St Johns N S
Ballybrack · Roll number 19960M
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 165
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +8%
- Up 12 from 153 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 67 / 98
- 41% 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
165 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 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 16.2 |
| Senior Infants | 17 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 18.3 |
| 1st Class | 24 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18.3 |
| 2nd Class | 17 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 19.8 |
| 3rd Class | 21 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 19.5 |
| 4th Class | 20 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 20.7 |
| 5th Class | 22 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 21.8 |
| 6th Class | 21 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
12 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 19 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2024/25
- 19Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
15 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 15 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 15Junior Infants2023/24
- 16Senior Infants2024/25
- 151st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
16 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 24 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2022/23
- 20Senior Infants2023/24
- 171st Class2024/25
- 242nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
18 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 19 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 18Junior Infants2021/22
- 17Senior Infants2022/23
- 181st Class2023/24
- 212nd Class2024/25
- 193rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2020/21
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 211st Class2022/23
- 192nd Class2023/24
- 223rd Class2024/25
- 264th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
17 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 17Senior Infants2020/21
- 151st Class2021/22
- 172nd Class2022/23
- 193rd Class2023/24
- 204th Class2024/25
- 235th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
24 in 1st Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 241st Class2020/21
- 212nd Class2021/22
- 193rd Class2022/23
- 224th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 256th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
17 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2024/25): 8 pupils more.
- 172nd Class2020/21
- 173rd Class2021/22
- 164th Class2022/23
- 225th Class2023/24
- 256th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
21 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 213rd Class2020/21
- 204th Class2021/22
- 205th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
20 in 4th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2022/23): 6 pupils more.
- 204th Class2020/21
- 205th Class2021/22
- 266th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
22 in 5th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 225th Class2020/21
- 206th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +61st Class in 2022/23 (15 to 21)
- −91st Class in 2021/22 (24 to 15)
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 Johns N S, 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
16.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 17 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers115 hours of support teaching a week 4.6
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
13 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.6 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 13 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 Johns N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Johns N SThis school | – | 165 |
+7.8%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Colmcille Senior0.5 km · Ballybrack · DEIS | 0.5 km | 147 |
−26.5%
|
| 2 | Scoil Cholmcille Junior NS0.5 km · Ballybrack · DEIS | 0.5 km | 124 |
−9.5%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Phadraig0.9 km · Baile Breac · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.9 km | 118 |
−27.6%
|
| 4 | St Columbanus National School1.0 km · Dun Laoghaire · DEIS | 1.0 km | 113 |
+6.6%
|
| 5 | Our Lady Good Counsel GNS1.1 km · Dun Laoghaire | 1.1 km | 398 |
−13.5%
|
| 6 | Our Lady of Good Counsel Boys N S1.2 km · Dún Laoghaire · Boys | 1.2 km | 389 |
−10.0%
|
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
- Catherine Coady
- Phone
- 019020990
- [email protected]
- Address
- Wyattville Road, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin, A96 NW60
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
- Planning area
- Sallynoggin–Killiney–DLR
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 | 165 | 67 | 98 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 19 | 26 | 23 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 174 | 73 | 101 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | 176 | 69 | 107 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 169 | 62 | 107 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 26 |
| 2021/22 | 170 | 61 | 109 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 2020/21 | 181 | 70 | 111 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 |
| 2019/20 | 187 | 70 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 172 | 67 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 158 | 68 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 164 | 73 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 153 | 69 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 147 | 67 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 156 | 74 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 147 | 62 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 139 | 61 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 144 | 63 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 137 | 58 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 122 | 50 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 122 | 51 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 121 | 56 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 127 | 55 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 139 | 61 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 146 | 60 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 144 | 58 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 150 | 67 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 135 | 61 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 132 | 57 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 113 | 47 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 120 | 54 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 136 | 59 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 171 | 80 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 203 | 84 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 254 | 117 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |