Lucan Community National School
Lucan · Roll number 20426W
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 375
- −8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +444%
- Up 306 from 69 in 2015/16. Opened in 2013/14, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 191 / 184
- 51% girls
Pupils since 2013
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
375 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 | 52 | 42 | 47 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 44.2 |
| Senior Infants | 48 | 50 | 45 | 49 | 44 | 46 | 47.0 |
| 1st Class | 42 | 45 | 50 | 46 | 50 | 47 | 46.7 |
| 2nd Class | 28 | 43 | 47 | 56 | 46 | 49 | 44.8 |
| 3rd Class | 24 | 30 | 47 | 52 | 49 | 47 | 41.5 |
| 4th Class | 25 | 27 | 32 | 55 | 50 | 46 | 39.2 |
| 5th Class | 35 | 28 | 31 | 39 | 53 | 48 | 39.0 |
| 6th Class | 18 | 35 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 51 | 35.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
42 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 46 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2024/25
- 46Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
41 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 47 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 41Junior Infants2023/24
- 44Senior Infants2024/25
- 471st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
47 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 49 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 47Junior Infants2022/23
- 49Senior Infants2023/24
- 501st Class2024/25
- 492nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
42 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 47 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2021/22
- 45Senior Infants2022/23
- 461st Class2023/24
- 462nd Class2024/25
- 473rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 46 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 52Junior Infants2020/21
- 50Senior Infants2021/22
- 501st Class2022/23
- 562nd Class2023/24
- 493rd Class2024/25
- 464th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
48 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 48 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 48Senior Infants2020/21
- 451st Class2021/22
- 472nd Class2022/23
- 523rd Class2023/24
- 504th Class2024/25
- 485th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
42 in 1st Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 421st Class2020/21
- 432nd Class2021/22
- 473rd Class2022/23
- 554th Class2023/24
- 535th Class2024/25
- 516th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
28 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 39 in 6th Class (2024/25): 11 pupils more.
- 282nd Class2020/21
- 303rd Class2021/22
- 324th Class2022/23
- 395th Class2023/24
- 396th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
24 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 36 in 6th Class (2023/24): 12 pupils more.
- 243rd Class2020/21
- 274th Class2021/22
- 315th Class2022/23
- 366th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
25 in 4th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2022/23): 7 pupils more.
- 254th Class2020/21
- 285th Class2021/22
- 326th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
35 in 5th Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 355th Class2020/21
- 356th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +234th Class in 2023/24 (32 to 55)
- −10Junior Infants in 2021/22 (52 to 42)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2013/14 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, 2013/14 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Lucan Community National School, 2013/14 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
25teaching posts
Our estimate: about 25 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers150 hours of support teaching a week 6
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
12.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 12.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2013/14
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 Lucan Community National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucan Community National SchoolThis school | – | 375 |
+443.5%
|
|
| 1 | Divine Mercy Senior National School0.2 km · Lucan · DEIS | 0.2 km | 274 |
−46.9%
|
| 2 | Divine Mercy Junior National School0.3 km · Lucan · DEIS | 0.3 km | 204 |
−61.0%
|
| 3 | Lucan East ETNS0.9 km · Lucan · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.9 km | 416 |
−10.2%
|
| 4 | Griffeen Valley Educate Together NS0.9 km · Lucan · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 466 |
−4.3%
|
| 5 | St Peter Apostle Sen NS1.2 km · Dublin 22 · DEIS | 1.2 km | 278 |
+8.2%
|
| 6 | Lucan Educate Together NS1.3 km · Lucan · Multi-denominational | 1.3 km | 384 |
−13.1%
|
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
- Claire Downes
- Phone
- 014570432
- [email protected]
- Address
- Balgaddy Road, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 TF76
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB
- 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
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Lucan
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
13 school years from 2013/14 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 375 | 191 | 184 | 41 | 46 | 47 | 49 | 47 | 46 | 48 | 51 |
| 2024/25 | 383 | 189 | 194 | 42 | 44 | 50 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 53 | 39 |
| 2023/24 | 386 | 188 | 198 | 41 | 49 | 46 | 56 | 52 | 55 | 39 | 36 |
| 2022/23 | 343 | 166 | 177 | 47 | 45 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 32 | 31 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | 312 | 144 | 168 | 42 | 50 | 45 | 43 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 35 |
| 2020/21 | 284 | 132 | 152 | 52 | 48 | 42 | 28 | 24 | 25 | 35 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 223 | 103 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 178 | 87 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 133 | 68 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 97 | 53 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 69 | 42 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 61 | 37 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 13 | 5 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |