Kilcoole Primary School
Kilcoole · Roll number 20346B
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 553
- −22 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −2%
- Down 9 from 562 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 264 / 289
- 48% girls
Pupils since 2010
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
553 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 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 74 | 51 | 65.5 |
| Senior Infants | 81 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 72 | 70.5 |
| 1st Class | 67 | 78 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 63 | 70.3 |
| 2nd Class | 59 | 69 | 80 | 74 | 71 | 74 | 71.2 |
| 3rd Class | 77 | 59 | 70 | 83 | 74 | 69 | 72.0 |
| 4th Class | 86 | 76 | 62 | 73 | 79 | 74 | 75.0 |
| 5th Class | 88 | 86 | 75 | 63 | 73 | 77 | 77.0 |
| 6th Class | 89 | 88 | 82 | 80 | 67 | 73 | 79.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
74 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 72 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 74Junior Infants2024/25
- 72Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
62 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 63 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 62Junior Infants2023/24
- 64Senior Infants2024/25
- 631st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
70 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 74 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 70Junior Infants2022/23
- 70Senior Infants2023/24
- 731st Class2024/25
- 742nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
71 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 69 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 71Junior Infants2021/22
- 71Senior Infants2022/23
- 731st Class2023/24
- 712nd Class2024/25
- 693rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
65 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 74 in 4th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 65Junior Infants2020/21
- 65Senior Infants2021/22
- 681st Class2022/23
- 742nd Class2023/24
- 743rd Class2024/25
- 744th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
81 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 77 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 81Senior Infants2020/21
- 781st Class2021/22
- 802nd Class2022/23
- 833rd Class2023/24
- 794th Class2024/25
- 775th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
67 in 1st Class (2020/21), 73 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 671st Class2020/21
- 692nd Class2021/22
- 703rd Class2022/23
- 734th Class2023/24
- 735th Class2024/25
- 736th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
59 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 67 in 6th Class (2024/25): 8 pupils more.
- 592nd Class2020/21
- 593rd Class2021/22
- 624th Class2022/23
- 635th Class2023/24
- 676th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
77 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 80 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 773rd Class2020/21
- 764th Class2021/22
- 755th Class2022/23
- 806th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
86 in 4th Class (2020/21), 82 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils fewer.
- 864th Class2020/21
- 865th Class2021/22
- 826th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
88 in 5th Class (2020/21), 88 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 885th Class2020/21
- 886th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +133rd Class in 2023/24 (70 to 83)
- −23Junior Infants in 2025/26 (74 to 51)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2010/11 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, 2010/11 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Kilcoole Primary School, 2010/11 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
35.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 36 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 24 mainstream classes 24
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers247.5 hours of support teaching a week 9.9
8.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 9.8 special education teachers and 8.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2010/11
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 Kilcoole Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilcoole Primary SchoolThis school | – | 553 |
−1.6%
|
|
| 1 | Greystones Community NS1.6 km · Greystones · Multi-denominational | 1.6 km | 412 |
+1,960.0%
|
| 2 | Delgany N S2.8 km · Delgany · Church of Ireland | 2.8 km | 209 |
−5.0%
|
| 3 | St Laurences N S3.6 km · Greystones | 3.6 km | 666 |
+3.9%
|
| 4 | Woodstock Educate Together N.S.3.9 km · Newtownmountkennedy · Multi-denominational | 3.9 km | 150 | – |
| 5 | Newtownmountkennedy Primary School4.0 km · Newtownmountkennedy · DEIS | 4.0 km | 368 |
+24.7%
|
| 6 | St Brigids School4.1 km · Greystones | 4.1 km | 396 |
−22.4%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Joanne McDonagh
- Phone
- 012874649
- [email protected]
- Address
- Main Street, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow, A63 XT71
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Wicklow County Council
- Planning area
- Kilcoole
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
16 school years from 2010/11 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 553 | 264 | 289 | 51 | 72 | 63 | 74 | 69 | 74 | 77 | 73 |
| 2024/25 | 575 | 282 | 293 | 74 | 64 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 79 | 73 | 67 |
| 2023/24 | 578 | 284 | 294 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 83 | 73 | 63 | 80 |
| 2022/23 | 578 | 283 | 295 | 70 | 71 | 68 | 80 | 70 | 62 | 75 | 82 |
| 2021/22 | 592 | 288 | 304 | 71 | 65 | 78 | 69 | 59 | 76 | 86 | 88 |
| 2020/21 | 612 | 307 | 305 | 65 | 81 | 67 | 59 | 77 | 86 | 88 | 89 |
| 2019/20 | 610 | 290 | 320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 597 | 297 | 300 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 583 | 276 | 307 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 576 | 280 | 296 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 562 | 273 | 289 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 547 | 268 | 279 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 505 | 256 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 472 | 240 | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 461 | 239 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 443 | 236 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |