Scoil Mhuire
Mooncoin · Roll number 20492M
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 261
- +1 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2016/17
- With 260 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 119 / 142
- 46% girls
Pupils since 2016
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
261 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 | 41 | 29 | 31 | 22 | 32 | 28 | 30.5 |
| Senior Infants | 40 | 40 | 31 | 32 | 23 | 33 | 33.2 |
| 1st Class | 26 | 38 | 41 | 32 | 30 | 24 | 31.8 |
| 2nd Class | 28 | 26 | 40 | 44 | 32 | 30 | 33.3 |
| 3rd Class | 47 | 26 | 26 | 39 | 44 | 33 | 35.8 |
| 4th Class | 34 | 47 | 26 | 25 | 42 | 50 | 37.3 |
| 5th Class | 36 | 32 | 47 | 27 | 23 | 40 | 34.2 |
| 6th Class | 27 | 36 | 31 | 47 | 28 | 23 | 32.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
32 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 33 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 32Junior Infants2024/25
- 33Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
22 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 24 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2023/24
- 23Senior Infants2024/25
- 241st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
31 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 30 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2022/23
- 32Senior Infants2023/24
- 301st Class2024/25
- 302nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
29 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 33 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 29Junior Infants2021/22
- 31Senior Infants2022/23
- 321st Class2023/24
- 322nd Class2024/25
- 333rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
41 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 50 in 4th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 41Junior Infants2020/21
- 40Senior Infants2021/22
- 411st Class2022/23
- 442nd Class2023/24
- 443rd Class2024/25
- 504th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
40 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 40 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 40Senior Infants2020/21
- 381st Class2021/22
- 402nd Class2022/23
- 393rd Class2023/24
- 424th Class2024/25
- 405th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
26 in 1st Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 261st Class2020/21
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 235th Class2024/25
- 236th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
28 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 282nd Class2020/21
- 263rd Class2021/22
- 264th Class2022/23
- 275th Class2023/24
- 286th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
47 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 47 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 473rd Class2020/21
- 474th Class2021/22
- 475th Class2022/23
- 476th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
34 in 4th Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 344th Class2020/21
- 325th Class2021/22
- 316th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
36 in 5th Class (2020/21), 36 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 365th Class2020/21
- 366th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +174th Class in 2024/25 (25 to 42)
- −213rd Class in 2021/22 (47 to 26)
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 Scoil Mhuire, 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
18.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers110 hours of support teaching a week 4.4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.99 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.99 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. 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 Mhuire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil MhuireThis school | – | 261 | – | |
| 1 | Portlaw N.S.3.7 km · Portlaw · DEIS | 3.7 km | 214 |
−21.0%
|
| 2 | Carigeen N S4.3 km · Carrigeen | 4.3 km | 123 |
−25.0%
|
| 3 | St. Senan's National School6.5 km · Via Waterford | 6.5 km | 176 |
−9.3%
|
| 4 | Ballyduff N S7.1 km · Kilmeaden | 7.1 km | 214 |
−3.6%
|
| 5 | S N Baile an Phiull7.6 km · Piltown | 7.6 km | 254 |
−23.5%
|
| 6 | S N Naomh Padraigh8.6 km · via Waterford | 8.6 km | 202 |
+3.1%
|
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
- Deirdre Mc Inerney
- Phone
- 051895503
- [email protected]
- Address
- Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny, X91 YC58
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Kilkenny County Council
- Planning area
- Mooncoin
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 | 261 | 119 | 142 | 28 | 33 | 24 | 30 | 33 | 50 | 40 | 23 |
| 2024/25 | 260 | 118 | 142 | 32 | 23 | 30 | 32 | 44 | 42 | 23 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | 274 | 122 | 152 | 22 | 32 | 32 | 44 | 39 | 25 | 27 | 47 |
| 2022/23 | 279 | 126 | 153 | 31 | 31 | 41 | 40 | 26 | 26 | 47 | 31 |
| 2021/22 | 280 | 121 | 159 | 29 | 40 | 38 | 26 | 26 | 47 | 32 | 36 |
| 2020/21 | 282 | 125 | 157 | 41 | 40 | 26 | 28 | 47 | 34 | 36 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 279 | 127 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 275 | 127 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 263 | 126 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 260 | 121 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |