S N Leitir Meallain
Leitir Meallain · Roll number 20345W
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 25
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −40%
- Down 17 from 42 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 17 / 8
- 68% girls
Pupils since 2009
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
25 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 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | 2.6 |
| Senior Infants | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.7 |
| 1st Class | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3.8 |
| 2nd Class | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 3rd Class | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3.5 |
| 4th Class | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 5th Class | – | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4.8 |
| 6th Class | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
7 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 8 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 7Junior Infants2023/24
- 7Senior Infants2024/25
- 81st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
1 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 2 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 1Junior Infants2022/23
- 1Senior Infants2023/24
- 11st Class2024/25
- 22nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
2 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 1 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 2Junior Infants2021/22
- 2Senior Infants2022/23
- 11st Class2023/24
- 12nd Class2024/25
- 13rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
2 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 4 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 2Junior Infants2020/21
- 2Senior Infants2021/22
- 31st Class2022/23
- 42nd Class2023/24
- 43rd Class2024/25
- 44th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
4 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 7 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 4Senior Infants2020/21
- 61st Class2021/22
- 62nd Class2022/23
- 63rd Class2023/24
- 64th Class2024/25
- 75th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
4 in 1st Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 41st Class2020/21
- 22nd Class2021/22
- 23rd Class2022/23
- 34th Class2023/24
- 35th Class2024/25
- 26th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
3 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 32nd Class2020/21
- 33rd Class2021/22
- 44th Class2022/23
- 55th Class2023/24
- 56th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
5 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 53rd Class2020/21
- 54th Class2021/22
- 55th Class2022/23
- 46th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
4 in 4th Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 44th Class2020/21
- 45th Class2021/22
- 56th Class2022/23
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +71st Class in 2025/26 (1 to 8)
- −7Senior Infants in 2025/26 (7 to 0)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2009/10 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, 2009/10 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at S N Leitir Meallain, 2009/10 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
3.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 3 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 2 mainstream classes 2
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers30 hours of support teaching a week 1.2
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.2 special education teachers and 1 SNA for next year.
Teachers since 2009/10
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 S N Leitir Meallain, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Leitir MeallainThis school | – | 25 |
−40.5%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Ronain5.3 km · Leitir Móir · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 5.3 km | 15 |
−44.4%
|
| 2 | S N Tir an Fhiaidh5.5 km · Leitir Móir · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 5.5 km | 83 |
+36.1%
|
| 3 | S N Colmcille7.2 km · Leitir Móir · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 7.2 km | 17 |
−48.5%
|
| 4 | S N an Ard Mhoir7.5 km · Cill Chiarain · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 7.5 km | 20 |
−45.9%
|
| 5 | SN Mhic Dara9.3 km · An Ceathrú Rua · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 9.3 km | 202 |
−10.6%
|
| 6 | S N Naomh Ciarain9.4 km · Conamara · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 9.4 km | 22 |
−40.5%
|
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
- BRID NI LIATHAIN
- Phone
- 091551374
- [email protected]
- Address
- Leitir Meallain, Co na Gaillimhe, H91 RX45
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Tuam
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Galway County Council
- Planning area
- Carraroe
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
17 school years from 2009/10 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | 27 | 16 | 11 | – | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | – |
| 2020/21 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | – | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 32 | 16 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 32 | 14 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 37 | 18 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 38 | 19 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 42 | 21 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 43 | 19 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 49 | 21 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 55 | 21 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 57 | 24 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 61 | 23 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 59 | 24 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |