St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS
Galway · Roll number 20108I
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 400
- +3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −10%
- Down 44 from 444 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 190 / 210
- 48% girls
Pupils since 2007
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
400 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 | 56 | 53 | 54 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 51.7 |
| Senior Infants | 46 | 55 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 51 | 50.3 |
| 1st Class | 48 | 48 | 56 | 51 | 45 | 50 | 49.7 |
| 2nd Class | 52 | 51 | 48 | 56 | 52 | 46 | 50.8 |
| 3rd Class | 52 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 52 | 52 | 51.0 |
| 4th Class | 56 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 48 | 52 | 52.2 |
| 5th Class | 56 | 56 | 47 | 52 | 50 | 50 | 51.8 |
| 6th Class | 56 | 57 | 55 | 51 | 52 | 50 | 53.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
49 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 51 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 49Junior Infants2024/25
- 51Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
49 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 50 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 49Junior Infants2023/24
- 49Senior Infants2024/25
- 501st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
54 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 46 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 54Junior Infants2022/23
- 50Senior Infants2023/24
- 451st Class2024/25
- 462nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
53 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 52 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 53Junior Infants2021/22
- 51Senior Infants2022/23
- 511st Class2023/24
- 522nd Class2024/25
- 523rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
56 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 56Junior Infants2020/21
- 55Senior Infants2021/22
- 561st Class2022/23
- 562nd Class2023/24
- 523rd Class2024/25
- 524th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
46 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 50 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 46Senior Infants2020/21
- 481st Class2021/22
- 482nd Class2022/23
- 483rd Class2023/24
- 484th Class2024/25
- 505th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
48 in 1st Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 481st Class2020/21
- 512nd Class2021/22
- 503rd Class2022/23
- 524th Class2023/24
- 505th Class2024/25
- 506th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
52 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 522nd Class2020/21
- 523rd Class2021/22
- 534th Class2022/23
- 525th Class2023/24
- 526th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
52 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 523rd Class2020/21
- 524th Class2021/22
- 475th Class2022/23
- 516th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
56 in 4th Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 564th Class2020/21
- 565th Class2021/22
- 556th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
56 in 5th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 565th Class2020/21
- 576th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +9Senior Infants in 2021/22 (46 to 55)
- −95th Class in 2022/23 (56 to 47)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2007/08 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, 2007/08 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS, 2007/08 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
26.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers202.5 hours of support teaching a week 8.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 10 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2007/08
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 St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NSThis school | – | 400 |
−9.9%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh0.8 km · Gaillimh · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht | 0.8 km | 643 |
+28.1%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Einde1.4 km · Galway | 1.4 km | 119 |
−15.0%
|
| 3 | Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School1.5 km · Knocknacarra · Multi-denominational · Gaeltacht | 1.5 km | 112 |
+1,020.0%
|
| 4 | Knocknacarra Educate Together NS1.5 km · Knocknacarra · Multi-denominational · Gaeltacht | 1.5 km | 207 |
+314.0%
|
| 5 | Scoil Ide1.6 km · Galway | 1.6 km | 244 |
−16.7%
|
| 6 | Scoil Náisiúnta Róis1.9 km · Galway | 1.9 km | 297 |
−21.2%
|
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
- Fiona Keane
- Phone
- 091573027
- [email protected]
- Address
- Western Distributor Road, Galway, H91 R3N1
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
- 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
- Galway City Council
- Planning area
- Galway City
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
19 school years from 2007/08 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 400 | 190 | 210 | 49 | 51 | 50 | 46 | 52 | 52 | 50 | 50 |
| 2024/25 | 397 | 191 | 206 | 49 | 49 | 45 | 52 | 52 | 48 | 50 | 52 |
| 2023/24 | 409 | 196 | 213 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 56 | 48 | 52 | 52 | 51 |
| 2022/23 | 414 | 197 | 217 | 54 | 51 | 56 | 48 | 50 | 53 | 47 | 55 |
| 2021/22 | 424 | 197 | 227 | 53 | 55 | 48 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 56 | 57 |
| 2020/21 | 422 | 190 | 232 | 56 | 46 | 48 | 52 | 52 | 56 | 56 | 56 |
| 2019/20 | 430 | 194 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 441 | 198 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 442 | 206 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 442 | 196 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 444 | 200 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 438 | 193 | 245 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 427 | 178 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 372 | 150 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 322 | 123 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 264 | 102 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 150 | 62 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 59 | 24 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 25 | 10 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |