By area · Release notes. Enrolment by planning area, local authority, school patron, county.
BISHOP FOLEY MEMORIAL SCHOOL BOYS SNR SCH
Roll number: 17053P
Station Road, Co. Carlow
School details
- Address
- Station Road, Co. Carlow (R93P825)
- Principal
- John Kelly
- Ethos
- Catholic
- DEIS
- N
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- N
- Island
- N
- Local authority
- Carlow County Council
- School patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Senior
- Planning area
- Carlow
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.
- Biggest gain in a single year: 2022/23: 213 in 2021/22 → 220, +7 pupils.
- Biggest loss in a single year: 2021/22: 244 in 2020/21 → 213, -31 pupils.
- Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2023/24 (29 → 77, +48).
- Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2025/26 (preliminary) (52 → 0, -52).
- Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2024/25 (1 → 34, +33).
- Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (77 → 49, -28).
- Overall: 244 (2020/21) → 165 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -79.
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 |
| 2nd Class |
1 |
47 |
30.2 |
5 |
| 3rd Class |
29 |
77 |
47.4 |
5 |
| 4th Class |
28 |
49 |
43.8 |
5 |
| 5th Class |
27 |
51 |
44.0 |
5 |
| 6th Class |
45 |
53 |
49.8 |
5 |
| Total |
165 |
244 |
207.3 |
6 |
Total enrolment over time
Enrolment by gender over time
Enrolment by class over time
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 |
– |
244 |
– |
– |
– |
47 |
50 |
48 |
46 |
53 |
244 |
| 2021/22 |
– |
213 |
– |
– |
– |
26 |
47 |
46 |
45 |
49 |
213 |
| 2022/23 |
– |
220 |
– |
– |
– |
47 |
29 |
48 |
51 |
45 |
220 |
| 2023/24 |
– |
207 |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
77 |
28 |
51 |
50 |
207 |
| 2024/25 |
– |
195 |
– |
– |
– |
30 |
34 |
49 |
27 |
52 |
195 |
| 2025/26 (preliminary) |
– |
165 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
165 |