S N an Chroi Naofa
Tralee · Roll number 16871V
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 342
- −6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −7%
- Down 24 from 366 in 2015/16
- 15 classes in 2015/16, 15 now; average class 24.1 → 22.4
- Over 20 years: −19% from 421 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 191 / 151
- 56% girls
Pupils since 1974
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
342 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 | 27 | 46 | 41 | 39 | 42 | 42 | 39.5 |
| Senior Infants | 29 | 30 | 50 | 39 | 44 | 43 | 39.2 |
| 1st Class | 25 | 33 | 39 | 53 | 47 | 45 | 40.3 |
| 2nd Class | 37 | 25 | 30 | 47 | 50 | 42 | 38.5 |
| 3rd Class | 28 | 41 | 33 | 31 | 46 | 51 | 38.3 |
| 4th Class | 30 | 31 | 49 | 34 | 35 | 48 | 37.8 |
| 5th Class | 32 | 30 | 33 | 53 | 34 | 37 | 36.5 |
| 6th Class | 43 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 50 | 34 | 37.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
42 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 43 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 42Junior Infants2024/25
- 43Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
39 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 45 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 39Junior Infants2023/24
- 44Senior Infants2024/25
- 451st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
41 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 42 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 41Junior Infants2022/23
- 39Senior Infants2023/24
- 471st Class2024/25
- 422nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
46 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 51 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2021/22
- 50Senior Infants2022/23
- 531st Class2023/24
- 502nd Class2024/25
- 513rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
27 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 48 in 4th Class (2025/26): 21 pupils more.
- 27Junior Infants2020/21
- 30Senior Infants2021/22
- 391st Class2022/23
- 472nd Class2023/24
- 463rd Class2024/25
- 484th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
29 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 37 in 5th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 29Senior Infants2020/21
- 331st Class2021/22
- 302nd Class2022/23
- 313rd Class2023/24
- 354th Class2024/25
- 375th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
25 in 1st Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 251st Class2020/21
- 252nd Class2021/22
- 333rd Class2022/23
- 344th Class2023/24
- 345th Class2024/25
- 346th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
37 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2024/25): 13 pupils more.
- 372nd Class2020/21
- 413rd Class2021/22
- 494th Class2022/23
- 535th Class2023/24
- 506th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
28 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2023/24): 6 pupils more.
- 283rd Class2020/21
- 314th Class2021/22
- 335th Class2022/23
- 346th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
30 in 4th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 304th Class2020/21
- 305th Class2021/22
- 326th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
32 in 5th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 325th Class2020/21
- 326th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +20Senior Infants in 2022/23 (30 to 50)
- −195th Class in 2024/25 (53 to 34)
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 S N an Chroi Naofa, 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
22.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers135 hours of support teaching a week 5.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
8.33 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.4 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 9.66 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 S N an Chroi Naofa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N an Chroi NaofaThis school | – | 342 |
−6.6%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Mhuire0.1 km · Tralee · DEIS | 0.1 km | 378 |
+2.4%
|
| 2 | St Johns Parochial School0.4 km · Tralee · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.4 km | 61 |
+69.4%
|
| 3 | S N Mhuire na mBraithre0.5 km · Tralee · DEIS | 0.5 km | 414 |
−10.8%
|
| 4 | Holy Family0.8 km · Tralee · DEIS | 0.8 km | 265 |
+16.7%
|
| 5 | Scoil Eoin0.8 km · Tralee | 0.8 km | 589 |
−13.9%
|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn1.8 km · Trá Lí · Gaelscoil | 1.8 km | 415 |
+48.2%
|
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: 47 of 215 households answered (22%). The true figures are likely within 11.7 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: 11.7 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 53% | 2% | 4% |
| Tralee planning area · children at school | 37% | 22% | 3% |
| Tralee planning area · children not yet at school | 42% | 26% | 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
- John Hickey
- Phone
- 0667123314
- [email protected]
- Address
- Castle Street Upper, Tralee, Co. Kerry, V92 X093
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kerry
- 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
- Kerry County Council
- Planning area
- Tralee
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
43 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 342 | 191 | 151 | 42 | 43 | 45 | 42 | 51 | 48 | 37 | 34 |
| 2024/25 | 348 | 205 | 143 | 42 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 46 | 35 | 34 | 50 |
| 2023/24 | 331 | 209 | 122 | 39 | 39 | 53 | 47 | 31 | 34 | 53 | 34 |
| 2022/23 | 307 | 211 | 96 | 41 | 50 | 39 | 30 | 33 | 49 | 33 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | 268 | 199 | 69 | 46 | 30 | 33 | 25 | 41 | 31 | 30 | 32 |
| 2020/21 | 251 | 208 | 43 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 37 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 43 |
| 2019/20 | 272 | 243 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 301 | 270 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 323 | 288 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 344 | 309 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 366 | 326 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 386 | 353 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 386 | 357 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 391 | 359 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 380 | 342 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 382 | 338 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 389 | 355 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 394 | 361 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 387 | 346 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 389 | 337 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 421 | 350 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 451 | 344 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 410 | 314 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 384 | 301 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 330 | 261 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 304 | 243 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 313 | 250 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 306 | 248 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 324 | 248 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 351 | 276 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 362 | 293 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 375 | 306 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 403 | 322 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 634 | 485 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 663 | 520 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 677 | 527 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 681 | 525 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 691 | 539 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 721 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 762 | 576 | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 630 | 509 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 664 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 619 | 495 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |