Scoil Mhuire
Dublin 16 · Roll number 19490B
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 187
- −23 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −22%
- Down 53 from 240 in 2015/16
- 11 classes in 2015/16, 11 now; average class 20.0 → 15.4
- Over 20 years: −18% from 228 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 71 / 116
- 38% girls
Pupils since 1976
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
187 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 | 34 | 28 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 25 | 23.3 |
| Senior Infants | 22 | 36 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 23.5 |
| 1st Class | 22 | 24 | 31 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 24.2 |
| 2nd Class | 28 | 21 | 22 | 32 | 28 | 23 | 25.7 |
| 3rd Class | 26 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 29 | 28 | 26.2 |
| 4th Class | 29 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 27.2 |
| 5th Class | 36 | 29 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 24 | 29.3 |
| 6th Class | 29 | 38 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 30.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
16 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 16 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 16Junior Infants2024/25
- 16Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
20 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 14 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 20Junior Infants2023/24
- 15Senior Infants2024/25
- 141st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
17 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 23 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 17Junior Infants2022/23
- 22Senior Infants2023/24
- 231st Class2024/25
- 232nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
28 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 28 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 28Junior Infants2021/22
- 30Senior Infants2022/23
- 311st Class2023/24
- 282nd Class2024/25
- 283rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
34 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 29 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 34Junior Infants2020/21
- 36Senior Infants2021/22
- 311st Class2022/23
- 322nd Class2023/24
- 293rd Class2024/25
- 294th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 22Senior Infants2020/21
- 241st Class2021/22
- 222nd Class2022/23
- 213rd Class2023/24
- 244th Class2024/25
- 245th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
22 in 1st Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 221st Class2020/21
- 212nd Class2021/22
- 253rd Class2022/23
- 264th Class2023/24
- 295th Class2024/25
- 286th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
28 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 282nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 284th Class2022/23
- 275th Class2023/24
- 296th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
26 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 263rd Class2020/21
- 274th Class2021/22
- 315th Class2022/23
- 306th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
29 in 4th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 294th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 296th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
36 in 5th Class (2020/21), 38 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 365th Class2020/21
- 386th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +14Senior Infants in 2021/22 (22 to 36)
- −11Junior Infants in 2022/23 (28 to 17)
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 Mhuire, 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 11 mainstream classes 11
- 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 2 autism classes and an early intervention class 3
13.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.5 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 13.32 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 Mhuire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil MhuireThis school | – | 187 |
−22.1%
|
|
| 1 | Ballyroan B N S0.9 km · Dublin 16 · Boys | 0.9 km | 375 |
+5.3%
|
| 2 | Whitechurch Nat School0.9 km · Dublin 16 · Church of Ireland | 0.9 km | 194 |
+6.0%
|
| 3 | St Patrick GNS1.1 km · Dublin 16 | 1.1 km | 472 |
−8.5%
|
| 4 | Marley Grange NS1.2 km · Dublin 16 | 1.2 km | 461 |
−7.6%
|
| 5 | S N Bhaile Eamonn1.4 km · Dublin 16 | 1.4 km | 75 |
−16.7%
|
| 6 | Clochar Loreto N S1.5 km · Dublin 14 | 1.5 km | 445 |
−13.6%
|
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: 38 of 134 households answered (28%). 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 | 42% | 21% | 0% |
| Rathfarnham planning area · children at school | 58% | 20% | 9% |
| Rathfarnham planning area · children not yet at school | 66% | 24% | 11% |
| 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
- Maire Marnell
- Phone
- 014931967
- [email protected]
- Address
- Glenmore Court, Ballyboden, Dublin 16, D16 V043
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Rathfarnham
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
40 school years from 1976/77 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 187 | 71 | 116 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 23 | 28 | 29 | 24 | 28 |
| 2024/25 | 210 | 79 | 131 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 28 | 29 | 24 | 29 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | 222 | 94 | 128 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 32 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 30 |
| 2022/23 | 228 | 106 | 122 | 17 | 30 | 31 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | 244 | 115 | 129 | 28 | 36 | 24 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 38 |
| 2020/21 | 238 | 117 | 121 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 36 | 29 |
| 2019/20 | 228 | 118 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 235 | 126 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 235 | 126 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 232 | 126 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 240 | 123 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 232 | 123 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 232 | 128 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 208 | 107 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 195 | 97 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 205 | 96 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 209 | 99 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 209 | 105 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 205 | 100 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 222 | 105 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 228 | 110 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 247 | 119 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 256 | 128 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 261 | 132 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 279 | 138 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 312 | 143 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 352 | 161 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 386 | 179 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 420 | 201 | 219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 472 | 225 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 539 | 253 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 615 | 300 | 315 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 666 | 327 | 339 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 387 | 172 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 303 | 138 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 252 | 109 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 243 | 102 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 197 | 80 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 149 | 67 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 109 | 47 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |