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14 schools in Co. Meath · 2025/26

pupils
4,298
junior infants
433
in all-Irish schools
0
class teachers · 0 gained one · 14 lost one since 2024/25
179 −1 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16

The 14 schools with figures for both years had 4,944 pupils in 2015/16 and have 4,298 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

−13.1%
Over 10 years

1 grew · 3 steady · 10 fell

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  1. St. Mary's Primary School Enfield
    543 +0.9%
  2. Dunboyne Senior N S Dunboyne
    470 −13.6%
  3. St Oliver Plunkett NS NavanDEIS
    399 −16.5%
  4. Dunboyne Junior N S Dunboyne
    397 −28.6%
  5. S N Realt na Mara (C) DonacarneyGirls
    373 −12.4%
  6. S N Bheinin Naofa C DuleekGirlsDEIS
    343 +3.3%
  7. S N Bheinn Naofa B DuleekBoysDEIS
    339 −1.7%
  8. St. Nicholas Primary School Longwood
    299 −12.8%
  9. S N Columbain BallivorDEIS
    233 −35.1%
  10. S N Baile Cheant Navan
    214 −18.6%
  11. Navan Educate Together NS NavanMulti-denominationalDEIS
    213 +13.3%
  12. St. Dympna's National School Navan
    210 −15.3%
  13. S N Mhuire NavanDEIS
    205 −11.3%
  14. Newtown N S Ardee
    60 −35.5%
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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.