Please find below the requested information. The data is for the 2020-21 academic year the most recent year we have data available for. We will update the table as soon as the final enrolment data for 2021-2022 is published, end of June 2022.
The Deputy will be aware that the general staffing schedule is based on a 25:1 ratio.
Academic Year 2020 - 2021
County
|
Classes with 30 pupils or more
|
Carlow
|
37
|
Cavan
|
35
|
Clare
|
74
|
Cork
|
294
|
Donegal
|
85
|
Dublin
|
555
|
Galway
|
142
|
Kerry
|
79
|
Kildare
|
129
|
Kilkenny
|
56
|
Laois
|
32
|
Leitrim
|
18
|
Limerick
|
125
|
Longford
|
20
|
Louth
|
89
|
Mayo
|
69
|
Meath
|
157
|
Monaghan
|
44
|
Offaly
|
46
|
Roscommon
|
26
|
Sligo
|
38
|
Tipperary
|
74
|
Waterford
|
60
|
Westmeath
|
65
|
Wexford
|
74
|
Wicklow
|
82
|
Grand Total
|
2,505
|
The figures are based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and are collated from the relevant Class Size tables published on the DES website and can be found at the link below.
www.gov.ie/en/collection/class-size-information-at-individual-primary-school-level/.