Ennis N S
Ennis · Roll number 15042A
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 615
- −7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +9%
- Up 53 from 562 in 2015/16
- 21 classes in 2015/16, 25 now; average class 26.1 → 23.8
- Over 20 years: −12% from 702 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 286 / 329
- 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
615 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 | 72 | 65 | 80 | 66 | 79 | 70 | 72.0 |
| Senior Infants | 75 | 69 | 66 | 79 | 64 | 81 | 72.3 |
| 1st Class | 75 | 76 | 75 | 72 | 79 | 68 | 74.2 |
| 2nd Class | 74 | 76 | 74 | 78 | 70 | 78 | 75.0 |
| 3rd Class | 66 | 72 | 79 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 74.2 |
| 4th Class | 70 | 66 | 74 | 84 | 76 | 78 | 74.7 |
| 5th Class | 82 | 71 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 78 | 76.2 |
| 6th Class | 97 | 83 | 75 | 79 | 76 | 88 | 83.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
79 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 81 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 79Junior Infants2024/25
- 81Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
66 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 68 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 66Junior Infants2023/24
- 64Senior Infants2024/25
- 681st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
80 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 78 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 80Junior Infants2022/23
- 79Senior Infants2023/24
- 791st Class2024/25
- 782nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
65 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 74 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 65Junior Infants2021/22
- 66Senior Infants2022/23
- 721st Class2023/24
- 702nd Class2024/25
- 743rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
72 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 78 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 72Junior Infants2020/21
- 69Senior Infants2021/22
- 751st Class2022/23
- 782nd Class2023/24
- 763rd Class2024/25
- 784th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
75 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 78 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 75Senior Infants2020/21
- 761st Class2021/22
- 742nd Class2022/23
- 783rd Class2023/24
- 764th Class2024/25
- 785th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
75 in 1st Class (2020/21), 88 in 6th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils more.
- 751st Class2020/21
- 762nd Class2021/22
- 793rd Class2022/23
- 844th Class2023/24
- 815th Class2024/25
- 886th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
74 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 76 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 742nd Class2020/21
- 723rd Class2021/22
- 744th Class2022/23
- 775th Class2023/24
- 766th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
66 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 79 in 6th Class (2023/24): 13 pupils more.
- 663rd Class2020/21
- 664th Class2021/22
- 685th Class2022/23
- 796th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
70 in 4th Class (2020/21), 75 in 6th Class (2022/23): 5 pupils more.
- 704th Class2020/21
- 715th Class2021/22
- 756th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
82 in 5th Class (2020/21), 83 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 825th Class2020/21
- 836th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +17Senior Infants in 2025/26 (64 to 81)
- −15Senior Infants in 2024/25 (79 to 64)
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 Ennis N S, 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
42.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 43 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 25 mainstream classes 25
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers320 hours of support teaching a week 12.8
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes and a specific learning disability class 3
11.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 20 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 12.7 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 13.49 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 Ennis N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ennis N SThis school | – | 615 |
+9.4%
|
|
| 1 | Holy Family SNR1.9 km · Ennis · DEIS | 1.9 km | 306 |
−10.5%
|
| 2 | Holy Family Junior School2.0 km · Ennis · DEIS | 2.0 km | 167 |
−12.6%
|
| 3 | Chriost Ri2.0 km · Ennis · DEIS | 2.0 km | 226 |
+2.3%
|
| 4 | Bunscoil na mBraithre2.6 km · Ennis | 2.6 km | 643 |
−3.3%
|
| 5 | Clarecastle National School2.7 km · Clarecastle · DEIS | 2.7 km | 362 |
−4.2%
|
| 6 | Gael SC Mhichil Chiosog3.2 km · Inis · Gaelscoil | 3.2 km | 451 |
+11.9%
|
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: 143 of 439 households answered (33%). The true figures are likely within 6.8 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 105 who intend to enrol a child here answered. The Department gives no margin of error for this group.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 6.8 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 57% | 14% | 1% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 58% | 14% | 5% |
| Ennis planning area · children at school | 46% | 23% | 2% |
| Ennis planning area · children not yet at school | 50% | 25% | 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
- Ray McInerney
- Phone
- 0656829158
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ashline, Kilrush Road, Ennis, Co. Clare, V95 DE44
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killaloe
- 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
- Clare County Council
- Planning area
- Ennis
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 | 615 | 286 | 329 | 70 | 81 | 68 | 78 | 74 | 78 | 78 | 88 |
| 2024/25 | 622 | 291 | 331 | 79 | 64 | 79 | 70 | 76 | 76 | 81 | 76 |
| 2023/24 | 634 | 302 | 332 | 66 | 79 | 72 | 78 | 78 | 84 | 77 | 79 |
| 2022/23 | 611 | 292 | 319 | 80 | 66 | 75 | 74 | 79 | 74 | 68 | 75 |
| 2021/22 | 599 | 286 | 313 | 65 | 69 | 76 | 76 | 72 | 66 | 71 | 83 |
| 2020/21 | 631 | 291 | 340 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 70 | 82 | 97 |
| 2019/20 | 640 | 294 | 346 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 614 | 284 | 330 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 618 | 285 | 333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 583 | 266 | 317 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 562 | 260 | 302 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 579 | 274 | 305 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 591 | 289 | 302 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 586 | 294 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 599 | 307 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 628 | 320 | 308 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 637 | 330 | 307 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 650 | 322 | 328 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 670 | 323 | 347 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 686 | 307 | 379 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 702 | 312 | 390 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 714 | 300 | 414 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 706 | 285 | 421 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 704 | 273 | 431 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 691 | 255 | 436 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 665 | 237 | 428 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 655 | 217 | 438 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 654 | 193 | 461 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 624 | 154 | 470 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 614 | 130 | 484 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 606 | 103 | 503 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 573 | 62 | 511 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 581 | 37 | 544 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 642 | 0 | 642 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 651 | 0 | 651 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 641 | 0 | 641 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 644 | 0 | 644 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 617 | 0 | 617 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 611 | 0 | 611 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 595 | 0 | 595 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 556 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |