Ballyroan Primary School
Ballyroan · Roll number 20485P
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 177
- −3 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2016/17
- With 155 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 95 / 82
- 54% girls
Pupils since 2016
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
177 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 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 19.0 |
| Senior Infants | 20 | 18 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 20.8 |
| 1st Class | 26 | 20 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 25 | 22.0 |
| 2nd Class | 22 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 21.8 |
| 3rd Class | 20 | 23 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 29 | 23.0 |
| 4th Class | 17 | 20 | 23 | 29 | 21 | 18 | 21.3 |
| 5th Class | 20 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 21 | 21.8 |
| 6th Class | 19 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 29 | 21.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
18 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 21 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2024/25
- 21Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
21 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2023/24
- 22Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
16 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 18 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 16Junior Infants2022/23
- 17Senior Infants2023/24
- 171st Class2024/25
- 182nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
26 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 26Junior Infants2021/22
- 27Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 262nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
17 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 18 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 17Junior Infants2020/21
- 18Senior Infants2021/22
- 181st Class2022/23
- 182nd Class2023/24
- 183rd Class2024/25
- 184th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 21 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 20Senior Infants2020/21
- 201st Class2021/22
- 202nd Class2022/23
- 213rd Class2023/24
- 214th Class2024/25
- 215th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
26 in 1st Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 261st Class2020/21
- 272nd Class2021/22
- 273rd Class2022/23
- 294th Class2023/24
- 295th Class2024/25
- 296th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
22 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 222nd Class2020/21
- 233rd Class2021/22
- 234th Class2022/23
- 235th Class2023/24
- 236th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 203rd Class2020/21
- 204th Class2021/22
- 215th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
17 in 4th Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 174th Class2020/21
- 175th Class2021/22
- 176th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
20 in 5th Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 205th Class2020/21
- 196th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +113rd Class in 2025/26 (18 to 29)
- −10Junior Infants in 2022/23 (26 to 16)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2016/17 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, 2016/17 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Ballyroan Primary School, 2016/17 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
11.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers65 hours of support teaching a week 2.6
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
3.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.6 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 4 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2016/17
Teachers each school year, by role
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 Ballyroan Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyroan Primary SchoolThis school | – | 177 | – | |
| 1 | Scoil Mhuire4.2 km · Abbeyleix | 4.2 km | 269 |
−28.8%
|
| 2 | Tobar an Leinn5.3 km · Abbeyleix | 5.3 km | 167 |
+54.6%
|
| 3 | Abbeyleix STH N S5.4 km · Abbeyleix · Church of Ireland | 5.4 km | 84 |
−14.3%
|
| 4 | S N Molaise6.3 km · Abbeyleix · DEIS | 6.3 km | 58 |
−21.6%
|
| 5 | Mhuire Fatima N S6.9 km · Portlaoise | 6.9 km | 193 |
+21.4%
|
| 6 | Ballinakill Mixed N S7.8 km · Portlaoise | 7.8 km | 98 |
+18.1%
|
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
- Niamh Kelly
- Phone
- 0578731865
- [email protected]
- Address
- Scoil Eoin Phoil 11 Naofa, Ballyroan, R32 Y778
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- 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
- Laois County Council
- Planning area
- Ballinakill
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
10 school years from 2016/17 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 177 | 95 | 82 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 29 | 18 | 21 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 180 | 93 | 87 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | 177 | 91 | 86 | 21 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 23 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 169 | 88 | 81 | 16 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 17 |
| 2021/22 | 170 | 86 | 84 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 19 |
| 2020/21 | 161 | 83 | 78 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
| 2019/20 | 159 | 82 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 167 | 79 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 149 | 76 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 155 | 73 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |