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183 schools in Ireland · 2025/26

pupils
43,648
junior infants
4,681
in 22 all-Irish schools
5,016 11.5%
class teachers · 10 gained one · 17 lost one since 2024/25
1,825 +140 since 2015/16
households answered the parent survey
12,028
together since 2015/16 (about this figure)

The 183 schools with figures for both years had 44,757 pupils in 2015/16 and have 43,648 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

−2.5%
Over 10 years

0 grew · 183 steady · 0 fell

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13 special schools also match this search. Show them too

  1. Scoil Moin A Lin Castletroy
    847 pupils +4.2% over 10 years
  2. 744 pupils +4.9% over 10 years
  3. Scoil Choilm Community NS Dublin 15Multi-denominationalDEIS
    698 pupils −2.6% over 10 years
  4. St Laurences N S Greystones
    666 pupils +3.9% over 10 years
  5. Aghards N S Celbridge
    660 pupils −5.4% over 10 years
  6. 648 pupils −1.2% over 10 years
  7. The Harold School Glasthule
    642 pupils −5.6% over 10 years
  8. Ennis N S Ennis
    615 pupils +9.4% over 10 years
  9. St Brigids N S Kilcullen
    598 pupils −5.7% over 10 years
  10. Carysfort NS Blackrock
    583 pupils +7.0% over 10 years
  11. 543 pupils +0.9% over 10 years
  12. St Pius X G N S Dublin 6WGirls
    540 pupils +3.1% over 10 years
  13. 537 pupils +0.4% over 10 years
  14. St Pius X N S Boys Dublin 6Boys
    511 pupils −3.4% over 10 years
  15. St Brigids Girls N S Dublin 18Girls
    499 pupils −8.4% over 10 years
  16. 493 pupils −7.7% over 10 years
  17. St Patricks BNS ClaneBoys
    488 pupils −1.2% over 10 years
  18. Scoil Lorcáin Baile na ManachGaelscoil
    485 pupils −0.6% over 10 years
  19. 480 pupils +2.6% over 10 years
  20. St Patrick GNS Dublin 16
    472 pupils −8.5% over 10 years
  21. Marley Grange NS Dublin 16
    461 pupils −7.6% over 10 years
  22. Bishop Galvin NS Dublin 6w
    461 pupils −2.9% over 10 years
  23. Scoil Ui Fhiaich Maigh NuadGaelscoil
    459 pupils −4.2% over 10 years
  24. Gaelscoil Bhrian Bóroimhe SordGaelscoilInter-denominational
    441 pupils −7.0% over 10 years
  25. St Fintans NS Dublin 13
    431 pupils −8.3% 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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