Ratoath Senior NS
Ratoath · Roll number 20200T
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 319
- −41 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −25%
- Down 106 from 425 in 2015/16
- 16 classes in 2015/16, 15 now; average class 26.6 → 21.3
- Over 20 years: −30% from 454 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 166 / 153
- 52% girls
Pupils since 2005
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
319 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 3rd Class | 117 | 104 | 101 | 73 | 71 | 66 | 88.7 |
| 4th Class | 119 | 120 | 106 | 105 | 74 | 71 | 99.2 |
| 5th Class | 127 | 120 | 122 | 109 | 106 | 74 | 109.7 |
| 6th Class | 117 | 126 | 119 | 118 | 109 | 108 | 116.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
71 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 71 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 713rd Class2024/25
- 714th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
73 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 74 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 733rd Class2023/24
- 744th Class2024/25
- 745th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
101 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 108 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 1013rd Class2022/23
- 1054th Class2023/24
- 1065th Class2024/25
- 1086th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
104 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 109 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 1043rd Class2021/22
- 1064th Class2022/23
- 1095th Class2023/24
- 1096th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
117 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 118 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 1173rd Class2020/21
- 1204th Class2021/22
- 1225th Class2022/23
- 1186th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
119 in 4th Class (2020/21), 119 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 1194th Class2020/21
- 1205th Class2021/22
- 1196th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
127 in 5th Class (2020/21), 126 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1275th Class2020/21
- 1266th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +96th Class in 2021/22 (117 to 126)
- −325th Class in 2025/26 (106 to 74)
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 Ratoath Senior NS, 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
21teaching posts
Our estimate: about 21 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 15 mainstream classes 15
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers125 hours of support teaching a week 5
4 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4.5 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 5 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 Ratoath Senior NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratoath Senior NSThis school | – | 319 |
−24.9%
|
|
| 1 | Ratoath Junior N S0.1 km · Ratoath | 0.1 km | 213 |
−53.9%
|
| 2 | St Pauls NS0.8 km · Ratoath | 0.8 km | 565 |
−20.1%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil na Mí3.5 km · Cill Dhéagláin · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 3.5 km | 242 | – |
| 4 | Ashbourne Educate Together National School3.7 km · Ashbourne · Multi-denominational | 3.7 km | 410 | – |
| 5 | S N Rath Beagain3.8 km · Dunshaughlin | 3.8 km | 219 |
+11.2%
|
| 6 | Ashbourne Community National School3.9 km · Ashbourne · Multi-denominational | 3.9 km | 341 | – |
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: 80 of 274 households answered (29%). The true figures are likely within 9 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 30 who intend to enrol a child here answered. The Department gives no margin of error for this group.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 9 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 49% | 24% | 0% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 63% | 10% | 3% |
| Ratoath planning area · children at school | 45% | 21% | 1% |
| Ratoath planning area · children not yet at school | 59% | 21% | 2% |
| 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
- Maggie McGivern
- Phone
- 018254470
- [email protected]
- Address
- Fairyhouse Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath, A85 ET29
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Senior
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Meath County Council
- Planning area
- Ratoath
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
21 school years from 2005/06 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 319 | 166 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 71 | 74 | 108 |
| 2024/25 | 360 | 175 | 185 | – | – | – | – | 71 | 74 | 106 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 405 | 191 | 214 | – | – | – | – | 73 | 105 | 109 | 118 |
| 2022/23 | 448 | 208 | 240 | – | – | – | – | 101 | 106 | 122 | 119 |
| 2021/22 | 470 | 232 | 238 | – | – | – | – | 104 | 120 | 120 | 126 |
| 2020/21 | 480 | 241 | 239 | – | – | – | – | 117 | 119 | 127 | 117 |
| 2019/20 | 495 | 251 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 483 | 237 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 466 | 223 | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 468 | 231 | 237 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 425 | 203 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 439 | 200 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 450 | 206 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 486 | 205 | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 571 | 260 | 311 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 599 | 291 | 308 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 620 | 306 | 314 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 609 | 306 | 303 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 551 | 284 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 511 | 245 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 454 | 205 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |