Roscommon

Name: Primary schools in County Roscommon, 2025/26
Creator: Department of Education

87 primary schools and 7,953 pupils in 2025/26.

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Pupils in 2025/26: 7,953; −69 on 2024/25
Schools: 87; No change on 2024/25
Average school size: 91.4; −0.8 on 2024/25
Average class size: 20.55; −0.30 on 2024/25

Trends in Roscommon

Counts every school that reported in each year, including schools that have since closed. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93. 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.

Pupils

7,953

−69 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

115 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

91.4

69.6 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

20.55

−0.30 on 2024/25

2006/072025/26

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

85 schools with figures for both years

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

33fell by 10% or more

17within 10%

35grew by 10% or more

Down 25% or more · 14Down 10 to 25% · 19Within 10% · 17Up 10 to 25% · 14Up 25% or more · 21

Average class size in these schools went from 22.3 in 2015/16 to 20.1 in 2025/26. 28 of the 33 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 Tarmon N SCastlerea, Co. Roscommon 118 → 276 +133.9%
2 Rooskey N SCarrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon 94 → 160 +70.2%
3 Cloontuskert National SchoolLanesboro, Co. Roscommon 54 → 82 +51.9%
4 S N Lios A Cuill MCastlerea, Co. Roscommon 62 → 94 +51.6%
5 Scoil Mhuire,Ballinasloe, Co. Roscommon 78 → 115 +47.4%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

1 Gorthaganny N SLoughglynn, Co. Roscommon 87 → 45 −48.3%
2 Don N SBallaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon 65 → 38 −41.5%
3 Carrick N SAthlone, Co. Roscommon 67 → 41 −38.8%
4 Ballintleva N SAthlone, Co. Roscommon 62 → 46 −25.8%
5 Whitehall N STarmonbarry, Co. Roscommon 123 → 93 −24.4%

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

2 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 1,032 pupils between them. They aren’t in the figures above.

St Cóman's Wood Primary SchoolRoscommon · figures start 2017/18 605
Abbey Primary SchoolRoscommon · figures start 2023/24 427

Break Roscommon down

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Planning areas

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Roscommon	14	1,726	123.3	21.25	79	+56.2%	+118.8%
Athlone	10	1,464	146.4	22.47	64	+0.3%	+24.4%
Boyle	7	828	118.3	21.94	36	+106.0%	+252.3%
Castlerea	9	767	85.2	21.00	34	+26.8%	+39.7%
Ballaghadereen	8	735	91.9	19.86	37	+18.5%	+10.7%
Ballinasloe	4	382	95.5	21.88	17	+14.7%	+27.8%
Elphin	5	335	67.0	19.71	17	+5.0%	+9.1%
Strokestown	5	304	60.8	18.06	16	+18.3%	+34.5%
Longford–Newtownforbes	3	295	98.3	24.58	12	+28.8%	+83.2%
Carrick-on-Shannon	4	290	72.5	20.29	14	+23.4%	+65.7%
Ballygar	6	259	43.2	15.88	16	+8.8%	+22.2%
Ballyhaunis	3	171	57.0	18.33	9	−18.6%	−20.8%
Lanesboro	3	166	55.3	16.60	10	0.0%	−6.7%
Dunmore	1	125	125.0	20.83	6	−14.4%	+35.9%
Drumshanbo	5	106	21.2	10.60	10	−17.8%	−24.8%

Changes count today's schools and any that closed from 2023/24; earlier closures aren't in any planning area, so changes run high, more so since 2005/06. Known data issues · All planning areas in Ireland

Patrons


Bishop of Elphin	69	6,606	95.7	20.85	308
Archbishop of Tuam	5	413	82.6	20.89	19
Bishop of Achonry	2	347	173.5	19.28	18
Bishop of Clonfert	3	254	84.7	21.17	12
An Foras Pátrúnachta	1	149	149.0	24.83	6
Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise	4	97	24.2	12.12	8
Bishop of Kilmore Elphin & Ardagh COI	2	59	29.5	13.25	4
Galway and Roscommon ETB	1	28	28.0	14.00	2

Local authorities


Roscommon County Council	87	7,953	91.4	20.55	377

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. Figures for 2025/26: 7,747 pupils in mainstream classes.

Average class size: 20.55
Mainstream classes: 377
Largest class: 36
Classes of 30 or more: 19
Schools with a class of 30+: 14

Teachers

Teachers in the 87 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: 377; Up 65 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 21%
Teaching posts in 2025/26: about 585; Estimate: 377 class teachers, 16 principals and deputies, 155 special education and 37 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16: 470; The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25: 5 / 4; 5 schools gained a class teacher, 4 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

1 special school in Roscommon, and the special classes in its 87 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools

Pupils in special schools: 87; In 1 school, up from 37 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26: 37; In 18 of 87 schools. 18 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27: 43; In 22 schools: 7 new classes, 5 schools with their first
Autism classes: 32; 86% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In Roscommon's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

2020/21 18
2021/22 19
2022/23 22
2023/24 28
2024/25 34
2025/26 37
2026/27 43

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special schools in Roscommon
Special school	Pupils	Since 2015/16	Teaching posts	SNAs
Scoil Micheal NaofaCastlerea · Mild general learning disability	87	+135.1%	15	30.5

Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).

What parents would prefer

2,047 of the 4,829 households with children at the 71 schools here answered the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey, November–December 2025. 16 more schools had too few answers for their own results. These are preferences, not applications.

About these figures

The Department's own results: School reports for Co. Roscommon (PDF)Interactive map Summary report with county figures (PDF)

Prefer a multi-denominational patron: 34%; Parents of children at school · Ireland 44%
Prefer teaching through Irish: 15%; Parents of children at school · Ireland 20%
Prefer single-sex: 3%; Parents of children at school · Ireland 5%

By school planning area

The Department publishes the answers of parents of children not yet at school by planning area only, so these are whole areas, including any part in another county.

Compare all 314 areas

Share of parents who would prefer each, by planning area, for children at school and not yet at school
Planning area	Schools here	Households answered	Multi-denominational		Through Irish		Single-sex
Planning area	Schools here	Households answered	At school	Not yet	At school	Not yet	At school	Not yet
Roscommon	14	712 (53%)	30%	35%	18%	22%	3%	5%
AthloneAlso in Co. Westmeath	10	1,433 (43%)	37%	38%	15%	21%	4%	5%
Castlerea	9	294 (44%)	31%	37%	15%	20%	4%	7%
BallaghadereenAlso in Co. Mayo, Co. Sligo	8	342 (37%)	33%	25%	20%	27%	2%	3%
BoyleAlso in Co. Sligo	7	368 (46%)	40%	39%	22%	23%	1%	4%
BallygarAlso in Co. Galway	6	261 (54%)	38%	42%	14%	24%	1%	1%
DrumshanboAlso in Co. Leitrim	5	160 (49%)	26%	35%	12%	25%	0%	0%
Elphin	5	146 (44%)	24%	40%	17%	21%	1%	0%
Strokestown	5	161 (51%)	46%	31%	11%	31%	7%	5%
BallinasloeAlso in Co. Galway	4	665 (41%)	34%	31%	15%	24%	1%	4%
Carrick-on-ShannonAlso in Co. Leitrim	4	379 (25%)	38%	40%	22%	27%	1%	2%
BallyhaunisAlso in Co. Mayo	3	252 (35%)	33%	37%	16%	25%	4%	1%
LanesboroAlso in Co. Longford	3	218 (48%)	32%	39%	16%	19%	2%	3%
Longford–NewtownforbesAlso in Co. Longford	3	976 (36%)	30%	33%	12%	15%	4%	5%
DunmoreAlso in Co. Galway	1	145 (41%)	27%	49%	18%	24%	2%	0%

Grey: fewer than 60 parents of children not yet at school answered in that area, so a handful of answers moves the figure a long way.

Each count opens those schools in Find schools, with each school's figures.

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 in Roscommon

87 schools with 2025/26 figures, largest first.

Every school in Roscommon (CSV)

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	Roll number
St Cóman's Wood Primary SchoolRoscommon	20498B	605	–	–	26	22.38	28	0
Abbey Primary SchoolRoscommon	20573M	427	–	–	16	26.12	30	1
S N Cluain na CilleAthlone	18395C	399	+19.8%	+343.3%	16	24.94	29	0
St Attractas N SBallaghaderreen	19980S	281	+21.1%	+17.1%	14	20.07	26	0
Tarmon N SCastlerea	13757I	276	+133.9%	+187.5%	9	27.33	36	5
Roxboro N SDerrane	18742U	226	+9.2%	+135.4%	9	25.11	30	1
Ballybay National SchoolAthlone	19534S	224	−0.4%	−6.3%	9	24.22	30	1
S N Cnoc an SamhraidhAthlone	12754U	223	−6.3%	−14.2%	10	20.80	24	0
S N Cor na Fola BAthlone	01607T	223	−23.9%	−23.1%	10	22.30	30	1
S N Cruachainvia Boyle	18012G	173	+4.2%	+293.2%	7	20.57	27	0
Rooskey N SCarrick-on-Shannon	04800F	160	+70.2%	+146.2%	6	26.67	34	1
N Micheal agus PadraigBoyle	19720P	156	+40.5%	+90.2%	6	25.00	33	1
Gaelscoil de hIdeBóthar na Gaillimhe	20126K	149	−16.3%	–	6	24.83	30	1
S N an Gleann DuibhAthlone	18626S	147	+22.5%	+37.4%	6	24.50	29	0
St Annes Con N SCastlerea	13198V	141	+11.0%	+14.6%	7	17.71	25	0
Abbeycarton NSElphin	19809I	138	−13.8%	−0.7%	6	23.00	28	0
S N Cnoc an ChrocaireKnockcroghery	18571T	136	−9.3%	+52.8%	6	19.67	26	0
St Mary's PrimaryStrokestown	17808T	136	+40.2%	+65.9%	5	24.80	28	0
Scoil BhrídeRoscommon	19815D	126	+14.5%	+31.2%	5	25.20	31	1
Cloonfad N SBallyhaunis	15557K	125	−14.4%	+35.9%	6	20.83	24	0
S N Naomh SeosamhBallymurray	12964I	121	+36.0%	+236.1%	5	24.20	30	1
Scoil Mhuire,Ballinasloe	15531P	115	+47.4%	+64.3%	5	23.00	29	0
Lisaniskey N SDonamon	14356S	108	+25.6%	+44.0%	5	21.60	28	0
S N Naomh CiaranAthlone	19368E	107	−7.8%	−20.7%	4	25.25	31	2
Athleague N SAthleague	15308M	105	+123.4%	+162.5%	4	26.25	28	0
Taughmaconnell N SBallinasloe	15614T	105	+16.7%	+28.0%	5	21.00	25	0
S N Padraig NaofaAn Caisleáin Riabhach	17748E	104	+44.4%	+52.9%	5	20.80	28	0
S N Baile Ui FhidhneScramogue	18432F	96	+23.1%	+29.7%	4	24.00	34	1
S N Lios A Cuill MCastlerea	13047A	94	+51.6%	+36.2%	4	23.50	26	0
Whitehall N STarmonbarry	14049J	93	−24.4%	+34.8%	4	23.25	30	1
Dangan NSCarrick-on-Shannon	17571O	92	+46.0%	+124.4%	4	23.00	24	0
S N Naomh TreasaBoyle	18454P	89	−14.4%	+8.5%	4	22.25	29	0
St. Bride's N.S.Castlerea	16334S	89	−17.6%	+6.0%	4	22.25	26	0
Cloontuskert National SchoolLanesboro	18116S	82	+51.9%	0.0%	4	20.50	27	0
Carrick Mixed N SBallinlough	16009H	80	−4.8%	−3.6%	4	20.00	24	0
S N Ard CianainAthlone	17054R	77	+32.8%	+42.6%	4	19.25	30	1
Tulsk N SCastlerea	16034G	77	+2.7%	+16.7%	4	19.25	22	0
Scoil MhuireLanesborough	18061T	69	−17.9%	+19.0%	4	17.25	20	0
Brideswell N SAthlone	15413J	68	+11.5%	+36.0%	3	22.67	27	0
S N BrusnaBallaghadereen	17904P	66	+10.0%	−19.5%	4	16.50	20	0
S N Pol NaofaCastlerea	01086R	66	+24.5%	+20.0%	3	22.00	24	0
Ciaran NaofaFuerty	18194P	60	−22.1%	−31.8%	3	20.00	21	0
Ballyforan Mixed N SBallinasloe	01866U	59	−7.8%	+3.5%	3	18.00	21	0
Ballanagare N SCastlerea	17266J	57	−12.3%	−8.1%	3	19.00	21	0
S N Mhuire LourdesCastlerea	18536R	57	+16.3%	−32.9%	3	19.00	22	0
Tibohine N SCastlerea	15543W	56	+9.8%	−1.8%	3	18.67	23	0
Camcloon N SAthlone	15980V	55	+12.2%	+358.3%	3	17.00	22	0
Tisrara National SchoolFour Roads	18165I	54	−8.5%	0.0%	3	18.00	23	0
Clover Hill N SCloverhill	13262E	51	+121.7%	+200.0%	3	15.00	18	0
S N Naomh EoinBoyle	14925I	47	+20.5%	+46.9%	3	15.67	17	0
Ballintleva N SAthlone	18729F	46	−25.8%	−17.9%	3	15.33	19	0
Granlahan G N SBallinlough	15664L	46	+17.9%	+9.5%	2	20.00	21	0
Gorthaganny N SLoughglynn	16127N	45	−48.3%	−50.5%	3	15.00	18	0
S N Cill TrostainStrokestown	17353E	45	+136.8%	+40.6%	3	15.00	16	0
Castleplunkett N SCastlerea	15545D	44	−17.0%	−25.4%	2	22.00	23	0
Clooniquin N SElphin	18027T	44	+83.3%	+57.1%	2	22.00	22	0
S N Naomh PadraigStrokestown	15045G	44	+33.3%	+25.7%	3	13.67	17	0
Cloonfour N SRooskey	13498K	42	+250.0%	+55.6%	2	21.00	22	0
Carrick N SAthlone	13839K	41	−38.8%	+28.1%	2	18.00	23	0
Fairymount N SCastlerea	15425Q	39	+34.5%	+44.4%	2	19.50	24	0
Don N SBallaghaderreen	15255R	38	−41.5%	+5.6%	2	19.00	21	0
S N Cill RonainBoyle	06100K	37	+76.2%	+37.0%	2	18.50	20	0
Naomh AtrachtaMainistir Na Buille	18182I	36	−12.2%	+111.8%	2	18.00	22	0
Ballinlough N SBallinlough	11943S	35	+94.4%	+59.1%	2	14.50	17	0
Threen N SCastlerea	10967E	35	0.0%	+16.7%	2	17.50	20	0
S N RonainAthlone	12003V	34	+3.0%	+54.5%	2	17.00	19	0
Grange N SBoyle	15584N	32	+6.7%	−22.0%	2	16.00	18	0
Kilteevan N SKilteevan	14966W	32	−11.1%	−17.9%	2	16.00	17	0
Aughrim N SCarrick-on-Shannon	14684M	31	−24.4%	−26.2%	2	15.50	18	0
Clonown N SAthlone	16427C	28	−9.7%	−15.2%	2	14.00	19	0
Lecarrow Community National SchoolLecarrow	18272J	28	+7.7%	+21.7%	2	14.00	16	0
Strabaggan N SCara Droma Ruisg	19257S	25	−26.5%	−32.4%	2	12.50	16	0
Cloonbonnif N SCastlerea	11242L	24	−14.3%	+33.3%	2	12.00	15	0
Mount Talbot N SMount Talbot	14056G	24	−17.2%	−14.3%	2	12.00	16	0
S N Michil NaofaCarrick-on-Shannon	05220P	24	−22.6%	−40.0%	2	12.00	17	0
S N ParoisteachBoyle	17329H	24	+9.1%	+26.3%	2	12.00	13	0
S N Naomh PadraigBoyle	13978B	22	−29.0%	−4.3%	2	11.00	12	0
Clooncagh N SStokestown	16291D	20	−20.0%	−9.1%	2	10.00	13	0
S N Naomh PadraigCarrick-on-Shannon	11201U	18	−40.0%	+50.0%	2	9.00	11	0
S N Rath AradhRahara	17100V	17	−26.1%	−32.0%	2	8.50	11	0
S N O DubhlainKilrooskey	17849K	15	−46.4%	−60.5%	2	7.50	9	0
S N Lasair NaofaCarrick on Shannon	17622F	13	−40.9%	−60.6%	2	6.50	8	0
S N Naomh CeitheachBallymacurley	16815L	13	−68.3%	−75.5%	2	6.50	9	0
Scoil Mhuire gan SmalDysart	18005J	13	−23.5%	−23.5%	2	6.50	8	0
Lismoil N SAthlone	11466K	12	−36.8%	−14.3%	2	6.00	6	0
S N Naomh MhuireCarrick-on-Shannon	17709R	9	−57.1%	−57.1%	2	4.50	6	0
Slatta N SKilglass	13879W	8	−66.7%	−38.5%	2	4.00	5	0