By area · Release notes. Enrolment by planning area, local authority, school patron, county.
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Roll number: 18653V
Thomas Street, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick
School details
- Address
- Thomas Street, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick (V94EH60)
- Principal
- Hilary Pratt
- Ethos
- Catholic
- DEIS
- Y
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- N
- Island
- N
- Local authority
- Limerick County Council
- School patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Senior
- Planning area
- Rathkeale
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: 2023/24: 70 in 2022/23 → 93, +23 pupils.
- Biggest loss in a single year: 2024/25: 93 in 2023/24 → 89, -4 pupils.
- Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2021/22 (7 → 18, +11).
- Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2025/26 (preliminary) (25 → 0, -25).
- Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (10 → 15, +5).
- Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (20 → 14, -6).
- Overall: 68 (2020/21) → 86 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 18.
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 |
9 |
22 |
14.4 |
5 |
| 3rd Class |
13 |
25 |
17.6 |
5 |
| 4th Class |
7 |
19 |
15.4 |
5 |
| 5th Class |
9 |
20 |
15.2 |
5 |
| 6th Class |
12 |
19 |
15.0 |
5 |
| Total |
68 |
93 |
79.0 |
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 |
– |
68 |
– |
– |
– |
10 |
14 |
7 |
18 |
19 |
68 |
| 2021/22 |
– |
68 |
– |
– |
– |
9 |
15 |
18 |
9 |
17 |
68 |
| 2022/23 |
– |
70 |
– |
– |
– |
16 |
13 |
16 |
13 |
12 |
70 |
| 2023/24 |
– |
93 |
– |
– |
– |
22 |
21 |
17 |
20 |
13 |
93 |
| 2024/25 |
– |
89 |
– |
– |
– |
15 |
25 |
19 |
16 |
14 |
89 |
| 2025/26 (preliminary) |
– |
86 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
86 |