Abbeycarton NS
Elphin · Roll number 19809I
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 138
- −23 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −14%
- Down 22 from 160 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 61 / 77
- 44% girls
Pupils since 1982
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
138 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 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 16.5 |
| Senior Infants | 20 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 17.3 |
| 1st Class | 18 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 19.0 |
| 2nd Class | 22 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 19.8 |
| 3rd Class | 15 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 19.8 |
| 4th Class | 20 | 15 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 20.3 |
| 5th Class | 30 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 21.8 |
| 6th Class | 18 | 32 | 20 | 14 | 24 | 20 | 21.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
16 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 14 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 16Junior Infants2024/25
- 14Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
18 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 17 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 18Junior Infants2023/24
- 17Senior Infants2024/25
- 171st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
18 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 18 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 18Junior Infants2022/23
- 19Senior Infants2023/24
- 211st Class2024/25
- 182nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
18 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 18 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 18Junior Infants2021/22
- 18Senior Infants2022/23
- 191st Class2023/24
- 202nd Class2024/25
- 183rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
17 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 17 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 17Junior Infants2020/21
- 16Senior Infants2021/22
- 171st Class2022/23
- 182nd Class2023/24
- 183rd Class2024/25
- 174th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 20Senior Infants2020/21
- 221st Class2021/22
- 212nd Class2022/23
- 213rd Class2023/24
- 234th Class2024/25
- 225th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
18 in 1st Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 181st Class2020/21
- 202nd Class2021/22
- 233rd Class2022/23
- 234th Class2023/24
- 225th Class2024/25
- 206th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
22 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 222nd Class2020/21
- 243rd Class2021/22
- 244th Class2022/23
- 245th Class2023/24
- 246th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
15 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 153rd Class2020/21
- 154th Class2021/22
- 145th Class2022/23
- 146th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
20 in 4th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 204th Class2020/21
- 195th Class2021/22
- 206th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
30 in 5th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 305th Class2020/21
- 326th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +146th Class in 2021/22 (18 to 32)
- −126th Class in 2022/23 (32 to 20)
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 Abbeycarton NS, 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
9.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 9 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers82.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.3
2.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.9 special education teachers and 2.83 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 Abbeycarton NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeycarton NSThis school | – | 138 |
−13.8%
|
|
| 1 | Clooniquin N S5.3 km · Elphin | 5.3 km | 44 |
+83.3%
|
| 2 | Aughrim N S5.3 km · Carrick-on-Shannon | 5.3 km | 31 |
−24.4%
|
| 3 | S N Cill Trostain6.7 km · Strokestown | 6.7 km | 45 |
+136.8%
|
| 4 | S N Cruachain7.0 km · via Boyle | 7.0 km | 173 |
+4.2%
|
| 5 | Tulsk N S8.6 km · Castlerea | 8.6 km | 77 |
+2.7%
|
| 6 | S N Naomh Padraig9.2 km · Strokestown · Boys · DEIS | 9.2 km | 44 |
+33.3%
|
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
- John O'Dowd
- Phone
- 0719635385
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bishop Street, Elphin, Co. Roscommon, F45 V302
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Elphin
- 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
- Roscommon County Council
- Planning area
- Elphin
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
35 school years from 1982/83 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 138 | 61 | 77 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | 161 | 74 | 87 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | 156 | 75 | 81 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | 155 | 79 | 76 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 20 |
| 2021/22 | 166 | 87 | 79 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 32 |
| 2020/21 | 160 | 82 | 78 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 158 | 81 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 156 | 86 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 149 | 88 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 153 | 87 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 160 | 88 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 157 | 85 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 145 | 78 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 145 | 74 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 146 | 74 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 153 | 70 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 161 | 74 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 161 | 74 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 157 | 67 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 144 | 62 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 139 | 61 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 151 | 69 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 147 | 69 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 138 | 67 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 132 | 61 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 134 | 62 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 150 | 74 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 150 | 68 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 163 | 75 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 173 | 81 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 184 | 84 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 188 | 81 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 185 | 81 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 179 | 95 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 181 | 95 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |