Written answers
Thursday, 9 June 2016
Department of Education and Skills
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown per county of the number of children that are currently being taught in primary school classes of over 25 pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15242/16]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Provisional results from the 2015/2016 National School Annual Census showing the breakdown by county of the number of children at primary level in classes of 25 or more are shown in the attached 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/.
PROVISIONAL DATA ONLY
Number of pupils in each class size range at county level, 2015/2016.
| County | 0-9 pupils | 10-19 pupils | 20-24 pupils | 25-29 pupils | 30+ pupils | Total | Number of pupils in classes of 25 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 9 | 343 | 1,406 | 3,491 | 2,272 | 7,521 | 5,763 |
| Cavan | 38 | 988 | 2,976 | 4,058 | 1,509 | 9,569 | 5,567 |
| Clare | 65 | 1,830 | 3,826 | 4,619 | 3,260 | 13,600 | 7,879 |
| Cork | 86 | 6,260 | 15,092 | 23,902 | 15,745 | 61,085 | 39,647 |
| Donegal | 115 | 2,619 | 4,528 | 7,295 | 4,299 | 18,856 | 11,594 |
| Dublin | 37 | 13,591 | 27,249 | 63,020 | 30,391 | 134,288 | 93,411 |
| Galway | 122 | 4,465 | 7,647 | 10,481 | 6,848 | 29,563 | 17,329 |
| Kerry | 101 | 2,043 | 4,352 | 6,121 | 3,248 | 15,865 | 9,369 |
| Kildare | 7 | 989 | 5,834 | 15,153 | 7,051 | 29,034 | 22,204 |
| Kilkenny | 27 | 829 | 2,467 | 4,768 | 2,785 | 10,876 | 7,553 |
| Laois | 16 | 828 | 2,787 | 4,701 | 2,363 | 10,695 | 7,064 |
| Leitrim | 7 | 494 | 1,062 | 1,540 | 543 | 3,646 | 2,083 |
| Limerick | 31 | 2,370 | 4,871 | 8,882 | 6,088 | 22,242 | 14,970 |
| Longford | 8 | 846 | 1,296 | 1,649 | 1,341 | 5,140 | 2,990 |
| Louth | 0 | 1,371 | 4,133 | 6,584 | 4,662 | 16,750 | 11,246 |
| Mayo | 226 | 2,352 | 3,888 | 4,946 | 2,906 | 14,318 | 7,852 |
| Meath | 15 | 831 | 4,556 | 12,823 | 8,095 | 26,320 | 20,918 |
| Monaghan | 29 | 855 | 1,977 | 2,932 | 1,797 | 7,590 | 4,729 |
| Offaly | 0 | 1,111 | 3,182 | 3,401 | 2,112 | 9,806 | 5,513 |
| Roscommon | 83 | 1,294 | 1,781 | 2,766 | 1,476 | 7,400 | 4,242 |
| Sligo | 34 | 994 | 2,081 | 2,531 | 1,724 | 7,364 | 4,255 |
| Tipperary | 29 | 2,450 | 4,913 | 7,152 | 3,864 | 18,408 | 11,016 |
| Waterford | 15 | 1,117 | 2,963 | 6,753 | 3,289 | 14,137 | 10,042 |
| Westmeath | 14 | 1,090 | 2,651 | 4,908 | 2,383 | 11,046 | 7,291 |
| Wexford | 14 | 1,154 | 4,704 | 7,668 | 4,826 | 18,366 | 12,494 |
| Wicklow | 14 | 870 | 3,527 | 8,561 | 4,498 | 17,470 | 13,059 |
| Total | 1,142 | 53,984 | 125,749 | 230,705 | 129,375 | 540,955 | 360,080 |
Note: The data contained in this sheet is sourced from the 2015/2016 National School Annual Census and refers to pupils in mainstream classes only.
Source: Statistics Section, Department of Education and Skills.
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