Dunboyne Junior N S
Dunboyne · Roll number 20032B
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 397
- −22 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −29%
- Down 159 from 556 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 201 / 196
- 51% girls
Pupils since 1996
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
397 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 | 103 | 122 | 113 | 108 | 84 | 82 | 102.0 |
| Senior Infants | 115 | 105 | 115 | 119 | 105 | 89 | 108.0 |
| 1st Class | 135 | 111 | 107 | 116 | 114 | 109 | 115.3 |
| 2nd Class | 105 | 137 | 110 | 105 | 110 | 117 | 114.0 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
84 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 89 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 84Junior Infants2024/25
- 89Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
108 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 109 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 108Junior Infants2023/24
- 105Senior Infants2024/25
- 1091st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
113 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 117 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 113Junior Infants2022/23
- 119Senior Infants2023/24
- 1141st Class2024/25
- 1172nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
122 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 122 pupils fewer.
- 122Junior Infants2021/22
- 115Senior Infants2022/23
- 1161st Class2023/24
- 1102nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
103 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 103 pupils fewer.
- 103Junior Infants2020/21
- 105Senior Infants2021/22
- 1071st Class2022/23
- 1052nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
115 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 115 pupils fewer.
- 115Senior Infants2020/21
- 1111st Class2021/22
- 1102nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
135 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 135 pupils fewer.
- 1351st Class2020/21
- 1372nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +322nd Class in 2021/22 (105 to 137)
- −272nd Class in 2022/23 (137 to 110)
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 Dunboyne Junior 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
25.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 17 mainstream classes 17
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers152.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
5.99 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 5.99 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 Dunboyne Junior N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunboyne Junior N SThis school | – | 397 |
−28.6%
|
|
| 1 | Dunboyne Senior N S0.1 km · Dunboyne | 0.1 km | 470 |
−13.6%
|
| 2 | St Peters National School0.5 km · Meath · Church of Ireland | 0.5 km | 97 |
0.0%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg0.6 km · Dún Búinne · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 0.6 km | 360 |
+40.6%
|
| 4 | Scoil Ghrainne Community National School3.3 km · Dublin 15 · Multi-denominational | 3.3 km | 585 |
−13.2%
|
| 5 | Castaheany Educate Together NS3.5 km · Dublin 15 · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 3.5 km | 362 |
−15.4%
|
| 6 | Mary Mother of Hope Senior NS3.5 km · Dublin 15 | 3.5 km | 429 |
−7.7%
|
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
- Orla Mahon
- Phone
- 018252807
- [email protected]
- Address
- Station Road, Dunboyne, Co. Meath, A86 HW57
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Meath County Council
- Planning area
- Dunboyne
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
30 school years from 1996/97 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 397 | 201 | 196 | 82 | 89 | 109 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 419 | 220 | 199 | 84 | 105 | 114 | 110 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 454 | 228 | 226 | 108 | 119 | 116 | 105 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 451 | 225 | 226 | 113 | 115 | 107 | 110 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 481 | 240 | 241 | 122 | 105 | 111 | 137 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 464 | 227 | 237 | 103 | 115 | 135 | 105 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 487 | 234 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 507 | 250 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 506 | 254 | 252 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 523 | 266 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 556 | 277 | 279 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 561 | 271 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 552 | 268 | 284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 553 | 275 | 278 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 543 | 260 | 283 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 546 | 257 | 289 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 565 | 279 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 544 | 264 | 280 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 529 | 256 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 497 | 240 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 488 | 234 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 497 | 240 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 480 | 243 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 476 | 228 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 468 | 223 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 437 | 209 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 396 | 186 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 403 | 194 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 394 | 193 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 373 | 184 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |