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33 schools in Co. Kildare · 2025/26

pupils
11,900
junior infants
1,311
in 3 all-Irish schools
1,328 11.2%
class teachers · 1 gained one · 4 lost one since 2024/25
486 +36 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16

The 33 schools with figures for both years had 12,283 pupils in 2015/16 and have 11,900 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

−3.1%
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0 grew · 33 steady · 0 fell

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  1. St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School Kildare TownDEIS
    1,025 +2.8%
  2. Aghards N S Celbridge
    660 −5.4%
  3. St Laurences National School Sallins
    646 −8.6%
  4. St Brigids N S Kilcullen
    598 −5.7%
  5. Prosperous N S Naas
    493 −7.7%
  6. St Patricks BNS ClaneBoys
    488 −1.2%
  7. Scoil Uí Riada Cill ChocaGaelscoil
    484 −9.2%
  8. Scoil Naisiunta Bhride ClaneGirls
    480 +2.6%
  9. Scoil Chorbain NaasBoys
    460 +4.1%
  10. Scoil Ui Fhiaich Maigh NuadGaelscoil
    459 −4.2%
  11. Newbridge Educate Together NS The CurraghMulti-denominational
    406 +2.3%
  12. An Linbh Iosa Naas
    401 −2.7%
  13. Scoil Mhuire NewbridgeDEIS
    389 −5.6%
  14. Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh An NásGaelscoilInter-denominational
    385 −4.0%
  15. Monasterevan Convent Monasterevin
    377 +6.8%
  16. Scoil Naomh Padraig Celbridge
    374 −3.4%
  17. St Conleths and Marys N S Newbridge
    345 −5.7%
  18. Scoil Diarmada Castledermot
    344 −3.9%
  19. Scoil Bride The Curragh
    304 −7.9%
  20. Scoil Bhride Leixlip
    295 −7.5%
  21. Scoil Mhuire Leixlip
    289 −9.4%
  22. Scoil Bhride N S RathanganGirls
    286 −2.1%
  23. San Carlo Junior NS Leixlip
    265 −6.0%
  24. Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar MonasterevinBoys
    239 +2.6%
  25. Ursaille Naofa Naas
    236 −8.9%
  26. S N Brighde Newbridge
    229 +9.0%
  27. Rathcoffey N S Rathcoffey South
    215 −4.0%
  28. S N Cill Daingin Monasterevan
    207 −8.0%
  29. S N Colmcill Naofa Athy
    129 −3.7%
  30. Ballyshannon N S Kilcullen
    115 +5.5%
  31. St Davids NS NaasChurch of Ireland
    98 +3.2%
  32. Athy Model School AthyChurch of Ireland
    90 −4.3%
  33. Hewetsons N S ClaneChurch of Ireland
    89 +3.5%
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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.