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76 schools in Ireland · 2025/26

pupils
15,691
junior infants
2,029
in 4 all-Irish schools
526 3.4%
class teachers · 76 gained one · 0 lost one since 2024/25
789 +134 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16

The 70 schools with figures for both years had 13,136 pupils in 2015/16 and have 13,793 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

+5.0%
Over 10 years

33 grew · 21 steady · 16 fell · 6 newer

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  1. Trinity Primary School TuamDEIS
    781 From 2019/20
  2. St Marys NS AthloneDEIS
    573 +31.1%
  3. St Clares Primary School CavanDEIS
    548 +4.8%
  4. St Josephs Convent Longford TownDEIS
    527 +19.0%
  5. C.B.S. Primary DundalkDEIS
    524 +18.8%
  6. Assumption Junior School Dublin 12DEIS
    434 −17.8%
  7. Radharc na Mara National School MervueDEIS
    353 From 2020/21
  8. S N Muire gan Smal CarlowGirlsDEIS
    345 −21.1%
  9. Our Lady of Consolation NS Dublin 5DEIS
    310 +41.6%
  10. St Davids N S Dublin 5DEIS
    308 −1.9%
  11. Corr na Madadh N S AthloneMulti-denominationalDEIS
    306 +11.7%
  12. Scoil Mhuire agus Eoin MayfieldDEIS
    304 From 2017/18
  13. Scoil Eoin Naofa SligoDEIS
    289 +11.2%
  14. Scoil Chaitlin Maude Baile Átha Cliath 24GaelscoilMulti-denominationalDEIS
    284 −9.3%
  15. Presentation Primary School LimerickDEIS
    279 +4.5%
  16. St John the Baptist Boys School CashelBoysDEIS
    268 −3.6%
  17. St Pauls B N S WaterfordDEIS
    267 +20.8%
  18. S N Naomh Finnin Dublin 11DEIS
    266 +15.7%
  19. Holy Family TraleeDEIS
    265 +16.7%
  20. Scoil Colmcille CorkDEIS
    264 +23.9%
  21. Queen of Universe N S MuinebeaghDEIS
    253 −11.2%
  22. S N B Togher Cork CorkBoysDEIS
    252 −13.1%
  23. Scoil Bhride RathdowneyDEIS
    244 +19.0%
  24. S N an Droim Mor LiffordDEIS
    229 +9.0%
  25. Scoil Éanna BallybayDEIS
    228 −3.8%
  26. St Josephs Convent Newcastle WestDEIS
    225 −2.2%
  27. Scoil Iosagain LimerickBoysDEIS
    222 +1.4%
  28. Portlaw N.S. PortlawDEIS
    214 −21.0%
  29. St Josephs MXD N S Dublin 3DEIS
    211 +7.1%
  30. St Edwards N S SligoDEIS
    207 +11.9%
  31. Scoil Fhionáin An Fál CarrachGaelscoilDEISGaeltacht
    204 +15.9%
  32. Scoil na mBraithre TipperaryBoysDEIS
    199 +7.0%
  33. Scoil Naomh Aine Girls Senior School CharlevilleGirlsDEIS
    195 +34.5%
  34. Mountmellick Boys N S MountmellickBoysDEIS
    187 −31.2%
  35. Listowel Presentation Primary ListowelGirlsDEIS
    186 −25.9%
  36. Clochar San Dominic Dun LaoghaireDEIS
    184 −6.6%
  37. Le Chéile National School LimerickDEIS
    174 −7.4%
  38. Canon Sheehan Primary School Co.CorkDEIS
    174 From 2016/17
  39. St Bernadettes Junior N S Dublin 22DEIS
    173 −19.9%
  40. Rathdrum Boys N S RathdrumBoysDEIS
    172 +25.5%
  41. St Benedicts and St Marys National School Dublin 5Some subjects through IrishDEIS
    165 +24.1%
  42. S N Iosef Naofa TemplemoreDEIS
    163 +11.6%
  43. Convent of Mercy N S BelturbetDEIS
    163 +0.6%
  44. S N an Tslanaitheora C DundalkDEIS
    160 +60.0%
  45. Mol an Óige Community National School EnnistymonMulti-denominationalDEIS
    158 +8.2%
  46. St. Catherine of Sienna KildareSome subjects through IrishDEIS
    151 From 2021/22
  47. Scoil Naomh Seosamh DungarvanBoysDEIS
    151 +24.8%
  48. Ballaghkeene N S EnniscorthyDEIS
    150 +3.4%
  49. Holy Family School GlenagearyDEIS
    149 +26.3%
  50. Central Infs School Dublin 1DEIS
    149 −15.3%
  51. Dominican Convent Girls Senior School Dublin 7GirlsDEIS
    148 −3.9%
  52. Scoil Tobar Padraig PatrickswellDEIS
    143 −4.7%
  53. Mercy Primary School BirrGirlsDEIS
    141 −18.5%
  54. S N an Cillin BirrDEIS
    140 +32.1%
  55. St Catherines Infant School Dublin 7DEIS
    139 −35.3%
  56. Scoil Mhuire BorrisokaneDEIS
    139 +18.8%
  57. S N na Coille Glaise BallinasloeDEIS
    135 +87.5%
  58. New Ross Educate Together National School New RossMulti-denominationalDEIS
    135 +800.0%
  59. Fionnbarra Naofa B.N.S. Dublin 7BoysDEIS
    126 −5.3%
  60. Our Lady of Wayside N S Dublin 12DEIS
    114 +4.6%
  61. Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe WilliamstownDEIS
    110 +34.1%
  62. S N Padraig Naofa An Caisleáin RiabhachDEIS
    104 +44.4%
  63. Sancta Maria C B S Dublin 8Some subjects through IrishDEIS
    103 +58.5%
  64. S N Cill Rosanta KilmacthomasDEIS
    102 −14.3%
  65. Finglas Parochial National School Dublin 11Church of IrelandDEIS
    94 +44.6%
  66. Dromore West Central Dromore WestDEIS
    90 +21.6%
  67. S N Phadraig Naofa BorrisokaneDEIS
    86 +273.9%
  68. Cloontuskert National School LanesboroDEIS
    82 +51.9%
  69. Scoil Croi Naofa BunnanaddenDEIS
    81 +1.2%
  70. Killybegs Common N S KillybegsDEIS
    75 −24.2%
  71. St John the Baptist Boys N S LimerickBoysDEIS
    68 +83.8%
  72. Rockfield N S BallyshannonDEIS
    49 +14.0%
  73. Templemary N S KillalaDEIS
    47 +34.3%
  74. S N Glasain CroaslochGaelscoilDEISGaeltacht
    28 −28.2%
  75. Scoil an Sraith S N DoonbegDEIS
    15 −42.3%
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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.