Scoil Mhuire
Clifden · Roll number 19973V
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 241
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +3%
- Up 6 from 235 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 121 / 120
- 50% 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
241 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 | 19 | 32 | 37 | 21 | 31 | 25 | 27.5 |
| Senior Infants | 26 | 19 | 33 | 40 | 18 | 28 | 27.3 |
| 1st Class | 24 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 39 | 22 | 28.3 |
| 2nd Class | 22 | 26 | 30 | 24 | 32 | 42 | 29.3 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 21 | 26 | 31 | 27 | 36 | 28.3 |
| 4th Class | 28 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 33 | 27 | 29.5 |
| 5th Class | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 34 | 29.3 |
| 6th Class | 32 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 29.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
31 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 28 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2024/25
- 28Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
21 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 22 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 21Junior Infants2023/24
- 18Senior Infants2024/25
- 221st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
37 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 42 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 37Junior Infants2022/23
- 40Senior Infants2023/24
- 391st Class2024/25
- 422nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
32 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 36 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 32Junior Infants2021/22
- 33Senior Infants2022/23
- 321st Class2023/24
- 322nd Class2024/25
- 363rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2020/21
- 19Senior Infants2021/22
- 261st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 273rd Class2024/25
- 274th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 34 in 5th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 26Senior Infants2020/21
- 271st Class2021/22
- 302nd Class2022/23
- 313rd Class2023/24
- 334th Class2024/25
- 345th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
24 in 1st Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 241st Class2020/21
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 284th Class2023/24
- 265th Class2024/25
- 276th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
22 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2024/25): 6 pupils more.
- 222nd Class2020/21
- 213rd Class2021/22
- 294th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 286th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 324th Class2021/22
- 295th Class2022/23
- 296th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
28 in 4th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 284th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 316th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
30 in 5th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 305th Class2020/21
- 306th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +14Senior Infants in 2022/23 (19 to 33)
- −22Senior Infants in 2024/25 (40 to 18)
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
17.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers112.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.5
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
8 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 8 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8 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 | – | 241 |
+2.6%
|
|
| 1 | S N Naomh Antoine5.4 km · Clifden | 5.4 km | 2 |
−93.8%
|
| 2 | Ballyconeely N S7.6 km · Clifden · DEIS | 7.6 km | 15 |
−40.0%
|
| 3 | S N Muire8.4 km · Letterfrack · DEIS | 8.4 km | 85 |
−3.4%
|
| 4 | S N na Naomh Uile9.3 km · Cleggan · DEIS | 9.3 km | 15 |
0.0%
|
| 5 | S N Muire gan Smal10.1 km · Claddaghduff · DEIS | 10.1 km | 43 |
+79.2%
|
| 6 | SN an Aill Bhreach10.5 km · Ballyconneely · DEIS | 10.5 km | 25 |
−34.2%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Dara McAleer
- Phone
- 09521353
- [email protected]
- Address
- Racecourse Road, Clifden, Co. Galway, H71 HY04
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Tuam
- 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
- Galway County Council
- Planning area
- Clifden
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 | 241 | 121 | 120 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 34 | 27 |
| 2024/25 | 241 | 120 | 121 | 31 | 18 | 39 | 32 | 27 | 33 | 26 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | 242 | 115 | 127 | 21 | 40 | 32 | 24 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
| 2022/23 | 250 | 126 | 124 | 37 | 33 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 31 |
| 2021/22 | 223 | 110 | 113 | 32 | 19 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 32 | 29 | 30 |
| 2020/21 | 217 | 110 | 107 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 32 |
| 2019/20 | 226 | 119 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 218 | 109 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 217 | 103 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 235 | 114 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 235 | 115 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 229 | 116 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 222 | 104 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 206 | 105 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 216 | 102 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 213 | 100 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 219 | 107 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 210 | 111 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 217 | 117 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 213 | 112 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 216 | 113 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 215 | 107 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 224 | 112 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 235 | 116 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 226 | 112 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 222 | 114 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 220 | 111 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 223 | 116 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 218 | 120 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 229 | 125 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 240 | 128 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 257 | 134 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 263 | 134 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |