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Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Department of Education and Skills

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of children at primary level in classes of 30 or more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15313/15]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Provisional results from the 2014/2015 National School Annual Census showing the breakdown by county of the number of children at primary level is classes of 30 ore more are shown in the following table. Final figures will be published at the end of June. Further details on individual school class size is available on my Department's website at www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Data-on-Individual-Schools/.

PROVISIONAL DATA ONLY - Number of pupils in each class size range at individual national school level, 2014/2015

Note: The data contained in this sheet is sourced from the 2014/2015 National School Annual Census and refers to pupils in mainstream classes only.

-Class Size Range (number of mainstream pupils)--------
-0-910-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-45
Local Authority AreaTotal Mainstream Class PupilsNumber of Mainstream Class Pupils in Classes of 30 Pupils or More
Carlow County Council
24
319
1,430
3,283
2,310
72
7,438
2,382
Cavan County Council
44
847
3,022
3,918
1,436
175
9,442
1,611
Clare County Council
86
1,719
3,734
4,700
2,912
546
13,697
3,458
Cork City Council
2,404
3,550
5,303
1,926
284
13,467
2,210
Cork County Council
92
3,383
11,124
19,247
11,113
1,619
40
46,618
12,772
Donegal County Council
110
2,648
4,592
7,887
3,353
140
18,730
3,493
Dublin City Council
40
7,230
11,524
16,973
7,664
466
43,897
8,130
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
9
972
2,701
9,119
5,448
35
18,284
5,483
Fingal County Council
1,415
6,277
19,419
8,261
142
35,514
8,403
Galway City Council
9
1,102
2,550
2,103
1,322
106
7,192
1,428
Galway County Council
166
2,833
6,208
7,904
4,315
465
21,891
4,780
Kerry County Council
69
1,913
4,494
6,056
2,760
495
15,787
3,255
Kildare County Council
914
6,341
14,009
6,993
464
28,721
7,457
Kilkenny County Council
32
983
2,231
4,725
2,294
464
10,729
2,758
Laois County Council
15
807
2,555
4,427
2,656
216
10,676
2,872
Leitrim County Council
24
675
865
1,294
660
106
3,624
766
Limerick City Council
17
1,044
1,627
2,684
1,393
6,765
1,393
Limerick County Council
23
1,364
3,528
5,914
3,607
573
15,009
4,180
Longford County Council
6
693
1,569
1,989
974
5,231
974
Louth County Council
1,229
4,452
6,546
3,714
569
16,510
4,283
Mayo County Council
159
2,751
3,212
5,616
2,449
144
14,331
2,593
Meath County Council
16
982
4,646
12,037
7,580
508
25,769
8,088
Monaghan County Council
9
831
1,991
2,879
1,478
213
7,401
1,691
Offaly County Council
14
1,046
2,589
4,054
1,638
286
9,627
1,924
Roscommon County Council
67
1,445
1,804
2,756
1,060
7,132
1,060
Sligo County Council
39
795
2,155
2,677
1,429
108
7,203
1,537
South Dublin County Council
23
3,058
7,472
15,666
7,460
210
33,889
7,670
Tipperary (NR) County Council
21
1,018
1,960
3,494
1,700
109
8,302
1,809
Tipperary (SR) County Council
42
1,368
2,925
3,782
1,711
140
9,968
1,851
Waterford City Council
390
1,272
3,371
1,083
6,116
1,083
Waterford County Council
14
536
1,964
3,180
1,993
212
7,899
2,205
Westmeath County Council
23
1,081
2,398
4,959
2,285
106
10,852
2,391
Wexford County Council
25
1,299
4,684
7,449
4,191
509
18,157
4,700
Wicklow County Council
7
1,019
3,340
7,798
4,515
387
17,066
4,902
Grand Total
1,225
52,113
126,786
227,218
115,683
9,869
40
532,934
125,592
Source: Statistics Section, Department of Education and Skills

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