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Castlebar Primary School

Castlebar · Roll number 20562H

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  • Catholic ethos
  • Not DEIS
  • Ordinary with Special Classes
Pupils in 2025/26
864
+15 on 2024/25
Figures start
2022/23
With 794 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
Girls and boys
383 / 481
44% girls
Teachers
about 56
34 class teachers and 2 special class teachers. Who they are

Pupils since 2022

Total enrolment each school year

Pupils by class

Published for each class from 2022/23.

This year, 2025/26

864 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants97
  • Senior Infants120
  • 1st Class113
  • 2nd Class109
  • 3rd Class103
  • 4th Class102
  • 5th Class110
  • 6th Class110

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

2022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 102 104 107 97 102.5
Senior Infants 84 96 106 120 101.5
1st Class 94 97 98 113 100.5
2nd Class 86 101 97 109 98.2
3rd Class 96 96 104 103 99.8
4th Class 95 105 104 102 101.5
5th Class 119 106 107 110 110.5
6th Class 118 125 113 110 116.5

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2022/23

102 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 109 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.

  1. 1022022/23
  2. 962023/24
  3. 982024/25
  4. 1092025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +152nd Class in 2023/24 (86 to 101)
  • −135th Class in 2023/24 (119 to 106)

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups, 2022/23 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, 2022/23 to 2025/26

Teachers

Who teaches at Castlebar Primary School, 2022/23 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

55.7teaching posts

Our estimate: about 56 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 34 mainstream classes 34
  • PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
  • Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
  • Special education teachers442.5 hours of support teaching a week 17.7
  • Special class teachersFor an autism class and a speech and language class 2

13.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 13 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 18 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 13.5 SNAs for next year.

Teachers since 2022/23

Teachers each school year, by role

From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. 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 Castlebar Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

See every school within 10 km on the map
School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
Castlebar Primary SchoolThis school – 864 –
1 Castlebar Educate Together National School0.2 km · Castlebar · Multi-denominational 0.2 km 113 –
2 Gaelscoil Raifteirí0.7 km · Caislean An Bharraigh · Gaelscoil 0.7 km 229
−9.5%
3 St Peters NS2.0 km · Castlebar 2.0 km 271
−8.8%
4 S N B Curnanool3.8 km · Castlebar 3.8 km 66
+57.1%
5 Breaffy N S4.3 km · Castlebar · DEIS 4.3 km 377
−12.9%
6 St Josephs N S4.7 km · Castlebar 4.7 km 111
+22.0%
Every school within 10 km

About this school

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Contact

Principal
Joseph Carty
Address
Senior Campus, Upper Chapel Street,, Castlebar, F23 K389

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Archbishop of Tuam
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
Mayo County Council
Planning area
Castlebar

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

4 school years from 2022/23 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2022/23.

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Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 864 383 481 97120113109103102110110
2024/25 849 371 478 1071069897104104107113
2023/24 842 377 465 104969710196105106125
2022/23 794 356 438 1028494869695119118