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21 schools in Co. Galway · 2025/26

pupils
4,010
junior infants
512
in 4 all-Irish schools
661 16.5%
class teachers · 21 gained one · 0 lost one since 2024/25
185 +31 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16

The 19 schools with figures for both years had 2,437 pupils in 2015/16 and have 2,876 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

+18.0%
Over 10 years

12 grew · 4 steady · 3 fell · 2 newer

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  1. Trinity Primary School TuamDEIS
    781 From 2019/20
  2. S N Muire gan Smal Ballinasloe
    445 +7.2%
  3. Radharc na Mara National School MervueDEIS
    353 From 2020/21
  4. Scoil Mhuire Castlegar
    223 −6.7%
  5. Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha TuaimGaelscoil
    223 +11.5%
  6. S N Fhursa GaillimhGaelscoil
    216 −13.3%
  7. SN Sailearna IndreabhánGaelscoilGaeltacht
    212 +9.3%
  8. Togala Mhuire Kiltullagh
    198 +61.0%
  9. S N Ard Raithin Ardrahan
    176 +61.5%
  10. S N Cillini Dioma Loughrea
    147 +38.7%
  11. S N na Coille Glaise BallinasloeDEIS
    135 +87.5%
  12. S N Cathair Geal Tuam
    124 +42.5%
  13. S N Caitriona Naofa Ballinasloe
    117 +27.2%
  14. Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha Lawrencetown
    117 +91.8%
  15. Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe WilliamstownDEIS
    110 +34.1%
  16. S N Cill Cuile Loughrea
    109 +11.2%
  17. Scoil Mhuire Naofa Ballinasloe
    106 +3.9%
  18. Brierfield N School Tuam
    80 −23.1%
  19. Aibhistin Naofa Ballinasloe
    80 +116.2%
  20. Scoil Mhuire Williamstown
    48 +14.3%
  21. S N Naomh Colmain CárnaGaelscoilDEISGaeltacht
    10 −60.0%
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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.