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SCOIL LORCAIN B

Roll number: 18323A The Oval, Palmerstown, Dublin 20

School details

Address: The Oval, Palmerstown, Dublin 20 (D20W227)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 016267493
Principal: John Moore
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: South Dublin County Council
School patron: Archbishop of Dublin
School type: Ordinary
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Ballyfermot_D10

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: 2021/22: 366 in 2020/21 → 368, +2 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2023/24: 363 in 2022/23 → 329, -34 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2024/25 (38 → 54, +16).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2025/26 (preliminary) (54 → 0, -54).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2021/22 (48 → 51, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2023/24 (46 → 42, -4).
Overall: 366 (2020/21) → 321 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -45.

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	26	54	41.0	5
Senior Infants	27	54	42.4	5
1st Class	40	55	45.8	5
2nd Class	38	54	44.2	5
3rd Class	37	46	41.6	5
4th Class	37	48	43.8	5
5th Class	38	51	45.0	5
6th Class	40	53	47.0	5
Total	321	368	345.8	6

Total enrolment over time

Enrolment by gender over time

Enrolment by class over time

Cohort progression

Base cohort:

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 42

-1

SI 2021/22 41

-1

1st 2022/23 40

-2

2nd 2023/24 38

-1

3rd 2024/25 37

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 54

SI 2022/23 54

1st 2023/24 55

-1

2nd 2024/25 54

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 45

-2

SI 2023/24 43

1st 2024/25 45

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 26

SI 2024/25 27

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 38

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	–	366	42	47	42	41	46	48	48	52	366
2021/22	–	368	54	41	47	42	38	47	51	48	368
2022/23	–	363	45	54	40	46	42	37	46	53	363
2023/24	–	329	26	43	55	38	45	42	38	42	329
2024/25	–	328	38	27	45	54	37	45	42	40	328
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	321	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	321