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6 schools in Co. Kilkenny · 2025/26

pupils: 2,731
junior infants: 307
in 1 all-Irish school: 438 16.0%
class teachers · 0 gained one · 1 lost one since 2024/25: 113 +8 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16 (about this figure) The 5 schools with figures for both years had 2,362 pupils in 2015/16 and have 2,290 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.: −3.0%

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St Canices Central N S Kilkenny
648 pupils −1.2% over 10 years
St. John's National School KilkennyDEIS
441 pupils From 2025/26
Gaelscoil Osrai Cill ChainnighGaelscoil
438 pupils +0.5% over 10 years
Bunscoil McAuley Rice Callan
406 pupils +6.8% over 10 years
Scoil Mhuire Kilkenny
400 pupils −7.0% over 10 years
St Mary's National School ThomastownSome subjects through Irish
398 pupils −13.5% over 10 years

6 schools in Co. Kilkenny
School	Pupils	Since 2015/16	Average class	Class teacherschange on 2024/25	Junior infants
St Canices Central N S Kilkenny · Roll 19626A	648	−1.2%	26.2	24	78
St. John's National School Kilkenny · Roll 20600M DEIS	441	–	21.1	20	51
Gaelscoil Osrai Cill Chainnigh, Co. Kilkenny · Roll 19856R Gaelscoil	438	+0.5%	24.0	18	51
Bunscoil McAuley Rice Callan, Co. Kilkenny · Roll 20255V	406	+6.8%	23.5	17	48
Scoil Mhuire Kilkenny · Roll 19925K	400	−7.0%	22.5	−1 on 2024/2517	38
St Mary's National School Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny · Roll 20272V Some subjects through Irish	398	−13.5%	23.1	17	41

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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.

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