St Patrick's National School
Borris · Roll number 18510W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 32
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −32%
- Down 15 from 47 in 2015/16
- 2 classes in 2015/16, 2 now; average class 23.5 → 16.0
- Over 20 years: −20% from 40 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 17 / 15
- 53% 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
32 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 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.8 |
| Senior Infants | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5.0 |
| 1st Class | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 2nd Class | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 3rd Class | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 4th Class | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 5th Class | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 6th Class | – | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4.4 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
7 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 7 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 7Junior Infants2024/25
- 7Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
2 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 2 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 2Junior Infants2023/24
- 2Senior Infants2024/25
- 21st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
4 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 4 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 4Junior Infants2022/23
- 4Senior Infants2023/24
- 41st Class2024/25
- 42nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
4 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 4 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 4Junior Infants2021/22
- 5Senior Infants2022/23
- 41st Class2023/24
- 42nd Class2024/25
- 43rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
6 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 5 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 6Junior Infants2020/21
- 6Senior Infants2021/22
- 51st Class2022/23
- 52nd Class2023/24
- 53rd Class2024/25
- 54th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
6 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 5 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 6Senior Infants2020/21
- 61st Class2021/22
- 62nd Class2022/23
- 63rd Class2023/24
- 54th Class2024/25
- 55th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
6 in 1st Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 61st Class2020/21
- 62nd Class2021/22
- 63rd Class2022/23
- 54th Class2023/24
- 55th Class2024/25
- 56th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
4 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 42nd Class2020/21
- 43rd Class2021/22
- 44th Class2022/23
- 45th Class2023/24
- 46th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
7 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 73rd Class2020/21
- 74th Class2021/22
- 75th Class2022/23
- 76th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
2 in 4th Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 24th Class2020/21
- 25th Class2021/22
- 26th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
3 in 5th Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 35th Class2020/21
- 46th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +54th Class in 2021/22 (2 to 7)
- −7Junior Infants in 2025/26 (7 to 0)
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 St Patrick's National School, 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
2.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 3 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 2 mainstream classes 2
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers15 hours of support teaching a week 0.6
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.6 special education teachers and 1 SNA 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 St Patrick's National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patrick's National SchoolThis school | – | 32 |
−31.9%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Nais Mhichil4.0 km · Borris | 4.0 km | 42 |
−16.0%
|
| 2 | Borris MXD N S5.1 km · Borris | 5.1 km | 196 |
−7.1%
|
| 3 | Graig na Manach Buac7.0 km · Graignamanagh · Boys · DEIS | 7.0 km | 68 |
−20.9%
|
| 4 | S N Muire gan Smal7.0 km · Graigenamanagh · DEIS | 7.0 km | 148 |
−8.6%
|
| 5 | Kiltealy N S8.0 km · Enniscorthy | 8.0 km | 100 |
+14.9%
|
| 6 | Scoil N Moling-Glynn8.3 km · Saint Mulllins | 8.3 km | 51 |
−7.3%
|
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: 13 of 24 households answered (54%). The true figures are likely within 20.8 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: 20.8 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 15% | 0% | 0% |
| Borris planning area · children at school | 32% | 14% | 1% |
| Borris planning area · children not yet at school | 46% | 19% | 0% |
| 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
- Aisling McEvoy
- Phone
- 0599773512
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballymurphy, Borris, Co Carlow (via Kilkenny), R95 FH76
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- 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
- Carlow County Council
- Planning area
- Borris
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 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022/23 | 39 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 39 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 2019/20 | 41 | 17 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 39 | 18 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 44 | 22 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 50 | 24 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 47 | 22 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 47 | 24 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 51 | 27 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 56 | 30 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 52 | 25 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 51 | 24 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 46 | 25 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 48 | 27 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 47 | 29 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 49 | 25 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 40 | 21 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 38 | 19 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 38 | 21 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 38 | 21 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 32 | 18 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 28 | 15 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 30 | 14 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 31 | 18 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 32 | 19 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 36 | 21 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 36 | 19 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 35 | 13 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 38 | 13 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 42 | 16 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 44 | 17 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 41 | 17 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 38 | 18 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 45 | 21 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 44 | 20 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 45 | 22 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |