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3,067 schools in Ireland · 2025/26

pupils
535,600
junior infants
61,485
in 252 all-Irish schools
43,020 8.0%
class teachers · 234 gained one · 347 lost one since 2024/25
23,718 +1,771 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16

The 2,939 schools with figures for both years had 521,836 pupils in 2015/16 and have 499,801 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

−4.2%
Over 10 years

785 grew · 929 steady · 1,225 fell · 128 newer

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150 special schools also match this search. Show them too

  1. St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School Kildare TownDEIS
    1,025 +2.8%
  2. St Marys Parish Primary School Drogheda
    967 −11.0%
  3. St Aidans Parish School EnniscorthyDEIS
    869 +2.7%
  4. St Patricks NS Dublin 15
    867 +19.1%
  5. Castlebar Primary School Castlebar
    864 From 2022/23
  6. Scoil Moin A Lin Castletroy
    847 +4.2%
  7. St Oliver Plunkett Malahide
    838 −9.6%
  8. St Brigids MXD N S Dublin 15
    834 −12.2%
  9. St Stephens NS Navan
    805 +0.5%
  10. S N Naomh Mochta Dublin 15
    805 −8.8%
  11. Holy Well National School (Scoil Tobair Naofa) Carrigaline
    803 From 2020/21
  12. Trinity Primary School TuamDEIS
    781 From 2019/20
  13. Scoil Iosagain Buncrana
    778 +5.0%
  14. Scoil Íosa Oranmore
    770 From 2024/25
  15. St Pauls N S Navan
    761 +5.5%
  16. St Colmcille Senior N S Dublin 16
    744 +4.9%
  17. S N Brighde Kill
    744 +19.2%
  18. Scoil Bhride NS PortlaoiseDEIS
    727 −3.8%
  19. Gael Scoil Ui Riordain Baile an ChollaighGaelscoil
    724 +7.6%
  20. Scoil Colmcille Naofa Dublin 16
    721 −11.5%
  21. Scoil Nioclais Cork
    714 −19.4%
  22. Scoil Choilm Community NS Dublin 15Multi-denominationalDEIS
    698 −2.6%
  23. Rush NS Rush
    698 −6.6%
  24. Scoil Padraig Naofa Bray
    680 −14.9%
  25. Bunscoil Rinn an Chabhlaigh Cobh
    679 −8.4%
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Distances are straight lines, not travel routes. Pupil numbers and class sizes: Department of Education, 2025/26. Change is over 10 years, since 2015/16. Average class size counts mainstream classes only, and there's one class teacher for each mainstream class. Totals cover every school in the results, not just those shown.