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132 schools in Co. Cork · 2025/26

pupils
18,751
junior infants
2,138
in 12 all-Irish schools
1,793 9.6%
class teachers · 6 gained one · 21 lost one since 2024/25
884 −110 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16

The 132 schools with figures for both years had 24,678 pupils in 2015/16 and have 18,751 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

−24.0%
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0 grew · 0 steady · 132 fell

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  1. Scoil Nioclais Cork
    714 −19.4%
  2. S N Naomh Antaine CorkBoys
    581 −29.5%
  3. Scoil Oilibheir CorkDEIS
    511 −18.4%
  4. Scoil Ghobnatan MallowDEIS
    470 −19.1%
  5. Scoil Barra Ballincollig
    449 −15.1%
  6. Scoil Mhuire Naofa Carrigtwohill
    396 −14.7%
  7. Gaelscoil Ui Drisceoil GlanmireGaelscoilMulti-denominational
    381 −11.6%
  8. St Columbas N.S Douglas West
    377 −14.1%
  9. Scoil Naomh Brid C CorkGirls
    374 −31.6%
  10. S N Cill Ruadhain Glanmire
    359 −12.7%
  11. Douglas B N S Cork
    353 −16.2%
  12. Star of the Sea Primary School Passage West
    352 −11.8%
  13. S N Naomh Eoin B BallincolligBoys
    352 −10.7%
  14. Gaelscoil de hIde Mainistir FheatmaíGaelscoil
    328 −20.2%
  15. Scoil an Athar Tadhg Carraig na bhFearSome subjects through Irish
    317 −10.2%
  16. S N Mhuire Cork
    316 −14.4%
  17. Midleton Convent N S Midleton
    291 −53.4%
  18. Bunscoil na Toirbhirte Mitchelstown
    273 −22.7%
  19. S N Seosamh Cobh Cobh
    261 −27.5%
  20. Gaelscoil Chorain, EochaillGaelscoil
    261 −22.1%
  21. S N B Togher Cork CorkBoysDEIS
    252 −13.1%
  22. St Marys National School CobhGirls
    248 −26.0%
  23. Convent Girls Senior National School Mallow
    246 −17.4%
  24. Scoil Chlochair Mhuire National School Carrigtwohill
    245 −49.7%
  25. Greenmount Monastery NS GreenmountDEIS
    240 −10.1%
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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.