St Attractas N S
Ballaghaderreen · Roll number 19980S
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 281
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +21%
- Up 49 from 232 in 2015/16
- 8 classes in 2015/16, 14 now; average class 29.0 → 20.1
- Over 20 years: +17% from 240 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 138 / 143
- 49% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
281 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 | 26 | 34 | 22 | 36 | 41 | 31.8 |
| Senior Infants | 32 | 33 | 27 | 34 | 25 | 37 | 31.3 |
| 1st Class | 30 | 32 | 34 | 28 | 32 | 25 | 30.2 |
| 2nd Class | 27 | 32 | 35 | 32 | 34 | 31 | 31.8 |
| 3rd Class | 33 | 30 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 34.8 |
| 4th Class | 27 | 38 | 33 | 33 | 42 | 33 | 34.3 |
| 5th Class | 24 | 29 | 42 | 36 | 36 | 42 | 34.8 |
| 6th Class | 34 | 26 | 30 | 41 | 40 | 35 | 34.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
36 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 37 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 36Junior Infants2024/25
- 37Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
22 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 25 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2023/24
- 25Senior Infants2024/25
- 251st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
34 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 31 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 34Junior Infants2022/23
- 34Senior Infants2023/24
- 321st Class2024/25
- 312nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
26 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 37 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 26Junior Infants2021/22
- 27Senior Infants2022/23
- 281st Class2023/24
- 342nd Class2024/25
- 373rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 33 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 32Junior Infants2020/21
- 33Senior Infants2021/22
- 341st Class2022/23
- 322nd Class2023/24
- 373rd Class2024/25
- 334th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 42 in 5th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 32Senior Infants2020/21
- 321st Class2021/22
- 352nd Class2022/23
- 363rd Class2023/24
- 424th Class2024/25
- 425th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
30 in 1st Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 301st Class2020/21
- 322nd Class2021/22
- 363rd Class2022/23
- 334th Class2023/24
- 365th Class2024/25
- 356th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
27 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2024/25): 13 pupils more.
- 272nd Class2020/21
- 303rd Class2021/22
- 334th Class2022/23
- 365th Class2023/24
- 406th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
33 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 41 in 6th Class (2023/24): 8 pupils more.
- 333rd Class2020/21
- 384th Class2021/22
- 425th Class2022/23
- 416th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
27 in 4th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 274th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 306th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
24 in 5th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 245th Class2020/21
- 266th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +14Junior Infants in 2024/25 (22 to 36)
- −12Junior Infants in 2023/24 (34 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 St Attractas 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
20.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 20 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 14 mainstream classes 14
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers132.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.3
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.3 special education teachers and 3 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 St Attractas N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Attractas N SThis school | – | 281 |
+21.1%
|
|
| 1 | S N Brusna4.1 km · Ballaghadereen · DEIS | 4.1 km | 66 |
+10.0%
|
| 2 | Kilmovee N S4.6 km · Ballaghadereen · DEIS | 4.6 km | 51 |
−13.6%
|
| 3 | Don N S5.1 km · Ballaghaderreen · DEIS | 5.1 km | 38 |
−41.5%
|
| 4 | S N Lios A Cuill M5.8 km · Castlerea · DEIS | 5.8 km | 94 |
+51.6%
|
| 5 | Tibohine N S5.8 km · Castlerea · DEIS | 5.8 km | 56 |
+9.8%
|
| 6 | St Colmans NS7.6 km · Ballymote · DEIS | 7.6 km | 34 |
+6.2%
|
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: 32 of 176 households answered (18%). The true figures are likely within 14 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: 14 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 50% | 22% | 6% |
| Ballaghadereen planning area · children at school | 33% | 20% | 2% |
| Ballaghadereen planning area · children not yet at school | 25% | 27% | 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
- Noel Loftus
- Phone
- 0949860646
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon, F45 H367
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Achonry
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Roscommon County Council
- Planning area
- Ballaghadereen
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
33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 281 | 138 | 143 | 41 | 37 | 25 | 31 | 37 | 33 | 42 | 35 |
| 2024/25 | 282 | 140 | 142 | 36 | 25 | 32 | 34 | 37 | 42 | 36 | 40 |
| 2023/24 | 262 | 128 | 134 | 22 | 34 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 33 | 36 | 41 |
| 2022/23 | 271 | 136 | 135 | 34 | 27 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 42 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | 246 | 121 | 125 | 26 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 38 | 29 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | 239 | 123 | 116 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 33 | 27 | 24 | 34 |
| 2019/20 | 236 | 115 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 220 | 112 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 230 | 114 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 219 | 106 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 232 | 118 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 234 | 114 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 216 | 101 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 239 | 104 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 245 | 117 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 236 | 109 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 238 | 108 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 268 | 126 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 254 | 113 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 237 | 105 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 240 | 105 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 238 | 108 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 246 | 111 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 228 | 114 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 203 | 100 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 202 | 98 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 204 | 101 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 200 | 105 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 218 | 117 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 232 | 119 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 223 | 109 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 247 | 125 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 258 | 126 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |