School planning area
Killester–Raheny–Clontarf
26 primary schools and 5,691 pupils in 2025/26, in County Dublin.
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 5,691
- −124 on 2024/25
- Since 2015/16
- −5.6%
- 6,026 pupils in 2015/16
- Schools
- 26
- No change on 2024/25
- Average class size
- 21.80
- Average school size: 218.9
Trends in Killester–Raheny–Clontarf
Each year counts the schools in this planning area today, plus any that closed from 2023/24. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93. 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.
The Department's files only record planning areas from 2023/24, so schools that closed or amalgamated before then aren't counted in any area. The further back you go, the more pupils are missing, and an amalgamation can look like a sudden rise. Across County Dublin, schools with no planning area had 1.5% of pupils in 2015/16, 5.3% in 2005/06 and 36.8% in 1975/76. Known data issues
Pupils
5,691
−124 on 2024/25
Schools
26
20 in 1975/76
Average pupils per school
218.9
509.1 in 1975/76
Average class size
21.80
−0.48 on 2024/25
Pupils in these schools
Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.
Junior infants
Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 667 in 2025/26, +13 on 2024/25.
Girls and boys
From 1976/77: earlier files don't split every school's pupils into girls and boys.
Irish-medium schools
Pupils in schools that teach all subjects through Irish (2 schools today). 459 pupils in 2025/26, 8.1% of the area's pupils, against 8.1% in 2015/16. Each school counts under its current classification for every year.
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.
25 schools with figures for both years
Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.
Average class size in these schools went from 25.0 in 2015/16 to 21.8 in 2025/26. 6 of the 12 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 Our Lady of Consolation NSDublin 5, Co. Dublin 219 → 310 +41.6%
- 2 St Benedicts and St Marys National SchoolDublin 5, Co. Dublin 133 → 165 +24.1%
- 3 Scoil ChiarainDublin 5, Co. Dublin 132 → 151 +14.4%
- 4 Scoil Assaim Boys SeniorsDublin 5, Co. Dublin 259 → 293 +13.1%
- 5 S N na Lanai GlasaDublin 3, Co. Dublin 272 → 285 +4.8%
Fallen most
Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26
- 1 St Malachys B N SDublin 5, Co. Dublin 203 → 130 −36.0%
- 2 St Monicas N SDublin 5, Co. Dublin 60 → 44 −26.7%
- 3 Naiscoil IdeDublin 5, Co. Dublin 398 → 299 −24.9%
- 4 St Eithnes Senior Girls NSDublin 5, Co. Dublin 121 → 91 −24.8%
- 5 St Brigids Boys N SDublin 5, Co. Dublin 376 → 287 −23.7%
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 176 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.
- Killester Raheny Clontarf Educate Together National SchoolDublin 5 · opened 2019/20 176
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.
- Average class size
- 21.80
- Mainstream classes
- 254
- Classes of 30 or more
- 15
- Schools with a class of 30+
- 7
Teachers
Teachers in the 26 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.
- Class teachers in 2025/26
- 254
- Up 28 since 2006/07, while pupils fell 2%
- Teaching posts in 2025/26
- about 406
- Estimate: 254 class teachers, 25 principals and deputies, 100 special education and 27 special class teachers
- Teachers in 2015/16
- 356
- The Department's last count of every teacher
- Since 2024/25
- 3 / 4
- 3 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
4 special schools in the Killester–Raheny–Clontarf planning area, and the special classes in its 26 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.
- Pupils in special schools
- 245
- In 4 schools, up from 232 in 2015/16
- Special classes in 2025/26
- 25
- In 13 of 26 schools. 16 in 2020/21
- Allocated for 2026/27
- 28
- In 14 schools: 3 new classes, 1 school with its first
- Autism classes
- 23
- 92% of special classes
Special classes since 2020/21
In the Killester–Raheny–Clontarf planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists
- 2020/21 16
- 2021/22 17
- 2022/23 18
- 2023/24 20
- 2024/25 22
- 2025/26 25
- 2026/27 28
2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.
| Special school | Pupils | Since 2015/16 | Teaching posts | SNAs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Remedial ClinicDublin 3 · Physical disability | 78 |
−22.0%
|
15 | 46.83 |
| St Michael's House Special National School FoxfieldDublin 5 · Autism | 61 | – | 14 | 44 |
| ABACAS KilbarrackDublin 5 · Autism | 54 | – | 12 | 38.66 |
| St Michaels Hse SP SCHDublin 5 · Moderate general learning disability | 52 |
−10.3%
|
9 | 25 |
Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).
What parents would prefer
2,161 households answered the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey for the Killester–Raheny–Clontarf planning area: 1,484 with children at its schools and 677 with children not yet at school. Each said whether they would prefer co-educational or single-sex schooling, a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and teaching through Irish or English.
- Households that answered
- 2,161
- 52% of households asked
- Prefer a multi-denominational patron
- 59% / 68%
- Children at school / not yet at school
- Prefer teaching through Irish
- 22% / 27%
- Children at school / not yet at school
- Prefer single-sex
- 14% / 10%
- Children at school / not yet at school
Preferences beside what the schools offer now
Share of pupils in schools of each kind in the area, and share of parents who would prefer it
- Pupils in such schools now
- Parents: children at school
- Parents: children not yet at school
Multi-denominational patron
372 pupils (7%) in 2 schools
Teaching through Irish
459 pupils (8%) in 2 schools
Single-sex
3,503 pupils (62%) in 15 schools
Bars run from 0 to 100%.
Each school's parents
Parents of children at each school. Bold marks the school's set-up now.
| S N Eoin Baisde Girls SeniorDublin 3 | 380 | 152 of 334 | ±6.6 | 56% | 12% | 21% | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Brigids Convent N SDublin 5 | 369 | 135 of 306 | ±7 | 58% | 19% | 19% | – |
| SN Eoin Baisde Boys Senior SchoolDublin 3 | 317 | 131 of 289 | ±7.1 | 60% | 16% | 20% | – |
| Our Lady of Consolation NSDublin 5 | 310 | 125 of 268 | ±7.3 | 43% | 16% | 18% | 55 answered |
| Scoil Aine Convent SeniorDublin 5 | 301 | 104 of 260 | ±8 | 47% | 13% | 18% | – |
| Naiscoil IdeDublin 5 | 299 | 120 of 266 | ±7.4 | 54% | 20% | 8% | 104 answered |
| Eoin Baisde B SoisDublin 3 | 294 | 139 of 258 | ±6.9 | 55% | 16% | 20% | – |
| Scoil Assaim Boys SeniorsDublin 5 | 293 | 116 of 256 | ±7.5 | 53% | 15% | 21% | – |
| St Brigids Boys N SDublin 5 | 287 | 132 of 231 | ±7.1 | 55% | 16% | 20% | 48 answered |
| S N na Lanai GlasaDublin 3 | 285 | 87 of 182 | ±8.7 | 78% | 8% | 2% | 45 answered |
| Scoil NeasainBaile Átha Cliath 5 | 241 | 82 of 158 | ±8.9 | 60% | 93% | 0% | 76 answered |
| Gaelscoil MideBaile Átha Cliath 5 | 218 | 72 of 155 | ±9.5 | 36% | 94% | 3% | 51 answered |
| Eoin Baisde C NaoidhDublin 3 | 215 | 139 of 200 | ±6.9 | 55% | 19% | 22% | 33 answered |
| Springdale N SDublin 5 | 198 | 82 of 148 | ±8.9 | 85% | 16% | 1% | 42 answered |
| North Bay Educate Together NSDublin 5 | 196 | 83 of 141 | ±8.9 | 95% | 13% | 0% | 31 answered |
| SN Caitriona GirlsDublin 5 | 185 | 61 of 160 | ±10.3 | 36% | 20% | 20% | – |
| S N Caitriona NaionainDublin 5 | 178 | 59 of 143 | ±10.5 | 31% | 20% | 8% | – |
| Killester Raheny Clontarf Educate Together National SchoolDublin 5 | 176 | 73 of 133 | ±9.5 | 97% | 19% | 1% | 58 answered |
| St Benedicts and St Marys National SchoolDublin 5 | 165 | 32 of 125 | ±14 | 22% | 19% | 3% | – |
| Scoil ChiarainDublin 5 | 151 | 48 of 136 | ±11.6 | 38% | 15% | 35% | – |
| Scoil EoinDublin 5 | 143 | 34 of 103 | ±13.6 | 38% | 26% | 6% | – |
| Scoil BhreandainDublin 5 | 136 | 37 of 123 | ±13.1 | 24% | 16% | 22% | – |
| St Malachys B N SDublin 5 | 130 | 35 of 115 | ±13.4 | 17% | 26% | 46% | – |
| St Eithnes Senior Girls NSDublin 5 | 91 | 30 of 81 | ±14.4 | 20% | 13% | 70% | – |
| Howth RD MXD N SDublin 3 | 89 | 31 of 67 | ±14.2 | 84% | 10% | 0% | – |
| St Monicas N SDublin 5 | 44 | 14 of 42 | ±20.1 | 29% | 7% | 29% | 32 answered |
Grey margins of error are 15 points or more: so few parents answered that the figures could be well off. “Too few to publish”: the Department held back the school's results, but its parents' answers still count in the area figures. Not yet at school: how many parents of children not yet at school chose the school, shown where 30 or more did. Special schools in the area are counted in the area figures above.
Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. The area figures count each household once, including parents at schools too small for their own results, so they aren't the school figures added up. About these figures
Schools
26 schools, largest first. A dash in the change column means the school had no pupils recorded in that year, usually because it opened later or took a new roll number after an amalgamation.
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| Roll number | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Eoin Baisde Girls SeniorDublin 3 | 17148D | 380 |
−12.0%
−8.4%
−9.5%
|
−9.5%
|
15 | 25.33 | 27 | 0 |
| St Brigids Convent N SDublin 5 | 16792C | 369 |
−11.1%
−14.4%
−14.8%
|
−14.8%
|
16 | 22.69 | 30 | 1 |
| SN Eoin Baisde Boys Senior SchoolDublin 3 | 17936F | 317 |
−0.9%
−4.5%
−8.9%
|
−8.9%
|
12 | 26.42 | 28 | 0 |
| Our Lady of Consolation NSDublin 5 | 20064O | 310 |
+3.3%
+41.6%
+64.0%
|
+64.0%
|
17 | 16.47 | 26 | 0 |
| Scoil Aine Convent SeniorDublin 5 | 17977T | 301 |
−13.3%
−10.7%
−4.4%
|
−4.4%
|
13 | 23.15 | 30 | 1 |
| Naiscoil IdeDublin 5 | 17978V | 299 |
−20.7%
−24.9%
−13.6%
|
−13.6%
|
13 | 22.54 | 26 | 0 |
| Eoin Baisde B SoisDublin 3 | 19006Q | 294 |
−13.3%
−12.5%
−15.5%
|
−15.5%
|
12 | 24.00 | 27 | 0 |
| Scoil Assaim Boys SeniorsDublin 5 | 17976R | 293 |
−1.3%
+13.1%
+2.4%
|
+2.4%
|
12 | 23.92 | 28 | 0 |
| St Brigids Boys N SDublin 5 | 19308J | 287 |
−12.8%
−23.7%
−24.7%
|
−24.7%
|
12 | 23.00 | 34 | 2 |
| S N na Lanai GlasaDublin 3 | 17730I | 285 |
−0.3%
+4.8%
+171.4%
|
+171.4%
|
11 | 25.91 | 31 | 3 |
| Scoil NeasainBaile Átha Cliath 5 | 19309L | 241 |
−3.2%
−5.9%
−2.8%
|
−2.8%
|
10 | 24.10 | 32 | 3 |
| Gaelscoil MideBaile Átha Cliath 5 | 19777V | 218 |
−9.2%
−7.2%
+0.9%
|
+0.9%
|
8 | 27.25 | 31 | 3 |
| Eoin Baisde C NaoidhDublin 3 | 19007S | 215 |
−11.5%
−14.7%
−17.6%
|
−17.6%
|
8 | 26.88 | 34 | 2 |
| Springdale N SDublin 5 | 18646B | 198 |
−18.2%
−10.4%
+34.7%
|
+34.7%
|
8 | 24.75 | 28 | 0 |
| North Bay Educate Together NSDublin 5 | 19954R | 196 |
−5.8%
−7.5%
−16.6%
|
−16.6%
|
8 | 24.50 | 27 | 0 |
| SN Caitriona GirlsDublin 5 | 18361I | 185 |
−3.1%
−4.1%
−30.5%
|
−30.5%
|
10 | 18.50 | 26 | 0 |
| S N Caitriona NaionainDublin 5 | 18362K | 178 |
−19.5%
−18.0%
−30.5%
|
−30.5%
|
12 | 14.83 | 20 | 0 |
| Killester Raheny Clontarf Educate Together National SchoolDublin 5 | 20525B | 176 | ––– | – | 7 | 23.43 | 28 | 0 |
| St Benedicts and St Marys National SchoolDublin 5 | 20281W | 165 |
+15.4%
+24.1%
– |
– | 9 | 17.67 | 22 | 0 |
| Scoil ChiarainDublin 5 | 17732M | 151 |
+16.2%
+14.4%
+69.7%
|
+69.7%
|
7 | 19.00 | 26 | 0 |
| Scoil EoinDublin 5 | 19935N | 143 |
−8.9%
−14.4%
−48.9%
|
−48.9%
|
7 | 19.57 | 27 | 0 |
| Scoil BhreandainDublin 5 | 18360G | 136 |
−16.6%
−9.9%
−34.3%
|
−34.3%
|
8 | 15.50 | 21 | 0 |
| St Malachys B N SDublin 5 | 18968A | 130 |
−11.0%
−36.0%
−35.3%
|
−35.3%
|
7 | 15.43 | 22 | 0 |
| St Eithnes Senior Girls NSDublin 5 | 18969C | 91 |
−10.8%
−24.8%
−31.6%
|
−31.6%
|
5 | 15.80 | 23 | 0 |
| Howth RD MXD N SDublin 3 | 13815T | 89 |
−12.7%
−9.2%
−1.1%
|
−1.1%
|
4 | 22.25 | 24 | 0 |
| St Monicas N SDublin 5 | 19037E | 44 |
+7.3%
−26.7%
−37.1%
|
−37.1%
|
3 | 14.67 | 15 | 0 |
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