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234 schools in Ireland · 2025/26

pupils
51,515
junior infants
6,625
in 25 all-Irish schools
5,971 11.6%
class teachers · 234 gained one · 0 lost one since 2024/25
2,310 +389 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16 (about this figure)

The 203 schools with figures for both years had 40,299 pupils in 2015/16 and have 42,559 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

+5.6%
Over 10 years

96 grew · 66 steady · 41 fell · 31 newer

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  1. 864 pupils From 2022/23
  2. 781 pupils From 2019/20
  3. 744 pupils +19.2% over 10 years
  4. 680 pupils −14.9% over 10 years
  5. 607 pupils −13.8% over 10 years
  6. 591 pupils +30.5% over 10 years
  7. 573 pupils +3.1% over 10 years
  8. St Marys NS AthloneDEIS
    573 pupils +31.1% over 10 years
  9. Scoil Mhuire LucanGirls
    558 pupils −18.4% over 10 years
  10. 548 pupils +4.8% over 10 years
  11. Stepaside Educate Together National School Dublin 18Multi-denominational
    542 pupils +351.7% over 10 years
  12. St Josephs Convent Longford TownDEIS
    527 pupils +19.0% over 10 years
  13. C.B.S. Primary DundalkDEIS
    524 pupils +18.8% over 10 years
  14. Ovens N S Ovens
    466 pupils +9.1% over 10 years
  15. Scoil Ui Fhiaich Maigh NuadGaelscoil
    459 pupils −4.2% over 10 years
  16. Portlaoise Educate Together NS PortlaoiseMulti-denominational
    457 pupils +29.1% over 10 years
  17. 455 pupils −16.8% over 10 years
  18. S N Muire gan Smal Ballinasloe
    445 pupils +7.2% over 10 years
  19. Gaelscoil na Fuinseoige Bác 14GaelscoilMulti-denominational
    441 pupils Opened 2016/17
  20. Assumption Junior School Dublin 12DEIS
    434 pupils −17.8% over 10 years
  21. St Fintans NS Dublin 13
    431 pupils −8.3% over 10 years
  22. Griffith Barracks Multi D School Dublin 8Multi-denominational
    403 pupils +60.6% over 10 years
  23. Gaelscoil Thaobh na Coille Baile Átha Cliath 18Gaelscoil
    402 pupils −9.0% over 10 years
  24. 397 pupils −10.6% over 10 years
  25. Watergrasshill N S WatergrasshillSome subjects through Irish
    391 pupils +20.7% over 10 years
  26. 388 pupils +19.0% over 10 years
  27. 378 pupils −5.0% over 10 years
  28. Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh Léim an BhradáinGaelscoil
    376 pupils −15.9% over 10 years
  29. 372 pupils From 2022/23
  30. Gaelscoil Sairseal LuimneachGaelscoil
    369 pupils +61.8% over 10 years
  31. Naas Community National School NaasMulti-denominational
    364 pupils +48.6% over 10 years
  32. Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua Baile Átha Cliath 18GaelscoilMulti-denominational
    359 pupils +529.8% over 10 years
  33. 353 pupils From 2020/21
  34. 352 pupils +29.4% over 10 years
  35. St Marys School Dublin 24
    349 pupils −9.1% over 10 years
  36. S N Muire gan Smal CarlowGirlsDEIS
    345 pupils −21.1% over 10 years
  37. Ashbourne Community National School AshbourneMulti-denominational
    341 pupils From 2019/20
  38. Stapolin Educate Together National School Dublin 13Multi-denominational
    340 pupils Opened 2019/20
  39. 339 pupils +29.9% over 10 years
  40. S N Mhuire Barntown
    336 pupils +25.8% over 10 years
  41. 330 pupils +5.1% over 10 years
  42. S N Cill Criodain Ladysbridge
    325 pupils +18.6% over 10 years
  43. Scoil an Athar Tadhg Carraig na bhFearSome subjects through Irish
    317 pupils −10.2% over 10 years
  44. Gaelscoil Chluain Meala Cluain MealaGaelscoil
    315 pupils +48.6% over 10 years
  45. 314 pupils From 2024/25
  46. 310 pupils +41.6% over 10 years
  47. St Davids N S Dublin 5DEIS
    308 pupils −1.9% over 10 years
  48. 307 pupils +4.1% over 10 years
  49. Corr na Madadh N S AthloneMulti-denominationalDEIS
    306 pupils +11.7% over 10 years
  50. Scoil Mhuire agus Eoin MayfieldDEIS
    304 pupils From 2017/18
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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.