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20 schools in Co. Clare · 2025/26

pupils
2,693
junior infants
314
in 3 all-Irish schools
548 20.3%
class teachers · 0 gained one · 1 lost one since 2024/25
122 +9 since 2015/16
households answered the parent survey
648
together since 2015/16 (about this figure)

The 20 schools with figures for both years had 2,772 pupils in 2015/16 and have 2,693 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

−2.8%
Over 10 years

6 grew · 8 steady · 6 fell

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Parent survey, 2025

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Class teachers since 2024/25
DEIS and islands
  1. Ennis N S Ennis
    615 pupils +9.4% over 10 years
  2. Gael SC Mhichil Chiosog InisGaelscoil
    451 pupils +11.9% over 10 years
  3. Clarecastle National School ClarecastleDEIS
    362 pupils −4.2% over 10 years
  4. St Aidans NS Shannon
    260 pupils −2.6% over 10 years
  5. 166 pupils +16.9% over 10 years
  6. 102 pupils −16.4% over 10 years
  7. 101 pupils −9.8% over 10 years
  8. 85 pupils −31.5% over 10 years
  9. S N Inis Cealtrach Mountshannon
    71 pupils +18.3% over 10 years
  10. Gaelscoil Donncha Rua SionnaGaelscoilDEIS
    68 pupils +4.6% over 10 years
  11. S N Cill Muire Sixmilebridge
    65 pupils −51.9% over 10 years
  12. Shannon Airport No 2 NS ShannonChurch of Ireland
    51 pupils +410.0% over 10 years
  13. Clooney N S Tulla
    48 pupils −52.9% over 10 years
  14. Tomgraney N S Tuamgraney
    47 pupils −45.3% over 10 years
  15. S N Eoin Baiste Ballyvaughan
    42 pupils +20.0% over 10 years
  16. Rineen N S Miltown Malbay
    35 pupils −31.4% over 10 years
  17. Ballycar N S Newmarket-on-Fergus
    34 pupils −2.9% over 10 years
  18. New Quay NS H91 Hy40
    31 pupils +34.8% over 10 years
  19. Carrigaholt Mixed N S KilrushDEIS
    30 pupils +7.1% over 10 years
  20. S N Iosef Naofa An LeachtGaelscoil
    29 pupils −9.4% over 10 years
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Distances are straight lines, not travel routes. Pupil numbers and class sizes: Department of Education, 2025/26. Change is over 10 years, since 2015/16. Average class size counts mainstream classes only, and there's one class teacher for each mainstream class. Totals cover every school in the results, not just those shown.

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