Four Masters NS
Kinlough · Roll number 20079E
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 289
- +23 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +6%
- Up 16 from 273 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 141 / 148
- 49% girls
Pupils since 1998
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
289 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 | 23 | 34 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 40 | 30.8 |
| Senior Infants | 42 | 23 | 33 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 31.8 |
| 1st Class | 33 | 42 | 24 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 32.7 |
| 2nd Class | 30 | 33 | 42 | 28 | 37 | 32 | 33.7 |
| 3rd Class | 38 | 29 | 34 | 46 | 28 | 41 | 36.0 |
| 4th Class | 38 | 40 | 29 | 35 | 46 | 30 | 36.3 |
| 5th Class | 48 | 38 | 39 | 30 | 33 | 48 | 39.3 |
| 6th Class | 31 | 47 | 41 | 45 | 30 | 33 | 37.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
30 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 32 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 30Junior Infants2024/25
- 32Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
31 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 33 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2023/24
- 32Senior Infants2024/25
- 331st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
27 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 32 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 27Junior Infants2022/23
- 29Senior Infants2023/24
- 301st Class2024/25
- 322nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
34 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 41 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 34Junior Infants2021/22
- 33Senior Infants2022/23
- 341st Class2023/24
- 372nd Class2024/25
- 413rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2020/21
- 23Senior Infants2021/22
- 241st Class2022/23
- 282nd Class2023/24
- 283rd Class2024/25
- 304th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
42 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 48 in 5th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 42Senior Infants2020/21
- 421st Class2021/22
- 422nd Class2022/23
- 463rd Class2023/24
- 464th Class2024/25
- 485th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
33 in 1st Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 331st Class2020/21
- 332nd Class2021/22
- 343rd Class2022/23
- 354th Class2023/24
- 335th Class2024/25
- 336th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
30 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 302nd Class2020/21
- 293rd Class2021/22
- 294th Class2022/23
- 305th Class2023/24
- 306th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
38 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2023/24): 7 pupils more.
- 383rd Class2020/21
- 404th Class2021/22
- 395th Class2022/23
- 456th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
38 in 4th Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 384th Class2020/21
- 385th Class2021/22
- 416th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
48 in 5th Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 485th Class2020/21
- 476th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +166th Class in 2021/22 (31 to 47)
- −19Senior Infants in 2021/22 (42 to 23)
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 Four Masters 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
18.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers102.5 hours of support teaching a week 4.1
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
8 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 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 Four Masters NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Masters NSThis school | – | 289 |
+5.9%
|
|
| 1 | St Macartans Central3.4 km · Bundoran · DEIS | 3.4 km | 276 |
+11.7%
|
| 2 | S N Mhuire7.1 km · Cliffoney | 7.1 km | 15 |
−67.4%
|
| 3 | Holy Family National School8.6 km · Ballyshannon · DEIS | 8.6 km | 193 |
+45.1%
|
| 4 | S N Aodain8.8 km · Ballintrillick | 8.8 km | 16 |
−61.0%
|
| 5 | Scoil Naomh Chaitriona9.1 km · Ballyshannon · DEIS | 9.1 km | 77 |
+24.2%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Eirne9.1 km · Béal Átha Seannaigh · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational · DEIS | 9.1 km | 29 |
−61.8%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Siobhán Lee
- Phone
- 0719841123
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kinlough, Co. Leitrim, F91 P086
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kilmore
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Leitrim County Council
- Planning area
- Ballyshannon–Donegal
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
28 school years from 1998/99 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 289 | 141 | 148 | 40 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 41 | 30 | 48 | 33 |
| 2024/25 | 266 | 132 | 134 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 37 | 28 | 46 | 33 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 278 | 143 | 135 | 31 | 29 | 34 | 28 | 46 | 35 | 30 | 45 |
| 2022/23 | 269 | 136 | 133 | 27 | 33 | 24 | 42 | 34 | 29 | 39 | 41 |
| 2021/22 | 286 | 140 | 146 | 34 | 23 | 42 | 33 | 29 | 40 | 38 | 47 |
| 2020/21 | 283 | 138 | 145 | 23 | 42 | 33 | 30 | 38 | 38 | 48 | 31 |
| 2019/20 | 297 | 141 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 281 | 132 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 281 | 131 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 267 | 126 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 273 | 125 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 275 | 127 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 265 | 125 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 266 | 127 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 252 | 117 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 244 | 113 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 239 | 104 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 240 | 103 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 216 | 90 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 217 | 95 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 209 | 90 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 180 | 72 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 175 | 70 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 175 | 67 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 158 | 63 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 152 | 67 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 147 | 62 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 145 | 64 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |