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3,067 schools in Ireland · 2025/26

pupils
535,600
junior infants
61,485
in 252 all-Irish schools
43,020 8.0%
class teachers · 234 gained one · 347 lost one since 2024/25
23,718 +1,771 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16 (about this figure)

The 2,939 schools with figures for both years had 521,836 pupils in 2015/16 and have 499,801 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

−4.2%
Over 10 years

785 grew · 929 steady · 1,225 fell · 128 newer

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  1. 1,025 pupils +2.8% over 10 years
  2. 967 pupils −11.0% over 10 years
  3. St Aidans Parish School EnniscorthyDEIS
    869 pupils +2.7% over 10 years
  4. St Patricks NS Dublin 15
    867 pupils +19.1% over 10 years
  5. 864 pupils From 2022/23
  6. Scoil Moin A Lin Castletroy
    847 pupils +4.2% over 10 years
  7. 838 pupils −9.6% over 10 years
  8. St Brigids MXD N S Dublin 15
    834 pupils −12.2% over 10 years
  9. 805 pupils +0.5% over 10 years
  10. S N Naomh Mochta Dublin 15
    805 pupils −8.8% over 10 years
  11. 803 pupils From 2020/21
  12. 781 pupils From 2019/20
  13. Scoil Iosagain Buncrana
    778 pupils +5.0% over 10 years
  14. Scoil Íosa Oranmore
    770 pupils From 2024/25
  15. St Pauls N S Navan
    761 pupils +5.5% over 10 years
  16. 744 pupils +4.9% over 10 years
  17. 744 pupils +19.2% over 10 years
  18. Scoil Bhride NS PortlaoiseDEIS
    727 pupils −3.8% over 10 years
  19. Gael Scoil Ui Riordain Baile an ChollaighGaelscoil
    724 pupils +7.6% over 10 years
  20. 721 pupils −11.5% over 10 years
  21. 714 pupils −19.4% over 10 years
  22. Scoil Choilm Community NS Dublin 15Multi-denominationalDEIS
    698 pupils −2.6% over 10 years
  23. Rush NS Rush
    698 pupils −6.6% over 10 years
  24. 680 pupils −14.9% over 10 years
  25. 679 pupils −8.4% over 10 years
  26. 671 pupils +6.8% over 10 years
  27. Scoil Neassain Mungret
    668 pupils −7.9% over 10 years
  28. St Laurences N S Greystones
    666 pupils +3.9% over 10 years
  29. 666 pupils +7.2% over 10 years
  30. 666 pupils −8.0% over 10 years
  31. 665 pupils −0.9% over 10 years
  32. John Paul II N S Malahide
    663 pupils −2.5% over 10 years
  33. Aghards N S Celbridge
    660 pupils −5.4% over 10 years
  34. Scoil Choilmcille LetterkennyDEIS
    658 pupils +85.4% over 10 years
  35. Scoil Ide Limerick
    654 pupils −17.4% over 10 years
  36. 648 pupils −1.2% over 10 years
  37. 646 pupils −8.6% over 10 years
  38. 644 pupils From 2016/17
  39. Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh GaillimhGaelscoilGaeltacht
    643 pupils +28.1% over 10 years
  40. 643 pupils −3.3% over 10 years
  41. The Harold School Glasthule
    642 pupils −5.6% over 10 years
  42. S N Naomh Mhuire Waterford
    641 pupils −6.6% over 10 years
  43. Scoil Naomh Mearnog Portmarnock
    638 pupils +28.4% over 10 years
  44. Sacred Heart N S Dublin 15
    632 pupils −25.3% over 10 years
  45. 626 pupils +30.1% over 10 years
  46. St Olivers NS Killarney
    625 pupils −19.5% over 10 years
  47. 624 pupils −9.6% over 10 years
  48. 624 pupils +0.3% over 10 years
  49. 622 pupils −6.3% over 10 years
  50. Scoil Thomais Dublin 15
    622 pupils −10.2% over 10 years
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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.