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151 schools in Ireland · 2025/26

pupils
44,156
junior infants
4,576
in 13 all-Irish schools
4,444 10.1%
class teachers · 32 gained one · 16 lost one since 2024/25
1,873 +530 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16

The 151 schools with figures for both years had 34,515 pupils in 2015/16 and have 44,156 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

+27.9%
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151 grew · 0 steady · 0 fell

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  1. Scoil Mhuire Carrick-on-Shannon
    442 +26.6%
  2. St. Francis National School Dundalk
    441 +125.0%
  3. Holy Family Primary School Mullingar
    439 +90.9%
  4. St. Francis of Assisi National School Dublin 13
    434 +11.3%
  5. North Kildare Educate Together NS CelbridgeMulti-denominational
    432 +57.1%
  6. Carrigaline Educate Together NS CarrigalineMulti-denominational
    424 +20.5%
  7. St. John the Evangelist National School Adamstown Castle
    417 +16.5%
  8. Maynooth Educate Together National School MaynoothMulti-denominational
    415 +85.3%
  9. Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn Trá LíGaelscoil
    415 +48.2%
  10. Glasnevin Educate Together NS Dublin 11Multi-denominational
    410 +73.7%
  11. Scoil na mBraithre MullingarDEIS
    409 +21.4%
  12. Griffith Barracks Multi D School Dublin 8Multi-denominational
    403 +60.6%
  13. Straffan N S Naas
    401 +30.2%
  14. Scoil Naomh Eltin Kinsale
    401 +76.7%
  15. S N Cluain na Cille Athlone
    399 +19.8%
  16. Harolds Cross N S Dublin 6WDEIS
    398 +24.0%
  17. Holy Trinity Sen N S Dublin 13
    397 +14.4%
  18. Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Alainn CorcaighGaelscoilMulti-denominational
    393 +18.0%
  19. North Dublin Muslim NS Dublin 7Muslim
    391 +64.3%
  20. Gaelscoil an Raithin LuimneachGaelscoil
    389 +37.0%
  21. Carraroe N S Carraroe
    389 +21.6%
  22. Carlow Educate Together NS CarlowMulti-denominationalDEIS
    389 +61.4%
  23. St Francis Xavier Senior N S Dublin 15
    388 +19.0%
  24. Gaelscoil Mhichíl Uí Choileáin Cloch na gCoillteGaelscoilMulti-denominational
    388 +26.4%
  25. Waterford Educate Together NS Carrickphierish RoadMulti-denominational
    386 +70.0%
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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.