St Conals

Portnoo · Roll number 19756N

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  • Catholic ethos
  • DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
68
+5 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−28%
Down 26 from 94 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
29 / 39
43% girls
Teachers
about 4
3 class teachers, 22.7 pupils per class. Who they are

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

68 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants11
  • Senior Infants5
  • 1st Class9
  • 2nd Class10
  • 3rd Class7
  • 4th Class6
  • 5th Class12
  • 6th Class8

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

Pupils in each class for each school year
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 3 5 7 7 4 11 6.2
Senior Infants 9 3 6 8 7 5 6.3
1st Class 7 9 6 6 9 9 7.7
2nd Class 13 7 11 6 7 10 9.0
3rd Class 4 13 8 10 6 7 8.0
4th Class 10 4 13 8 10 6 8.5
5th Class 14 10 4 13 7 12 10.0
6th Class 10 14 9 4 13 8 9.7

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

3 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 6 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.

  1. 3Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 3Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 61st Class2022/23
  4. 62nd Class2023/24
  5. 63rd Class2024/25
  6. 64th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +93rd Class in 2021/22 (4 to 13)
  • −6Senior Infants in 2021/22 (9 to 3)

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 Conals, 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

4.5teaching posts

Our estimate: about 4 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 3 mainstream classes 3
  • PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
  • Special education teachers37.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.5

2 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 1.6 special education teachers and 2 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 St Conals, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to St Conals
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
St ConalsThis school – 68
−27.7%
1 S N Chill Coinnigh6.3 km · Glenties · Girls · DEIS 6.3 km 5
−82.8%
2 S N Crannaighe Buidhe6.7 km · Ardara · DEIS 6.7 km 54
+80.0%
3 Ardara Mixed N S7.5 km · Ardara · Church of Ireland · DEIS 7.5 km 12
−42.9%
4 S N Muire gan Smal7.5 km · Ardara · DEIS 7.5 km 94
+108.9%
5 Min A Ghabhann N S8.0 km · Donegal · DEIS · Gaeltacht 8.0 km 39
+62.5%
6 Gortnacart N S8.8 km · Ardara · DEIS 8.8 km 16
−48.4%
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About this school

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Contact

Principal
Charlotte Lyne
Address
Narin, Portnoo, Co Donegal, F94 P021

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Bishop of Raphoe
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
Glenties

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

33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 68 29 39 11591076128
2024/25 63 31 32 4797610713
2023/24 62 33 29 7866108134
2022/23 64 29 35 7661181349
2021/22 65 27 38 53971341014
2020/21 70 30 40 397134101410
2019/20 79 37 42 ––––––––
2018/19 81 41 40 ––––––––
2017/18 90 46 44 ––––––––
2016/17 90 47 43 ––––––––
2015/16 94 47 47 ––––––––
2014/15 95 47 48 ––––––––
2013/14 86 42 44 ––––––––
2012/13 91 42 49 ––––––––
2011/12 94 39 55 ––––––––
2010/11 98 42 56 ––––––––
2009/10 92 41 51 ––––––––
2008/09 92 33 59 ––––––––
2007/08 89 31 58 ––––––––
2006/07 92 35 57 ––––––––
2005/06 102 42 60 ––––––––
2004/05 100 41 59 ––––––––
2003/04 101 42 59 ––––––––
2002/03 97 39 58 ––––––––
2001/02 95 46 49 ––––––––
2000/01 93 44 49 ––––––––
1999/00 105 49 56 ––––––––
1998/99 114 53 61 ––––––––
1997/98 119 52 67 ––––––––
1996/97 120 57 63 ––––––––
1995/96 130 61 69 ––––––––
1994/95 136 63 73 ––––––––
1993/94 135 60 75 ––––––––