Scoil Mhuire
Clarinbridge · Roll number 19965W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 256
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +3%
- Up 7 from 249 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 122 / 134
- 48% 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
256 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 | 36 | 34 | 34 | 22 | 33 | 29 | 31.3 |
| Senior Infants | 34 | 39 | 33 | 34 | 20 | 34 | 32.3 |
| 1st Class | 34 | 33 | 39 | 34 | 34 | 20 | 32.3 |
| 2nd Class | 28 | 34 | 33 | 40 | 33 | 34 | 33.7 |
| 3rd Class | 43 | 28 | 34 | 35 | 42 | 32 | 35.7 |
| 4th Class | 34 | 42 | 27 | 34 | 34 | 42 | 35.5 |
| 5th Class | 34 | 34 | 41 | 28 | 34 | 33 | 34.0 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 34 | 30 | 41 | 27 | 32 | 31.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
33 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 34 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 33Junior Infants2024/25
- 34Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
22 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 20 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 22Junior Infants2023/24
- 20Senior Infants2024/25
- 201st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
34 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 34 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 34Junior Infants2022/23
- 34Senior Infants2023/24
- 341st Class2024/25
- 342nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
34 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 32 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 34Junior Infants2021/22
- 33Senior Infants2022/23
- 341st Class2023/24
- 332nd Class2024/25
- 323rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
36 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 42 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 36Junior Infants2020/21
- 39Senior Infants2021/22
- 391st Class2022/23
- 402nd Class2023/24
- 423rd Class2024/25
- 424th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
34 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 33 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 34Senior Infants2020/21
- 331st Class2021/22
- 332nd Class2022/23
- 353rd Class2023/24
- 344th Class2024/25
- 335th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
34 in 1st Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 341st Class2020/21
- 342nd Class2021/22
- 343rd Class2022/23
- 344th Class2023/24
- 345th Class2024/25
- 326th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
28 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 282nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 274th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 276th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
43 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 433rd Class2020/21
- 424th Class2021/22
- 415th Class2022/23
- 416th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
34 in 4th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils fewer.
- 344th Class2020/21
- 345th Class2021/22
- 306th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
34 in 5th Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 345th Class2020/21
- 346th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +14Senior Infants in 2025/26 (20 to 34)
- −153rd Class in 2021/22 (43 to 28)
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 Scoil Mhuire, 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
15.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 16 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers95 hours of support teaching a week 3.8
3.75 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.8 special education teachers and 3.75 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 Scoil Mhuire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil MhuireThis school | – | 256 |
+2.8%
|
|
| 1 | Kilcolgan Educate Together NS1.3 km · Clarinbridge · Multi-denominational | 1.3 km | 195 |
−7.1%
|
| 2 | S N Cillinin4.7 km · Galway | 4.7 km | 195 |
−16.7%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naomh Mhuire4.8 km · Oranmore | 4.8 km | 233 |
+8.4%
|
| 4 | Ballinderreen MXD N S5.0 km · Kilcolgan | 5.0 km | 182 |
−1.1%
|
| 5 | Scoil Íosa5.8 km · Oranmore | 5.8 km | 770 | – |
| 6 | Gaelscoil de hIde5.8 km · Uarán Mór · Gaelscoil | 5.8 km | 399 |
−0.5%
|
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
- Lorraine Henry
- Phone
- 091796191
- [email protected]
- Address
- Clarinbridge, Co. Galway, H91 D7P3
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Galway County Council
- Planning area
- Oranmore
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 | 256 | 122 | 134 | 29 | 34 | 20 | 34 | 32 | 42 | 33 | 32 |
| 2024/25 | 257 | 116 | 141 | 33 | 20 | 34 | 33 | 42 | 34 | 34 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 268 | 124 | 144 | 22 | 34 | 34 | 40 | 35 | 34 | 28 | 41 |
| 2022/23 | 271 | 128 | 143 | 34 | 33 | 39 | 33 | 34 | 27 | 41 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | 278 | 135 | 143 | 34 | 39 | 33 | 34 | 28 | 42 | 34 | 34 |
| 2020/21 | 270 | 134 | 136 | 36 | 34 | 34 | 28 | 43 | 34 | 34 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 263 | 130 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 260 | 132 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 254 | 126 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 257 | 129 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 249 | 119 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 241 | 118 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 245 | 116 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 270 | 128 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 271 | 128 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 276 | 130 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 283 | 136 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 281 | 133 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 254 | 117 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 245 | 116 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 220 | 110 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 188 | 91 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 185 | 93 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 176 | 90 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 161 | 79 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 156 | 74 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 152 | 72 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 135 | 61 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 122 | 54 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 132 | 59 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 138 | 62 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 129 | 56 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 135 | 59 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |