coolcotts, 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
50.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 50 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 30 mainstream classes 30
- 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 teachers352.5 hours of support teaching a week 14.1
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes and an early intervention class 4
19.57 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 24 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 13.7 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 19.57 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 Mhuire Coolcotts, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire CoolcottsThis school | – | 573 |
−6.2%
|
|
| 1 | S N Clochar Mhuire0.9 km · Wexford | 0.9 km | 368 |
+4.2%
|
| 2 | Wexford Educate Together National School0.9 km · Wexford · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 191 |
+38.4%
|
| 3 | Convent of Mercy0.9 km · Wexford · DEIS | 0.9 km | 406 |
−10.4%
|
| 4 | St Iberius N S1.0 km · Wexford · Church of Ireland | 1.0 km | 93 |
−4.1%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil Loch Garman1.2 km · Loch Garman · Gaelscoil | 1.2 km | 208 |
−8.4%
|
| 6 | CBS Primary Wexford1.4 km · Wexford | 1.4 km | 379 |
+68.4%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Karina McKiernan
- Phone
- 0539144761
- [email protected]
- Address
- Coolcotts, Wexford, Y35 TR29
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ferns
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Wexford County Council
- Planning area
- Wexford
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 | 573 | 281 | 292 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 84 | 85 | 70 | 76 | 69 |
| 2024/25 | 612 | 295 | 317 | 70 | 61 | 78 | 79 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 84 |
| 2023/24 | 597 | 304 | 293 | 56 | 72 | 78 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 81 | 76 |
| 2022/23 | 573 | 287 | 286 | 65 | 71 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 74 | 74 | 84 |
| 2021/22 | 559 | 289 | 270 | 68 | 56 | 58 | 65 | 68 | 73 | 83 | 70 |
| 2020/21 | 582 | 296 | 286 | 54 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 71 | 82 | 73 | 95 |
| 2019/20 | 598 | 305 | 293 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 595 | 305 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 610 | 305 | 305 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 611 | 293 | 318 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 611 | 288 | 323 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 578 | 269 | 309 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 563 | 267 | 296 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 562 | 262 | 300 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 549 | 261 | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 559 | 254 | 305 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 533 | 235 | 298 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 532 | 244 | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 514 | 241 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 469 | 224 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 429 | 197 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 386 | 184 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 394 | 183 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 345 | 160 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 313 | 151 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 303 | 139 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 298 | 141 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 325 | 156 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 338 | 156 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 331 | 155 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 358 | 171 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 414 | 203 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 459 | 226 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 247 | 100 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |