St Marys NS
Dungarvan · Roll number 19953P
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 237
- −16 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −21%
- Down 62 from 299 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 180 / 57
- 76% 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
237 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 | 37 | 53 | 43 | 52 | 30 | 41 | 42.7 |
| Senior Infants | 52 | 39 | 56 | 50 | 49 | 34 | 46.7 |
| 1st Class | 44 | 55 | 45 | 62 | 44 | 45 | 49.2 |
| 2nd Class | 17 | 14 | 35 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 21.8 |
| 3rd Class | 24 | 20 | 16 | 37 | 25 | 20 | 23.7 |
| 4th Class | 22 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 34 | 22 | 24.5 |
| 5th Class | 37 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 35 | 26.8 |
| 6th Class | 34 | 37 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 20 | 28.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
30 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 34 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2024/25
- 34Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
52 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 45 in 1st Class (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 52Junior Infants2023/24
- 49Senior Infants2024/25
- 451st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
43 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 20 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 23 pupils fewer.
- 43Junior Infants2022/23
- 50Senior Infants2023/24
- 441st Class2024/25
- 202nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
53 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 20 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 33 pupils fewer.
- 53Junior Infants2021/22
- 56Senior Infants2022/23
- 621st Class2023/24
- 222nd Class2024/25
- 203rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
37 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 4th Class (2025/26): 15 pupils fewer.
- 37Junior Infants2020/21
- 39Senior Infants2021/22
- 451st Class2022/23
- 232nd Class2023/24
- 253rd Class2024/25
- 224th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 35 in 5th Class (2025/26): 17 pupils fewer.
- 52Senior Infants2020/21
- 551st Class2021/22
- 352nd Class2022/23
- 373rd Class2023/24
- 344th Class2024/25
- 355th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
44 in 1st Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2025/26): 24 pupils fewer.
- 441st Class2020/21
- 142nd Class2021/22
- 163rd Class2022/23
- 204th Class2023/24
- 195th Class2024/25
- 206th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
17 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 172nd Class2020/21
- 203rd Class2021/22
- 214th Class2022/23
- 225th Class2023/24
- 246th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
24 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils more.
- 243rd Class2020/21
- 284th Class2021/22
- 265th Class2022/23
- 296th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
22 in 4th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2022/23): 7 pupils more.
- 224th Class2020/21
- 225th Class2021/22
- 296th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
37 in 5th Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 375th Class2020/21
- 376th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +212nd Class in 2022/23 (14 to 35)
- −22Junior Infants in 2024/25 (52 to 30)
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 Marys 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
23teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers125 hours of support teaching a week 5
- Special class teachersFor an early intervention class and an autism class 2
8.48 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 9 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.8 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.48 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 St Marys NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys NSThis school | – | 237 |
−20.7%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Naomh Seosamh0.2 km · Dungarvan · Boys · DEIS | 0.2 km | 151 |
+24.8%
|
| 2 | S N Dun na Mainistreach1.0 km · Dungarvan | 1.0 km | 455 |
−3.8%
|
| 3 | Scoil Gearbhain2.5 km · Dún Garbhán · Gaelscoil | 2.5 km | 310 |
+24.0%
|
| 4 | S N an Carraig Liath3.9 km · Dungarvan | 3.9 km | 98 |
+3.2%
|
| 5 | Glenbeg N S4.1 km · Dungarvan | 4.1 km | 143 |
+3.6%
|
| 6 | S N na Leanai4.8 km · Dun Garbhan · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht | 4.8 km | 42 |
−4.5%
|
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
- Breda Veale
- Phone
- 05841346
- [email protected]
- Address
- Youghal Road, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, X35 TN99
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
- 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
- Waterford County Council
- Planning area
- Dungarvan
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.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 237 | 180 | 57 | 41 | 34 | 45 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 35 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | 253 | 191 | 62 | 30 | 49 | 44 | 22 | 25 | 34 | 19 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | 301 | 206 | 95 | 52 | 50 | 62 | 23 | 37 | 20 | 22 | 29 |
| 2022/23 | 276 | 190 | 86 | 43 | 56 | 45 | 35 | 16 | 21 | 26 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | 271 | 189 | 82 | 53 | 39 | 55 | 14 | 20 | 28 | 22 | 37 |
| 2020/21 | 270 | 192 | 78 | 37 | 52 | 44 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 37 | 34 |
| 2019/20 | 278 | 203 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 276 | 205 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 275 | 205 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 282 | 212 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 299 | 222 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 310 | 223 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 313 | 227 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 295 | 216 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 297 | 218 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 290 | 212 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 302 | 218 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 303 | 220 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 301 | 208 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 283 | 199 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 273 | 193 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 279 | 196 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 297 | 212 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 293 | 209 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 319 | 225 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 345 | 235 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 373 | 258 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 389 | 272 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 428 | 301 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 479 | 340 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 474 | 342 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 470 | 356 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 486 | 361 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |