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Limerick City Council

Schools in County Limerick in this local authority.

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Schools
24
of 133 in Limerick
Pupils
6,683
30% of Limerick's pupils
Average school size
278.5
Limerick: 165.1
Average class size
21.88
Limerick: 21.83

Growing and falling since 2015/16

Each school's change in pupils over 10 years, from 2015/16 to 2025/26. A change of 10% or more either way counts as growing or falling.

Every school's change

23 schools with figures for both years

Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.

6fell by 10% or more
9within 10%
8grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 5Within 10% · 9Up 10 to 25% · 2Up 25% or more · 6

Average class size in these schools went from 24.7 in 2015/16 to 21.8 in 2025/26. 5 of the 6 schools that fell by 10% or more kept or added classes. A fall in pupils can mean smaller classes rather than fewer children wanting places. Smaller classes

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 Corpus Christi N SLimerick, Co. Limerick 234 → 403 +72.2%
  2. 2 Gaelscoil SairsealLuimneach, Co. Limerick 228 → 369 +61.8%
  3. 3 St Michaels NSLimerick, Co. Limerick 81 → 126 +55.6%
  4. 4 Gaelscoil an RaithinLuimneach, Co. Limerick 284 → 389 +37.0%
  5. 5 St Mary's National SchoolLimerick, Co. Limerick 112 → 152 +35.7%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 St Johns ConventLimerick, Co. Limerick 299 → 223 −25.4%
  2. 2 Scoil IdeLimerick, Co. Limerick 792 → 654 −17.4%
  3. 3 Scoil Padraig Naofa CLimerick, Co. Limerick 231 → 197 −14.7%
  4. 4 An Mhodh ScoilLuimneach, Co. Limerick 656 → 578 −11.9%
  5. 5 S N Muire na hEireannLimerick, Co. Limerick 294 → 262 −10.9%

Ranked by percentage change. Only schools with 50 or more pupils in 2015/16 are ranked, leaving out any still filling their classes then, because a few pupils make a big percentage in a small or new school. An amalgamation, a new school nearby or smaller classes can also explain a big rise or fall.

Newer schools

1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 361 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size
21.88
Mainstream classes
297
Classes of 30 or more
8
Schools with a class of 30+
5

Teachers

Teachers in the 24 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.

How we count teachers
Class teachers in 2025/26
297
Up 68 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 18%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 530
Estimate: 297 class teachers, 25 principals and deputies, 178 special education and 30 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
422
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
4 / 4
4 schools gained a class teacher, 4 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

What parents would prefer

1,812 of the 5,070 households with children at the 24 schools here answered the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey, November–December 2025. These are preferences, not applications.

About these figures
The Department's own results: Interactive mapSummary report with county figures (PDF)
Prefer a multi-denominational patron
37%
Parents of children at school · Ireland 44%
Prefer teaching through Irish
29%
Parents of children at school · Ireland 20%
Prefer single-sex
15%
Parents of children at school · Ireland 5%
  • 3 schools where half or more of parents would prefer a multi-denominational patron
  • 4 schools where a quarter or more would prefer teaching through Irish
  • 9 of 9 single-sex schools where most parents would prefer co-educational

Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Figures here add up the parents at each school with its own results.

Schools

24 schools, largest first.

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Roll number
Scoil IdeLimerick 18872K 654
−17.4%
−19.4%
28 23.36 29 0
An Mhodh ScoilLuimneach 19894C 578
−11.9%
+6.1%
24 24.08 27 0
St Brigids NSLimerick 19475F 457
−4.0%
+17.5%
18 24.72 28 0
Corpus Christi N SLimerick 19830W 403
+72.2%
+27.5%
20 18.90 24 0
Gaelscoil an RaithinLuimneach 20181S 389
+37.0%
– 16 24.31 29 0
Gaelscoil SairsealLuimneach 19956V 369
+61.8%
+61.1%
14 26.36 30 1
Scoil Mathair deLimerick City 18677M 362
+24.4%
+81.9%
16 21.12 30 2
Salesian Primary SchoolLimerick 20496U 361 – – 16 22.56 29 0
Our Lady Queen of Peace SchoolLimerick 17737W 326
+5.2%
+40.5%
16 20.00 23 0
Presentation Primary SchoolLimerick 20018H 279
+4.5%
+31.0%
14 19.07 27 0
Scoil Chriost Ri BLimerick 19331E 278
−4.1%
+2.2%
12 22.17 26 0
S N Muire na hEireannLimerick 19332G 262
−10.9%
−13.8%
11 23.27 28 0
St Johns ConventLimerick 06936R 223
−25.4%
−17.4%
12 17.50 24 0
Scoil IosagainLimerick 16910F 222
+1.4%
−11.6%
12 17.50 23 0
J F K Memorial SchoolLimerick 18991S 218
−9.5%
−25.3%
9 24.22 35 1
Limerick School ProjectLimerick 19934L 203
−6.9%
−4.7%
8 25.38 28 0
Scoil Padraig Naofa BLimerick 16443A 197
−10.0%
−1.0%
8 23.88 30 2
Scoil Padraig Naofa CLimerick 16444C 197
−14.7%
+27.9%
8 24.62 30 2
Our Lady of Lourdes N SLimerick 19667O 161
+11.8%
−25.8%
8 18.62 22 0
St Mary's National SchoolLimerick 20405O 152
+35.7%
– 7 20.00 25 0
St Michaels NSLimerick 15320C 126
+55.6%
+82.6%
6 19.00 20 0
St MichaelsLimerick 12834S 116
−9.4%
+11.5%
5 23.20 25 0
Gaelscoil SheoirseLuimneach 19931F 82
−9.9%
−23.4%
5 14.00 20 0
St John the Baptist Boys N SLimerick 16715H 68
+83.8%
+33.3%
4 14.50 20 0