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Wexford

17 primary schools and 4,154 pupils in 2025/26, in County Wexford.

Pupils in 2025/26
4,154
−96 on 2024/25
Since 2015/16
−0.8%
4,187 pupils in 2015/16
Schools
17
No change on 2024/25
Average class size
22.57
Average school size: 244.4

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.

Earlier years are incomplete

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 Wexford, schools with no planning area had 3.7% of pupils in 2015/16, 4.8% in 2005/06 and 23.7% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

4,154

−96 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

17

14 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

244.4

265.2 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.57

−0.60 on 2024/25

2006/072025/26

Pupils in these schools

Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.

Area figures by year (CSV) Each school by year (CSV)

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 461 in 2025/26, −5 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 (1 school today). 208 pupils in 2025/26, 5.0% of the area's pupils, against 5.4% 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.

Every school's change

17 schools with figures for both years

6fell by 10% or more
7within 10%
4grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 2Down 10 to 25% · 4Within 10% · 7Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 25% or more · 3

Average class size in these schools went from 25.9 in 2015/16 to 22.6 in 2025/26. 4 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 CBS Primary WexfordWexford, Co. Wexford 225 → 379 +68.4%
  2. 2 Wexford Educate Together National SchoolWexford, Co. Wexford 138 → 191 +38.4%
  3. 3 S N MhuireBarntown, Co. Wexford 267 → 336 +25.8%
  4. 4 S N Baile an PhiarsaighDrinagh, Co. Wexford 216 → 238 +10.2%
  5. 5 S N Clochar MhuireWexford, Co. Wexford 353 → 368 +4.2%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 S N an GhleannaEnniscorthy, Co. Wexford 227 → 138 −39.2%
  2. 2 Curracloe N SEnniscorthy, Co. Wexford 110 → 73 −33.6%
  3. 3 S N Clochar MhuireRosslare, Co. Wexford 188 → 156 −17.0%
  4. 4 Faythe ConventWexford, Co. Wexford 269 → 226 −16.0%
  5. 5 S N na ScrineEnniscorthy, Co. Wexford 139 → 117 −15.8%

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.

Class sizes

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

Average class size
22.57
Mainstream classes
178
Classes of 30 or more
16
Schools with a class of 30+
9

Teachers

Teachers in the 17 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
178
Up 30 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 7%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 289
Estimate: 178 class teachers, 16 principals and deputies, 72 special education and 23 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
240
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
1 / 1
1 school gained a class teacher, 1 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

1 special school in the Wexford planning area, and the special classes in its 17 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
115
In 1 school, up from 109 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26
23
In 12 of 17 schools. 10 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
26
In 13 schools: 3 new classes, 1 school with its first
Autism classes
20
87% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In the Wexford planning area's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2020/21 10
  • 2021/22 11
  • 2022/23 14
  • 2023/24 18
  • 2024/25 21
  • 2025/26 23
  • 2026/27 26

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special school Pupils Since 2015/16 Teaching posts SNAs
Our Lady of Fatima SP SWexford · Mild general learning disability 115
+5.5%
15 19

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

What parents would prefer

1,367 households answered the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey for the Wexford planning area: 915 with children at its schools and 452 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.

Compare with other areas
The Department's own results: All 314 areas (Excel)Interactive mapSummary report with county figures (PDF)
Households that answered
1,367
40% of households asked
Prefer a multi-denominational patron
47% / 49%
Children at school / not yet at school
Prefer teaching through Irish
17% / 19%
Children at school / not yet at school
Prefer single-sex
1% / 3%
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

191 pupils (5%) in 1 school

  • 5%
  • 47%
  • 49%

Teaching through Irish

208 pupils (5%) in 1 school

  • 5%
  • 17%
  • 19%

Single-sex

No school here now

  • 0%
  • 1%
  • 3%

Bars run from 0 to 50%.

Each school's parents

Parents of children at each school. Bold marks the school's set-up now.
Scoil Mhuire CoolcottsWexford 573 107 of 422 ±7.9 47%7%1% 36 answered
Convent of MercyWexford 406 83 of 313 ±8.9 34%8%1% 52 answered
CBS Primary WexfordWexford 379 75 of 293 ±9.3 51%15%1% 56 answered
S N Clochar MhuireWexford 368 116 of 273 ±7.5 49%5%1% 37 answered
S N MhuireBarntown 336 99 of 198 ±8.2 43%14%0% –
S N Baile an PhiarsaighDrinagh 238 107 of 159 ±7.9 40%14%2% 30 answered
S N Bhaile MhuirneMurrintown 230 74 of 135 ±9.4 32%15%1% –
Faythe ConventWexford 226 52 of 184 ±11.1 44%10%6% –
Castlebridge N SCastlebridge 223 49 of 154 ±11.4 47%8%0% –
Gaelscoil Loch GarmanLoch Garman 208 55 of 143 ±10.8 62%96%2% 34 answered
S N PhadraigCrossabeg 199 44 of 108 ±12 61%16%2% –
Wexford Educate Together National SchoolWexford 191 58 of 140 ±10.6 91%24%0% –
S N Clochar MhuireRosslare 156 66 of 114 ±9.9 50%23%2% –
S N an GhleannaEnniscorthy 138 30 of 89 ±14.4 40%20%3% –
S N na ScrineEnniscorthy 117 38 of 81 ±12.9 39%16%0% –
St Iberius N SWexford 93 25 of 77 ±15.6 56%16%0% –
Curracloe N SEnniscorthy 73 12 of 52 ±21.4 42%17%0% –

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

17 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
Scoil Mhuire CoolcottsWexford 19739N 573
−6.2%
+33.6%
30 18.30 21 0
Convent of MercyWexford 11986N 406
−10.4%
−14.3%
16 25.38 31 4
CBS Primary WexfordWexford 17217T 379
+68.4%
+47.5%
15 23.67 30 1
S N Clochar MhuireWexford 17373K 368
+4.2%
−6.4%
16 23.00 26 0
S N MhuireBarntown 17913Q 336
+25.8%
+16.3%
14 23.14 31 1
S N Baile an PhiarsaighDrinagh 18558E 238
+10.2%
−11.2%
8 28.25 32 3
S N Bhaile MhuirneMurrintown 18684J 230
−3.4%
+27.1%
9 25.56 32 2
Faythe ConventWexford 11361T 226
−16.0%
−10.0%
11 20.00 23 0
Castlebridge N SCastlebridge 18707S 223
−4.3%
−5.9%
9 24.78 31 2
Gaelscoil Loch GarmanLoch Garman 20008E 208
−8.4%
−0.5%
8 25.25 27 0
S N PhadraigCrossabeg 17017L 199
+1.5%
+32.7%
8 23.38 30 1
Wexford Educate Together National SchoolWexford 20333P 191
+38.4%
– 8 23.12 28 0
S N Clochar MhuireRosslare 16879O 156
−17.0%
+15.6%
7 21.86 36 1
S N an GhleannaEnniscorthy 17005E 138
−39.2%
−27.7%
6 22.00 33 1
S N na ScrineEnniscorthy 18839M 117
−15.8%
+39.3%
5 20.80 24 0
St Iberius N SWexford 18824W 93
−4.1%
−8.8%
4 20.25 22 0
Curracloe N SEnniscorthy 14492D 73
−33.6%
−39.7%
4 18.25 26 0