Scoil Néifinn
Ballina · Roll number 20431P
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 11
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −42%
- Down 8 from 19 in 2015/16. Opened in 2013/14, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 4 / 7
- 36% 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
11 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 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 2.0 |
| Senior Infants | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1st Class | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 2nd Class | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 3rd Class | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.3 |
| 4th Class | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 |
| 5th Class | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2.7 |
| 6th Class | – | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
1 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 1 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 1Junior Infants2023/24
- 1Senior Infants2024/25
- 11st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
2 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 2 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 2Junior Infants2022/23
- 2Senior Infants2023/24
- 21st Class2024/25
- 22nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
3 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 1 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 3Junior Infants2021/22
- 2Senior Infants2022/23
- 21st Class2023/24
- 12nd Class2024/25
- 13rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
1 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1Junior Infants2020/21
- 1Senior Infants2021/22
- 11st Class2022/23
- 12nd Class2023/24
- 13rd Class2024/25
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
1 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 1 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 1Senior Infants2020/21
- 11st Class2021/22
- 12nd Class2022/23
- 13rd Class2023/24
- 14th Class2024/25
- 15th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
3 in 1st Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 31st Class2020/21
- 22nd Class2021/22
- 23rd Class2022/23
- 24th Class2023/24
- 25th Class2024/25
- 26th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
5 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 52nd Class2020/21
- 53rd Class2021/22
- 44th Class2022/23
- 45th Class2023/24
- 46th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
4 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 43rd Class2020/21
- 44th Class2021/22
- 45th Class2022/23
- 36th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
1 in 4th Class (2020/21), 1 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 14th Class2020/21
- 05th Class2021/22
- 16th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
5 in 5th Class (2020/21), 6 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 55th Class2020/21
- 66th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +45th Class in 2022/23 (0 to 4)
- −55th Class in 2021/22 (5 to 0)
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 Scoil Néifinn, 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
2.6teaching 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 teachers15 hours of support teaching a week 0.6
0.75 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.6 special education teachers and 0.75 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 Scoil Néifinn, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil NéifinnThis school | – | 11 |
−42.1%
|
|
| 1 | Kilmurry NS7.3 km · Crossmolina · DEIS | 7.3 km | 65 | – |
| 2 | S N Leath Ardan10.0 km · Beal Atha Na Fheadha | 10.0 km | 76 |
+1.3%
|
| 3 | Crossmolina N.S.11.6 km · Crossmolina | 11.6 km | 235 |
+25.0%
|
| 4 | Rathbane N S11.7 km · Ballina | 11.7 km | 57 |
−10.9%
|
| 5 | Cloondaff N S11.8 km · Newport | 11.8 km | 11 |
−35.3%
|
| 6 | Cormaic Nfa15.8 km · Ballina · DEIS | 15.8 km | 38 |
−19.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Pat Gaughan
- Phone
- 09653160
- [email protected]
- Address
- Keenagh, Ballina, Co. Mayo, F26 XR04
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killala
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Mayo County Council
- Planning area
- Crossmolina
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 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | 12 | 6 | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020/21 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 2019/20 | 19 | 13 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 20 | 11 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 18 | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 20 | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 19 | 9 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 17 | 8 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 23 | 9 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |