Gaelscoil na Mí
Cill Dhéagláin · Roll number 20382F
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 242
- −41 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +60%
- Up 91 from 151 in 2015/16. Opened in 2011/12, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 114 / 128
- 47% girls
Pupils since 2011
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
242 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 | 34 | 37 | 46 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 30.2 |
| Senior Infants | 53 | 32 | 41 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 34.5 |
| 1st Class | 58 | 53 | 30 | 36 | 34 | 24 | 39.2 |
| 2nd Class | 45 | 54 | 54 | 26 | 39 | 28 | 41.0 |
| 3rd Class | 45 | 44 | 54 | 40 | 29 | 35 | 41.2 |
| 4th Class | 31 | 46 | 43 | 48 | 40 | 30 | 39.7 |
| 5th Class | 41 | 31 | 45 | 35 | 51 | 35 | 39.7 |
| 6th Class | 34 | 39 | 31 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 37.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
23 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 24 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 23Junior Infants2024/25
- 24Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
20 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 24 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2023/24
- 27Senior Infants2024/25
- 241st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
46 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 28 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 18 pupils fewer.
- 46Junior Infants2022/23
- 30Senior Infants2023/24
- 341st Class2024/25
- 282nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
37 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 35 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 37Junior Infants2021/22
- 41Senior Infants2022/23
- 361st Class2023/24
- 392nd Class2024/25
- 353rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
34 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 34Junior Infants2020/21
- 32Senior Infants2021/22
- 301st Class2022/23
- 262nd Class2023/24
- 293rd Class2024/25
- 304th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 35 in 5th Class (2025/26): 18 pupils fewer.
- 53Senior Infants2020/21
- 531st Class2021/22
- 542nd Class2022/23
- 403rd Class2023/24
- 404th Class2024/25
- 355th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
58 in 1st Class (2020/21), 45 in 6th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils fewer.
- 581st Class2020/21
- 542nd Class2021/22
- 543rd Class2022/23
- 484th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 456th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
45 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils fewer.
- 452nd Class2020/21
- 443rd Class2021/22
- 434th Class2022/23
- 355th Class2023/24
- 406th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
45 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 38 in 6th Class (2023/24): 7 pupils fewer.
- 453rd Class2020/21
- 464th Class2021/22
- 455th Class2022/23
- 386th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
31 in 4th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 314th Class2020/21
- 315th Class2021/22
- 316th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
41 in 5th Class (2020/21), 39 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 415th Class2020/21
- 396th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +165th Class in 2024/25 (35 to 51)
- −282nd Class in 2023/24 (54 to 26)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2011/12 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, 2011/12 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Gaelscoil na Mí, 2011/12 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
18.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 19 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 12 mainstream classes 12
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers97.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.9
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
6.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.33 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2011/12
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 Gaelscoil na Mí, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil na MíThis school | – | 242 |
+60.3%
|
|
| 1 | Ashbourne Educate Together National School0.1 km · Ashbourne · Multi-denominational | 0.1 km | 410 |
+86.4%
|
| 2 | Ashbourne Community National School0.4 km · Ashbourne · Multi-denominational | 0.4 km | 341 | – |
| 3 | Scoil Nais Deaglain1.0 km · Ashbourne | 1.0 km | 621 |
−9.5%
|
| 4 | Scoil Mhuire1.1 km · Ashbourne | 1.1 km | 479 |
−4.4%
|
| 5 | Gaelscoil na Cille1.9 km · Ashbourne · Gaelscoil | 1.9 km | 227 |
−10.3%
|
| 6 | St Pauls NS2.7 km · Ratoath | 2.7 km | 565 |
−20.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Máirín Ní Chonaire
- Phone
- 018353480
- [email protected]
- Address
- Campas Oideachais Chill Dhéagláin, Cill Dhéagláin, Co. na Mí, A84 R667
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- An Foras Pátrúnachta
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Meath County Council
- Planning area
- Ratoath
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
15 school years from 2011/12 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 242 | 114 | 128 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 45 |
| 2024/25 | 283 | 133 | 150 | 23 | 27 | 34 | 39 | 29 | 40 | 51 | 40 |
| 2023/24 | 273 | 130 | 143 | 20 | 30 | 36 | 26 | 40 | 48 | 35 | 38 |
| 2022/23 | 344 | 169 | 175 | 46 | 41 | 30 | 54 | 54 | 43 | 45 | 31 |
| 2021/22 | 336 | 171 | 165 | 37 | 32 | 53 | 54 | 44 | 46 | 31 | 39 |
| 2020/21 | 341 | 186 | 155 | 34 | 53 | 58 | 45 | 45 | 31 | 41 | 34 |
| 2019/20 | 325 | 182 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 304 | 176 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 236 | 139 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 195 | 119 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 151 | 95 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 128 | 81 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 100 | 65 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 66 | 44 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 36 | 25 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |