Scoil an Linbh Iosa
Galway · Roll number 04515G
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 236
- −25 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +31%
- Up 56 from 180 in 2015/16
- 9 classes in 2015/16, 13 now; average class 20.0 → 17.8
- Over 20 years: +76% from 134 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 133 / 103
- 56% 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
236 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 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 28.2 |
| Senior Infants | 23 | 23 | 27 | 34 | 32 | 26 | 27.5 |
| 1st Class | 31 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 27.7 |
| 2nd Class | 33 | 30 | 26 | 25 | 35 | 27 | 29.3 |
| 3rd Class | 28 | 34 | 33 | 25 | 24 | 37 | 30.2 |
| 4th Class | 27 | 27 | 41 | 36 | 28 | 26 | 30.8 |
| 5th Class | 20 | 31 | 27 | 45 | 35 | 27 | 30.8 |
| 6th Class | 19 | 21 | 29 | 28 | 43 | 37 | 29.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
28 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 26 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 28Junior Infants2024/25
- 26Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
30 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 30 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 30Junior Infants2023/24
- 32Senior Infants2024/25
- 301st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
34 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 27 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 34Junior Infants2022/23
- 34Senior Infants2023/24
- 301st Class2024/25
- 272nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
26 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 37 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 26Junior Infants2021/22
- 27Senior Infants2022/23
- 301st Class2023/24
- 352nd Class2024/25
- 373rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 25Junior Infants2020/21
- 23Senior Infants2021/22
- 231st Class2022/23
- 252nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 264th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 23Senior Infants2020/21
- 221st Class2021/22
- 262nd Class2022/23
- 253rd Class2023/24
- 284th Class2024/25
- 275th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
31 in 1st Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 311st Class2020/21
- 302nd Class2021/22
- 333rd Class2022/23
- 364th Class2023/24
- 355th Class2024/25
- 376th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
33 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 43 in 6th Class (2024/25): 10 pupils more.
- 332nd Class2020/21
- 343rd Class2021/22
- 414th Class2022/23
- 455th Class2023/24
- 436th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
28 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 283rd Class2020/21
- 274th Class2021/22
- 275th Class2022/23
- 286th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
27 in 4th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 274th Class2020/21
- 315th Class2021/22
- 296th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
20 in 5th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 205th Class2020/21
- 216th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +185th Class in 2023/24 (27 to 45)
- −105th Class in 2024/25 (45 to 35)
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 Scoil an Linbh Iosa, 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
20.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 21 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 13 mainstream classes 13
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers142.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.7
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
8.74 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 5 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.5 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 8.74 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. 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 Scoil an Linbh Iosa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil an Linbh IosaThis school | – | 236 |
+31.1%
|
|
| 1 | Parochial N S0.1 km · Galway · Church of Ireland | 0.1 km | 75 |
−13.8%
|
| 2 | S N Padraic Naofa0.4 km · Galway | 0.4 km | 214 |
−5.3%
|
| 3 | Scoil Croi Iosa0.6 km · Galway · DEIS | 0.6 km | 122 |
+22.0%
|
| 4 | S N Iognaid0.8 km · Gaillimh · Gaelscoil | 0.8 km | 480 |
−17.1%
|
| 5 | Niochlas N S1.0 km · Galway · DEIS | 1.0 km | 262 |
−18.4%
|
| 6 | S N Fhursa1.1 km · Gaillimh · Gaelscoil | 1.1 km | 216 |
−13.3%
|
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: 38 of 171 households answered (22%). The true figures are likely within 12.9 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: 12.9 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 58% | 16% | 5% |
| Galway City planning area · children at school | 46% | 37% | 3% |
| Galway City planning area · children not yet at school | 49% | 42% | 3% |
| 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
- Evelyn O'Toole
- Phone
- 091566452
- [email protected]
- Address
- St Francis Street, Galway, H91 RX32
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Galway City Council
- Planning area
- Galway City
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
42 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 | 236 | 133 | 103 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 37 | 26 | 27 | 37 |
| 2024/25 | 261 | 144 | 117 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 35 | 24 | 28 | 35 | 43 |
| 2023/24 | 259 | 141 | 118 | 30 | 34 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 36 | 45 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | 245 | 134 | 111 | 34 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 33 | 41 | 27 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | 218 | 121 | 97 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 30 | 34 | 27 | 31 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 206 | 133 | 73 | 25 | 23 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 27 | 20 | 19 |
| 2019/20 | 205 | 137 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 194 | 132 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 186 | 136 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 178 | 131 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 180 | 130 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 188 | 134 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 206 | 145 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 200 | 137 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 190 | 123 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 178 | 123 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 163 | 112 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 158 | 113 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 155 | 106 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 144 | 99 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 134 | 93 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 139 | 104 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 149 | 105 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 165 | 116 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 175 | 129 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 178 | 138 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 176 | 138 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 185 | 147 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 208 | 171 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 247 | 193 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 250 | 199 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 257 | 199 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 273 | 208 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 509 | 391 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 549 | 416 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 553 | 411 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 534 | 397 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 524 | 385 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 534 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 503 | 381 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 494 | 388 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 482 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |