S N Aonghusa
Droichead Atha · Roll number 19740V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 147
- −15 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −30%
- Down 64 from 211 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 71 / 76
- 48% girls
Pupils since 1981
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
147 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 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 19.3 |
| Senior Infants | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 19.3 |
| 1st Class | 26 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 20.8 |
| 2nd Class | 23 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 19.8 |
| 3rd Class | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20.8 |
| 4th Class | 26 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 21.2 |
| 5th Class | 24 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 21.8 |
| 6th Class | 25 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 22.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
18 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 15 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 18Junior Infants2024/25
- 15Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
22 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 21 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 22Junior Infants2023/24
- 23Senior Infants2024/25
- 211st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
22 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 21 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 22Junior Infants2022/23
- 20Senior Infants2023/24
- 231st Class2024/25
- 212nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
23 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 20 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2021/22
- 20Senior Infants2022/23
- 191st Class2023/24
- 192nd Class2024/25
- 203rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 19 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 19Junior Infants2020/21
- 19Senior Infants2021/22
- 191st Class2022/23
- 172nd Class2023/24
- 203rd Class2024/25
- 194th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 18 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 19Senior Infants2020/21
- 171st Class2021/22
- 162nd Class2022/23
- 203rd Class2023/24
- 184th Class2024/25
- 185th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
26 in 1st Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 261st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 213rd Class2022/23
- 224th Class2023/24
- 215th Class2024/25
- 216th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
23 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils fewer.
- 232nd Class2020/21
- 213rd Class2021/22
- 214th Class2022/23
- 205th Class2023/24
- 206th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
23 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 233rd Class2020/21
- 214th Class2021/22
- 225th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
26 in 4th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 264th Class2020/21
- 265th Class2021/22
- 266th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
24 in 5th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 245th Class2020/21
- 226th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +4Junior Infants in 2021/22 (19 to 23)
- −91st Class in 2021/22 (26 to 17)
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 S N Aonghusa, 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
10.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 10 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers60 hours of support teaching a week 2.4
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.3 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 3.49 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. 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 S N Aonghusa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N AonghusaThis school | – | 147 |
−30.3%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil na mBraithre Sn0.1 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 0.1 km | 359 |
+4.1%
|
| 2 | St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School0.4 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 0.4 km | 575 | – |
| 3 | S N Naomh Peadar0.4 km · Drogheda · Church of Ireland | 0.4 km | 92 |
−1.1%
|
| 4 | S N Ard Mhuire C1.1 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 1.1 km | 315 |
+7.1%
|
| 5 | St Marys Parish Primary School1.3 km · Drogheda | 1.3 km | 967 |
−11.0%
|
| 6 | Presentation Convent1.4 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 1.4 km | 385 |
+19.9%
|
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
- EDEL NÍ BHROIN
- Phone
- 0419832531
- [email protected]
- Address
- Geata An Domhnaigh, Droichead Atha, Co Lu, A92 PY18
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Armagh
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Louth County Council
- Planning area
- Drogheda
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
36 school years from 1981/82 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 147 | 71 | 76 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 21 |
| 2024/25 | 162 | 84 | 78 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 20 |
| 2023/24 | 162 | 81 | 81 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 167 | 88 | 79 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 26 |
| 2021/22 | 172 | 90 | 82 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 22 |
| 2020/21 | 185 | 96 | 89 | 19 | 19 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 25 |
| 2019/20 | 201 | 105 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 209 | 104 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 212 | 97 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 210 | 98 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 211 | 95 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 211 | 95 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 208 | 91 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 208 | 97 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 201 | 93 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 200 | 92 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 203 | 98 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 203 | 97 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 198 | 95 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 199 | 89 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 207 | 97 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 211 | 104 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 211 | 105 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 213 | 112 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 213 | 113 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 219 | 114 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 222 | 120 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 224 | 128 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 234 | 135 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 234 | 129 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 234 | 126 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 233 | 118 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 232 | 122 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 87 | 42 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 63 | 29 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 34 | 21 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |