By area · Release notes. Enrolment by planning area, local authority, school patron, county.

BAILE AN PHUSTA N S

Roll number: 01554B Ballapousta, Ardee, Co. Louth

School details

Address
Ballapousta, Ardee, Co. Louth (A92XD53)
Email
[email protected]
Phone
0416853966
Principal
Peter Dooley
Ethos
Catholic
DEIS
N
Irish classification
No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht
N
Island
N
Local authority
Louth County Council
School patron
Archbishop of Armagh
School type
Ordinary
School level
All-Through School
Planning area
Ardee

Preliminary data

The latest year shown (2025/26) is preliminary and subject to revision when the official enrolment figures are released by the Department of Education.

Data highlights

Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.

Summary statistics (class-level data)

Min / max / mean enrolment per class across the available years (2020/21–2024/25; preliminary year excluded from class stats).

Class Min Max Mean Years
Junior Infants 16 30 21.2 5
Senior Infants 16 29 22.4 5
1st Class 16 29 22.2 5
2nd Class 16 29 22.6 5
3rd Class 20 29 23.8 5
4th Class 20 33 24.4 5
5th Class 20 34 26.0 5
6th Class 19 34 28.8 5
Total 174 221 191.3 6

Total enrolment over time

Enrolment by gender over time

Enrolment by class over time

Cohort progression

Track how each cohort (pupils who were in the same class in the same year) progresses through the school. Each step shows the count; the number between steps is the net change (pupils gained minus pupils lost).

Cohort 2020/21
JI 2020/21 30
-1
SI 2021/22 29
0
1st 2022/23 29
0
2nd 2023/24 29
0
3rd 2024/25 29
Cohort 2021/22
JI 2021/22 16
0
SI 2022/23 16
0
1st 2023/24 16
0
2nd 2024/25 16
Cohort 2022/23
JI 2022/23 20
+1
SI 2023/24 21
0
1st 2024/25 21
Cohort 2023/24
JI 2023/24 18
0
SI 2024/25 18
Cohort 2024/25
JI 2024/25 22

Raw data by year

Years marked (preliminary) are subject to revision when official data are published.

Year Female Male JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total
2020/21 117 104 30 28 18 21 23 33 34 34 221
2021/22 105 98 16 29 27 20 20 24 33 34 203
2022/23 90 99 20 16 29 27 20 20 23 34 189
2023/24 84 90 18 21 16 29 27 20 20 23 174
2024/25 89 86 22 18 21 16 29 25 20 19 175
2025/26 (preliminary) 97 89 186