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254 schools in Ireland · 2025/26

pupils
132,711
junior infants
15,266
in 17 all-Irish schools
8,446 6.4%
class teachers · 25 gained one · 45 lost one since 2024/25
5,633 +562 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16

The 229 schools with figures for both years had 122,156 pupils in 2015/16 and have 119,084 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

−2.5%
Over 10 years

51 grew · 108 steady · 70 fell · 25 newer

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  1. St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School Kildare TownDEIS
    1,025 +2.8%
  2. St Marys Parish Primary School Drogheda
    967 −11.0%
  3. St Aidans Parish School EnniscorthyDEIS
    869 +2.7%
  4. St Patricks NS Dublin 15
    867 +19.1%
  5. Castlebar Primary School Castlebar
    864 From 2022/23
  6. Scoil Moin A Lin Castletroy
    847 +4.2%
  7. St Oliver Plunkett Malahide
    838 −9.6%
  8. St Brigids MXD N S Dublin 15
    834 −12.2%
  9. St Stephens NS Navan
    805 +0.5%
  10. S N Naomh Mochta Dublin 15
    805 −8.8%
  11. Holy Well National School (Scoil Tobair Naofa) Carrigaline
    803 From 2020/21
  12. Trinity Primary School TuamDEIS
    781 From 2019/20
  13. Scoil Iosagain Buncrana
    778 +5.0%
  14. Scoil Íosa Oranmore
    770 From 2024/25
  15. St Pauls N S Navan
    761 +5.5%
  16. St Colmcille Senior N S Dublin 16
    744 +4.9%
  17. S N Brighde Kill
    744 +19.2%
  18. Scoil Bhride NS PortlaoiseDEIS
    727 −3.8%
  19. Gael Scoil Ui Riordain Baile an ChollaighGaelscoil
    724 +7.6%
  20. Scoil Colmcille Naofa Dublin 16
    721 −11.5%
  21. Scoil Nioclais Cork
    714 −19.4%
  22. Scoil Choilm Community NS Dublin 15Multi-denominationalDEIS
    698 −2.6%
  23. Rush NS Rush
    698 −6.6%
  24. Scoil Padraig Naofa Bray
    680 −14.9%
  25. Bunscoil Rinn an Chabhlaigh Cobh
    679 −8.4%
School Pupils Since 2015/16 Average class Class teacherschange on 2024/25 Junior infants
St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School Kildare Town · Roll 20427B DEIS 1,025
+2.8%
24.7 41 124
St Marys Parish Primary School Drogheda, Co. Louth · Roll 20205G 967
−11.0%
24.2 40 118
St Aidans Parish School Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford · Roll 20003R DEIS 869
+2.7%
22.6 −136 91
St Patricks NS Dublin 15 · Roll 20130B 867
+19.1%
27.1 32 101
Castlebar Primary School Castlebar, Co. Mayo · Roll 20562H 864 – 25.0 +134 97
Scoil Moin A Lin Castletroy, Co. Limerick · Roll 17937H 847
+4.2%
26.3 32 100
St Oliver Plunkett Malahide, Co. Dublin · Roll 17914S 838
−9.6%
24.9 33 90
St Brigids MXD N S Dublin 15 · Roll 00697S 834
−12.2%
25.7 32 94
St Stephens NS Navan, Co. Meath · Roll 20179I 805
+0.5%
24.2 32 81
S N Naomh Mochta Dublin 15 · Roll 18778S 805
−8.8%
25.0 32 91
Holy Well National School (Scoil Tobair Naofa) Carrigaline, Co. Cork · Roll 20550A 803 – 23.1 34 93
Trinity Primary School Tuam, Co. Galway · Roll 20547L DEIS 781 – 20.0 +437 85
Scoil Iosagain Buncrana, Co. Donegal · Roll 19967D 778
+5.0%
24.7 29 83
Scoil Íosa Oranmore, Co. Galway · Roll 20584R 770 – 25.6 29 100
St Pauls N S Navan, Co. Meath · Roll 19671F 761
+5.5%
23.4 32 81
St Colmcille Senior N S Dublin 16 · Roll 19742C 744
+4.9%
25.7 29 0
S N Brighde Kill, Co. Kildare · Roll 17662R 744
+19.2%
24.4 +230 99
Scoil Bhride NS Portlaoise, Co. Laois · Roll 19747M DEIS 727
−3.8%
19.9 −136 78
Gael Scoil Ui Riordain Baile an Chollaigh, Co. Cork · Roll 19839R Gaelscoil 724
+7.6%
23.5 30 93
Scoil Colmcille Naofa Dublin 16 · Roll 19474D 721
−11.5%
24.7 29 179
Scoil Nioclais Cork · Roll 20106E 714
−19.4%
22.3 −231 84
Scoil Choilm Community NS Dublin 15 · Roll 20241K Multi-denominationalDEIS 698
−2.6%
22.1 31 54
Rush NS Rush, Co. Dublin · Roll 19660A 698
−6.6%
24.1 29 98
Scoil Padraig Naofa Bray, Co. Wicklow · Roll 17537O 680
−14.9%
22.5 +130 76
Bunscoil Rinn an Chabhlaigh Cobh, Co. Cork · Roll 13450F 679
−8.4%
27.3 24 89
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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.