The information requested by the deputy is not available. Provisional data for the academic year 2020/2021 will be available in January 2021.
Please find attached information for the academic year 2019/2020 - the most recent available data.
The figures are based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and were collated from the relevant Class Size tables published on the DES website and can be found at the link below;
https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Data-on-Individual-Schools/primary/
Academic Year: 2019/2020
Number of schools with classes of 30 or greater grouped by Local Authority
Local Authority
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Number of Schools with Classes => 30
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Carlow County Council
|
19
|
Cavan County Council
|
25
|
Clare County Council
|
38
|
Cork City Council
|
26
|
Cork County Council
|
147
|
Donegal County Council
|
54
|
Dublin City Council
|
64
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
|
41
|
Fingal County Council
|
49
|
Galway City Council
|
11
|
Galway County Council
|
69
|
Kerry County Council
|
48
|
Kildare County Council
|
60
|
Kilkenny County Council
|
36
|
Laois County Council
|
27
|
Leitrim County Council
|
12
|
Limerick City and County Council
|
65
|
Longford County Council
|
11
|
Louth County Council
|
36
|
Mayo County Council
|
44
|
Meath County Council
|
74
|
Monaghan County Council
|
31
|
Offaly County Council
|
25
|
Roscommon County Council
|
26
|
Sligo County Council
|
20
|
South Dublin County Council
|
49
|
Tipperary County Council
|
55
|
Waterford City and County Council
|
29
|
Westmeath County Council
|
31
|
Wexford County Council
|
54
|
Wicklow County Council
|
42
|
Grand Total
|
1318
|