Rathoe NS
Rathoe · Roll number 01415K
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 175
- +7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −6%
- Down 11 from 186 in 2015/16
- 7 classes in 2015/16, 7 now; average class 26.1 → 22.4
- Over 20 years: +77% from 99 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 83 / 92
- 47% girls
Pupils since 1975
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
175 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 15 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 20 | 20 | 19.5 |
| Senior Infants | 22 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 21 | 19.7 |
| 1st Class | 20 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 33 | 20.8 |
| 2nd Class | 14 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 17.5 |
| 3rd Class | 19 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 17.5 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 19.3 |
| 5th Class | 30 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 22.5 |
| 6th Class | 26 | 29 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 22.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
20 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 21 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 20Junior Infants2024/25
- 21Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
32 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 33 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 32Junior Infants2023/24
- 28Senior Infants2024/25
- 331st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
18 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 21 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2022/23
- 19Senior Infants2023/24
- 171st Class2024/25
- 212nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
12 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 18 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 12Junior Infants2021/22
- 13Senior Infants2022/23
- 171st Class2023/24
- 162nd Class2024/25
- 183rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 17 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 15Junior Infants2020/21
- 15Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 132nd Class2023/24
- 133rd Class2024/25
- 174th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 22Senior Infants2020/21
- 221st Class2021/22
- 212nd Class2022/23
- 213rd Class2023/24
- 214th Class2024/25
- 255th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
20 in 1st Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 201st Class2020/21
- 202nd Class2021/22
- 203rd Class2022/23
- 204th Class2023/24
- 195th Class2024/25
- 206th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
14 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 142nd Class2020/21
- 143rd Class2021/22
- 164th Class2022/23
- 175th Class2023/24
- 176th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
19 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 193rd Class2020/21
- 194th Class2021/22
- 215th Class2022/23
- 216th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
23 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 234th Class2020/21
- 235th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
30 in 5th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 305th Class2020/21
- 296th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +161st Class in 2025/26 (17 to 33)
- −12Junior Infants in 2024/25 (32 to 20)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Rathoe NS, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
14.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers80 hours of support teaching a week 3.2
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
9.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.3 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 9.32 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to Rathoe NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathoe NSThis school | – | 175 |
−5.9%
|
|
| 1 | S N Muire Lourdes4.7 km · Tullow · Girls · DEIS | 4.7 km | 195 |
−11.8%
|
| 2 | S N Phadraig Naofa4.8 km · Tullow · Boys · DEIS | 4.8 km | 150 |
−34.2%
|
| 3 | St Columbas N S4.9 km · Tullow · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 4.9 km | 93 |
+25.7%
|
| 4 | Scoil Nais Bhride5.7 km · Tullow | 5.7 km | 190 |
−2.1%
|
| 5 | S N Peadar agus Pol5.8 km · Ballon | 5.8 km | 239 |
−14.9%
|
| 6 | Fr Cullen Memorial N S6.5 km · Tinryland | 6.5 km | 231 |
+40.0%
|
What parents would prefer
In the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey (November–December 2025), parents said whether they would prefer this school to be co-educational or single-sex, to have a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and to teach through Irish or English. These are preferences, not applications or enrolments.
Children at this school
Their parents: 46 of 123 households answered (37%). The true figures are likely within 11.8 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Fewer than 30 parents of children not yet at school chose this school, so the Department didn't publish their answers.
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 11.8 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 22% | 11% | 2% |
| Tullow planning area · children at school | 40% | 17% | 6% |
| Tullow planning area · children not yet at school | 36% | 26% | 6% |
| Ireland · children at school | 44% | 20% | 5% |
| Ireland · children not yet at school | 47% | 26% | 6% |
Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Planning-area and Ireland figures also count parents at schools where too few answered for the school to get its own results. About these figures
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Erika Murphy
- Phone
- 0599148786
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rathoe, Co. Carlow, R93 XY18
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Carlow County Council
- Planning area
- Tullow
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 175 | 83 | 92 | 20 | 21 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | 168 | 75 | 93 | 20 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 17 |
| 2023/24 | 178 | 84 | 94 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | 159 | 81 | 78 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 166 | 81 | 85 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 29 |
| 2020/21 | 178 | 87 | 91 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 26 |
| 2019/20 | 177 | 83 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 175 | 86 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 183 | 88 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 187 | 90 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 186 | 88 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 187 | 89 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 178 | 86 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 175 | 88 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 163 | 80 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 179 | 86 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 159 | 76 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 153 | 73 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 135 | 65 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 115 | 55 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 99 | 49 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 85 | 43 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 74 | 38 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 67 | 32 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 63 | 30 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 62 | 25 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 69 | 27 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 70 | 30 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 70 | 29 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 83 | 36 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 82 | 36 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 92 | 44 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 100 | 49 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 156 | 74 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 164 | 75 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 158 | 73 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 154 | 68 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 153 | 73 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 147 | 67 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 149 | 68 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |