Lacken National School
Ballina · Roll number 20512P
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Some subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 25
- −5 on 2024/25
- Opened
- 2018/19
- With 29 pupils. Too new for a 10-year change.
- Girls and boys
- 9 / 16
- 36% girls
Pupils since 2018
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
25 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 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3.7 |
| Senior Infants | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3.3 |
| 1st Class | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 2nd Class | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3.7 |
| 3rd Class | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 4th Class | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 5th Class | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 6th Class | – | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
2 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 2 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 2Junior Infants2024/25
- 2Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
6 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 4 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 6Junior Infants2023/24
- 5Senior Infants2024/25
- 41st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
5 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 5 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 5Junior Infants2022/23
- 4Senior Infants2023/24
- 41st Class2024/25
- 52nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
3 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 4 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 3Junior Infants2021/22
- 4Senior Infants2022/23
- 41st Class2023/24
- 52nd Class2024/25
- 43rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
3 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 3 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 3Junior Infants2020/21
- 3Senior Infants2021/22
- 31st Class2022/23
- 32nd Class2023/24
- 33rd Class2024/25
- 34th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
2 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 2 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 2Senior Infants2020/21
- 21st Class2021/22
- 22nd Class2022/23
- 23rd Class2023/24
- 24th Class2024/25
- 25th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
2 in 1st Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 21st 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), 7 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 52nd Class2020/21
- 53rd Class2021/22
- 64th Class2022/23
- 75th Class2023/24
- 76th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
5 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 6 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 53rd Class2020/21
- 54th Class2021/22
- 65th Class2022/23
- 66th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
6 in 4th Class (2020/21), 6 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 64th Class2020/21
- 65th Class2021/22
- 66th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
4 in 5th Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 45th Class2020/21
- 46th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +25th Class in 2021/22 (4 to 6)
- −55th Class in 2024/25 (7 to 2)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2018/19 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, 2018/19 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Lacken National School, 2018/19 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
3.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 4 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 3 mainstream classes 3
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers22.5 hours of support teaching a week 0.9
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.8 special education teachers and 1 SNA for next year.
Teachers since 2018/19
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 Lacken National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacken National SchoolThis school | – | 25 | – | |
| 1 | Templemary N S4.0 km · Killala · DEIS | 4.0 km | 47 |
+34.3%
|
| 2 | Killala N S5.6 km · Killala · DEIS | 5.6 km | 85 |
−28.0%
|
| 3 | Mount Palmer National School8.4 km · Ballina · DEIS | 8.4 km | 37 |
−9.8%
|
| 4 | Newtownwhite Educate Together NS9.1 km · Ballina · Multi-denominational | 9.1 km | 59 |
+84.4%
|
| 5 | Scoil Naomh Brid9.6 km · Ballycastle · DEIS | 9.6 km | 67 |
−2.9%
|
| 6 | Enniscrone N S10.7 km · Enniscrone | 10.7 km | 137 |
+39.8%
|
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
- Raidie Fitzmaurice
- Phone
- 09634589
- [email protected]
- Address
- Carrowmore-Lacken, Ballina, F26 A240
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killala
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- Some subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Mayo County Council
- Planning area
- Lacken–Ballycastle
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
8 school years from 2018/19 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021/22 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | – |
| 2019/20 | 28 | 12 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 29 | 11 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |