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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

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%
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0 grew · 183 steady · 0 fell

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Parent survey, 2025

Parents of children at each school, from the Department's Primary School Survey. About these figures

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  1. Scoil Moin A Lin Castletroy
    847 +4.2%
  2. St Colmcille Senior N S Dublin 16
    744 +4.9%
  3. Scoil Choilm Community NS Dublin 15Multi-denominationalDEIS
    698 −2.6%
  4. St Laurences N S Greystones
    666 +3.9%
  5. Aghards N S Celbridge
    660 −5.4%
  6. St Canices Central N S Kilkenny
    648 −1.2%
  7. The Harold School Glasthule
    642 −5.6%
  8. Ennis N S Ennis
    615 +9.4%
  9. St Brigids N S Kilcullen
    598 −5.7%
  10. Carysfort NS Blackrock
    583 +7.0%
  11. St. Mary's Primary School Enfield
    543 +0.9%
  12. St Pius X G N S Dublin 6WGirls
    540 +3.1%
  13. Cloghroe Mixed N S Cloghroe
    537 +0.4%
  14. St Pius X N S Boys Dublin 6Boys
    511 −3.4%
  15. St Brigids Girls N S Dublin 18Girls
    499 −8.4%
  16. Prosperous N S Naas
    493 −7.7%
  17. St Patricks BNS ClaneBoys
    488 −1.2%
  18. Scoil Lorcáin Baile na ManachGaelscoil
    485 −0.6%
  19. Scoil Naisiunta Bhride ClaneGirls
    480 +2.6%
  20. St Patrick GNS Dublin 16
    472 −8.5%
  21. Marley Grange NS Dublin 16
    461 −7.6%
  22. Bishop Galvin NS Dublin 6w
    461 −2.9%
  23. Scoil Ui Fhiaich Maigh NuadGaelscoil
    459 −4.2%
  24. Gaelscoil Bhrian Bóroimhe SordGaelscoilInter-denominational
    441 −7.0%
  25. St Fintans NS Dublin 13
    431 −8.3%
School Pupils Since 2015/16 Since 2005/06 Average class Class teacherschange on 2024/25 Junior infants Multi-denominationalparents who'd prefer Through Irishparents who'd prefer
Scoil Moin A Lin Castletroy, Co. Limerick · Roll 17937H 847
+4.2%
+58.6%
26.3 32 100 51% 12%
St Colmcille Senior N S Dublin 16 · Roll 19742C 744
+4.9%
+2.5%
25.7 29 0 50% 11%
Scoil Choilm Community NS Dublin 15 · Roll 20241K Multi-denominationalDEIS 698
−2.6%
From 2007/08 22.1 31 54 71% 9%
St Laurences N S Greystones, Co. Wicklow · Roll 19573F 666
+3.9%
+30.8%
23.2 28 77 54% 11%
Aghards N S Celbridge, Co. Kildare · Roll 19794V 660
−5.4%
+5.4%
26.4 25 77 57% 16%
St Canices Central N S Kilkenny · Roll 19626A 648
−1.2%
+24.4%
26.2 24 78 54% 17%
The Harold School Glasthule, Co. Dublin · Roll 20141G 642
−5.6%
+30.8%
23.6 27 83 68% 19%
Ennis N S Ennis, Co. Clare · Roll 15042A 615
+9.4%
−12.4%
23.8 25 70 57% 14%
St Brigids N S Kilcullen, Co. Kildare · Roll 19675N 598
−5.7%
+39.1%
22.3 −126 54 50% 10%
Carysfort NS Blackrock, Co. Dublin · Roll 14586M 583
+7.0%
+16.8%
24.3 24 82 65% 16%
St. Mary's Primary School Enfield, Co. Meath · Roll 17821L 543
+0.9%
+136.1%
22.8 −123 58 56% 13%
St Pius X G N S Dublin 6W · Roll 19178W Girls 540
+3.1%
+19.5%
27.0 20 53 54% 17%
Cloghroe Mixed N S Cloghroe, Co. Cork · Roll 07242M 537
+0.4%
+2.9%
25.2 21 69 52% 10%
St Pius X N S Boys Dublin 6 · Roll 19177U Boys 511
−3.4%
+8.0%
25.6 20 53 54% 15%
St Brigids Girls N S Dublin 18 · Roll 16353W Girls 499
−8.4%
−3.3%
24.9 20 43 58% 11%
Prosperous N S Naas, Co. Kildare · Roll 18515J 493
−7.7%
+11.8%
22.6 21 60 51% 18%
St Patricks BNS Clane, Co. Kildare · Roll 19796C Boys 488
−1.2%
+18.4%
25.1 −119 70 52% 13%
Scoil Lorcáin Baile na Manach, Co. Dublin · Roll 18451J Gaelscoil 485
−0.6%
+11.2%
25.5 19 60 58% 92%
Scoil Naisiunta Bhride Clane, Co. Kildare · Roll 19797E Girls 480
+2.6%
+25.0%
23.6 20 48 52% 16%
St Patrick GNS Dublin 16 · Roll 19114T 472
−8.5%
+16.0%
23.4 −120 91 55% 14%
Marley Grange NS Dublin 16 · Roll 19574H 461
−7.6%
+0.9%
24.3 19 54 54% 10%
Bishop Galvin NS Dublin 6w · Roll 19494J 461
−2.9%
+2.9%
25.3 18 0 55% 12%
Scoil Ui Fhiaich Maigh Nuad, Co. Kildare · Roll 20058T Gaelscoil 459
−4.2%
+50.0%
24.2 +119 56 50% 84%
Gaelscoil Bhrian Bóroimhe Sord, Co. Dublin · Roll 20095C GaelscoilInter-denominational 441
−7.0%
Opened 1999/00 27.6 16 58 50% 95%
St Fintans NS Dublin 13 · Roll 19549I 431
−8.3%
+6.4%
23.9 +118 46 59% 19%
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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.