Scoil an Linbh Íosa
Donegal Town · Roll number 17260U
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 274
- +8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +18%
- Up 42 from 232 in 2015/16
- 8 classes in 2015/16, 11 now; average class 29.0 → 24.9
- Over 20 years: +19% from 230 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 144 / 130
- 53% 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
274 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 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 41 | 34 | 34.3 |
| Senior Infants | 27 | 32 | 37 | 32 | 34 | 41 | 33.8 |
| 1st Class | 27 | 27 | 37 | 38 | 33 | 34 | 32.7 |
| 2nd Class | 18 | 27 | 28 | 37 | 38 | 33 | 30.2 |
| 3rd Class | 23 | 19 | 31 | 28 | 40 | 36 | 29.5 |
| 4th Class | 43 | 22 | 21 | 29 | 28 | 39 | 30.3 |
| 5th Class | 28 | 44 | 25 | 21 | 29 | 28 | 29.2 |
| 6th Class | 26 | 27 | 44 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 28.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
41 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 41 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 41Junior Infants2024/25
- 41Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
33 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 34 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 33Junior Infants2023/24
- 34Senior Infants2024/25
- 341st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
33 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 33 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 33Junior Infants2022/23
- 32Senior Infants2023/24
- 331st Class2024/25
- 332nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
33 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 36 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 33Junior Infants2021/22
- 37Senior Infants2022/23
- 381st Class2023/24
- 382nd Class2024/25
- 363rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 39 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 32Junior Infants2020/21
- 32Senior Infants2021/22
- 371st Class2022/23
- 372nd Class2023/24
- 403rd Class2024/25
- 394th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
27 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 27Senior Infants2020/21
- 271st Class2021/22
- 282nd Class2022/23
- 283rd Class2023/24
- 284th Class2024/25
- 285th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
27 in 1st Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 271st Class2020/21
- 272nd Class2021/22
- 313rd Class2022/23
- 294th Class2023/24
- 295th Class2024/25
- 296th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
18 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 182nd Class2020/21
- 193rd Class2021/22
- 214th Class2022/23
- 215th Class2023/24
- 236th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
23 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 233rd Class2020/21
- 224th Class2021/22
- 255th Class2022/23
- 236th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
43 in 4th Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 434th Class2020/21
- 445th Class2021/22
- 446th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
28 in 5th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 285th Class2020/21
- 276th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +176th Class in 2022/23 (27 to 44)
- −214th Class in 2021/22 (43 to 22)
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 Íosa, 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
15.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 16 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 11 mainstream classes 11
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers97.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.9
6 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers and 6 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 Íosa, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil an Linbh ÍosaThis school | – | 274 |
+18.1%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Aodh Rua&nuala1.7 km · Donegal Town | 1.7 km | 217 |
−9.6%
|
| 2 | Glebe NS2.2 km · Donegal · Church of Ireland | 2.2 km | 121 |
+14.2%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri3.0 km · Baile Dhún na nGall · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 3.0 km | 55 |
−39.6%
|
| 4 | St Francis NS4.8 km · Barnesmore | 4.8 km | 159 |
−7.0%
|
| 5 | Naomh Adhamhnain5.7 km · Laghey | 5.7 km | 123 |
+115.8%
|
| 6 | Scoil Naomh Peadar6.6 km · Mountcharles | 6.6 km | 134 |
+69.6%
|
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: 53 of 187 households answered (28%). The true figures are likely within 11 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 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 36% | 8% | 0% |
| Donegal planning area · children at school | 35% | 14% | 1% |
| Donegal planning area · children not yet at school | 48% | 23% | 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
- Anne Reid
- Phone
- 0749722752
- [email protected]
- Address
- Killymard, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal, F94 AW95
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Raphoe
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Donegal County Council
- Planning area
- Donegal
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 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 | 274 | 144 | 130 | 34 | 41 | 34 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 28 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 266 | 134 | 132 | 41 | 34 | 33 | 38 | 40 | 28 | 29 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | 241 | 124 | 117 | 33 | 32 | 38 | 37 | 28 | 29 | 21 | 23 |
| 2022/23 | 256 | 126 | 130 | 33 | 37 | 37 | 28 | 31 | 21 | 25 | 44 |
| 2021/22 | 231 | 117 | 114 | 33 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 22 | 44 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 224 | 108 | 116 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 43 | 28 | 26 |
| 2019/20 | 211 | 102 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 212 | 104 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 210 | 101 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 225 | 109 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 232 | 110 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 217 | 110 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 214 | 108 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 220 | 115 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 211 | 116 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 225 | 131 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 230 | 126 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 230 | 129 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 230 | 125 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 224 | 121 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 230 | 129 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 226 | 119 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 221 | 112 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 210 | 97 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 194 | 96 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 190 | 93 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 196 | 99 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 201 | 96 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 202 | 95 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 210 | 97 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 215 | 95 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 199 | 89 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 212 | 96 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 107 | 42 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 104 | 43 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 80 | 34 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 77 | 34 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 63 | 24 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 63 | 24 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 53 | 22 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |