Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 June 2016
174. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently being taught in classes that have fewer than 25 pupils, have between 25 and 28 pupils, and have over 28 pupils, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16919/16]
View answerProvisional results from the 2015/2016 National School Annual Census showing the information requested by the Deputy are shown in the following table. Final figures will be published at the end of June. Further details on individual school class size are available on my Department's website at www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Data-on-Individual-Schools/. Due to the moveable nature of classes at post-primary level depending on subject choices, class size data are not available at post-primary level.
Provisional Data - Number of Pupils In Mainstream Chasses classified by class size and County, 2015/2016 National School Annual Census
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- |
0-25 |
25-28 |
OVER 28 |
OVERALL TOTALS |
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COUNTY |
PUPILS |
CLASSES |
PUPILS |
CLASSES |
PUPILS |
CLASSES |
PUPILS |
CLASSES |
|
Dublin |
40,877 |
2038 |
46,809 |
1750 |
46,602 |
1544 |
134,288 |
5332 |
|
Cork |
21,438 |
1071 |
18,508 |
698 |
21,139 |
681 |
61,085 |
2450 |
|
Galway |
12,234 |
639 |
8,335 |
315 |
8,994 |
289 |
29,563 |
1243 |
|
Kildare |
6,830 |
317 |
12,079 |
454 |
10,125 |
334 |
29,034 |
1105 |
|
Meath |
5,402 |
255 |
9,778 |
367 |
11,140 |
364 |
26,320 |
986 |
|
Limerick |
7,272 |
370 |
6,939 |
261 |
8,031 |
259 |
22,242 |
890 |
|
Donegal |
7,262 |
385 |
5,584 |
211 |
6,010 |
195 |
18,856 |
791 |
|
Tipperary |
7,392 |
371 |
5,818 |
220 |
5,198 |
169 |
18,408 |
760 |
|
Wexford |
5,872 |
283 |
6,276 |
237 |
6,218 |
198 |
18,366 |
718 |
|
Wicklow |
4,411 |
213 |
6,879 |
258 |
6,180 |
201 |
17,470 |
672 |
|
Louth |
5,504 |
268 |
5,308 |
200 |
5,938 |
192 |
16,750 |
660 |
|
Kerry |
6,496 |
335 |
4,671 |
176 |
4,698 |
152 |
15,865 |
663 |
|
Mayo |
6,466 |
357 |
3,960 |
150 |
3,892 |
125 |
14,318 |
632 |
|
Waterford |
4,095 |
199 |
4,926 |
184 |
5,116 |
168 |
14,137 |
551 |
|
Clare |
5,721 |
300 |
3,778 |
144 |
4,101 |
131 |
13,600 |
575 |
|
Westmeath |
3,755 |
188 |
3,371 |
126 |
3,920 |
130 |
11,046 |
444 |
|
Kilkenny |
3,323 |
164 |
3,753 |
141 |
3,800 |
122 |
10,876 |
427 |
|
Laois |
3,631 |
178 |
3,802 |
143 |
3,262 |
106 |
10,695 |
427 |
|
Offaly |
4,322 |
212 |
3,053 |
115 |
2,460 |
79 |
9,835 |
406 |
|
Cavan |
4,002 |
198 |
3,333 |
125 |
2,234 |
73 |
9,569 |
396 |
|
Monaghan |
2,832 |
140 |
2,265 |
86 |
2,464 |
79 |
7,561 |
305 |
|
Carlow |
1,758 |
84 |
2,882 |
109 |
2,881 |
94 |
7,521 |
287 |
|
Roscommon |
3,158 |
176 |
2,186 |
83 |
2,056 |
67 |
7,400 |
326 |
|
Sligo |
3,109 |
163 |
1,835 |
69 |
2,420 |
78 |
7,364 |
310 |
|
Longford |
2,150 |
108 |
1,417 |
54 |
1,573 |
50 |
5,140 |
212 |
|
Leitrim |
1,563 |
81 |
1,250 |
48 |
833 |
27 |
3,646 |
156 |
|
Grand Total |
180875 |
9093 |
178795 |
6724 |
181285 |
5907 |
540955 |
21724 |
