Scoil Chriost an Slanaitheoir
Ballingarry · Roll number 20094A
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 204
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +21%
- Up 36 from 168 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 100 / 104
- 49% girls
Pupils since 1999
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
204 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 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 23.2 |
| Senior Infants | 24 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 24.0 |
| 1st Class | 27 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 24.7 |
| 2nd Class | 30 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 25.0 |
| 3rd Class | 24 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 26.7 |
| 4th Class | 25 | 22 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27.2 |
| 5th Class | 21 | 29 | 23 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 26.8 |
| 6th Class | 21 | 21 | 28 | 23 | 30 | 30 | 25.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
30 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 29 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 30Junior Infants2024/25
- 29Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
22 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2023/24
- 22Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
18 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 17 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 18Junior Infants2022/23
- 21Senior Infants2023/24
- 191st Class2024/25
- 172nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
23 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 23 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 23Junior Infants2021/22
- 25Senior Infants2022/23
- 241st Class2023/24
- 222nd Class2024/25
- 233rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2020/21
- 23Senior Infants2021/22
- 251st Class2022/23
- 262nd Class2023/24
- 263rd Class2024/25
- 274th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 29 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 24Senior Infants2020/21
- 281st Class2021/22
- 282nd Class2022/23
- 273rd Class2023/24
- 284th Class2024/25
- 295th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
27 in 1st Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 271st Class2020/21
- 272nd Class2021/22
- 293rd Class2022/23
- 294th Class2023/24
- 305th Class2024/25
- 306th 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
- 313rd Class2021/22
- 324th Class2022/23
- 295th Class2023/24
- 306th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
24 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 243rd Class2020/21
- 224th Class2021/22
- 235th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
25 in 4th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 254th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 286th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
21 in 5th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 215th Class2020/21
- 216th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +104th Class in 2022/23 (22 to 32)
- −65th Class in 2022/23 (29 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 Scoil Chriost an Slanaitheoir, 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
11.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 11 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers60 hours of support teaching a week 2.4
3.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.4 special education teachers and 3.33 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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 Chriost an Slanaitheoir, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Chriost an SlanaitheoirThis school | – | 204 |
+21.4%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Mhuire5.3 km · Ballingarry | 5.3 km | 107 |
−18.9%
|
| 2 | S N Ciarain6.0 km · Adare | 6.0 km | 66 |
+88.6%
|
| 3 | Granagh National School6.8 km · Kilmallock | 6.8 km | 74 |
+1.4%
|
| 4 | Croagh National School7.0 km · Rathkeale | 7.0 km | 78 |
−3.7%
|
| 5 | Kilmeedy N S7.3 km · Kilmeedy · DEIS | 7.3 km | 48 |
+77.8%
|
| 6 | Church Street National School7.7 km · Rathkeale · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 7.7 km | 14 |
−48.1%
|
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
- Mary Hanley
- Phone
- 06968402
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballingarry, Co. Limerick, V94 W1X4
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- 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
- Limerick County Council
- Planning area
- Rathkeale
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
27 school years from 1999/00 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 204 | 100 | 104 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 207 | 99 | 108 | 30 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 201 | 100 | 101 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 208 | 106 | 102 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 23 | 28 |
| 2021/22 | 204 | 109 | 95 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 27 | 31 | 22 | 29 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 194 | 100 | 94 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 21 |
| 2019/20 | 192 | 100 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 185 | 100 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 173 | 94 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 166 | 88 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 168 | 87 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 165 | 90 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 164 | 90 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 164 | 91 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 159 | 84 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 156 | 79 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 151 | 76 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 144 | 72 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 144 | 76 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 137 | 71 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 135 | 67 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 122 | 61 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 127 | 63 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 131 | 68 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 134 | 73 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 132 | 71 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 128 | 69 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |