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

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Roll number: 19215C Donore Avenue, Drogheda, Co. Louth

School details

Address: Donore Avenue, Drogheda, Co. Louth (A92FD60)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0419837150
Principal: Ms Bairbre English
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: Y
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Louth County Council
School patron: Bishop of Meath
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Drogheda

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: 316 in 2022/23 → 331, +15 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2024/25: 331 in 2023/24 → 313, -18 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2023/24 (30 → 46, +16).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2025/26 (preliminary) (44 → 0, -44).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (40 → 45, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2024/25 (40 → 37, -3).
Overall: 309 (2020/21) → 315 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 6.

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	33	45	37.6	5
Senior Infants	35	45	39.0	5
1st Class	38	45	40.0	5
2nd Class	37	44	39.8	5
3rd Class	35	45	41.6	5
4th Class	33	45	39.8	5
5th Class	32	45	39.0	5
6th Class	30	46	37.6	5
Total	305	331	314.8	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 45

SI 2021/22 45

1st 2022/23 45

-1

2nd 2023/24 44

-2

3rd 2024/25 42

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 33

SI 2022/23 35

1st 2023/24 38

2nd 2024/25 39

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 37

SI 2023/24 39

-1

1st 2024/25 38

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 40

-3

SI 2024/25 37

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 33

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	226	83	45	39	41	37	44	33	35	35	309
2021/22	209	96	33	45	38	40	35	45	32	37	305
2022/23	190	126	37	35	45	39	45	39	45	30	316
2023/24	179	152	40	39	38	44	42	42	39	46	331
2024/25	159	154	33	37	38	39	42	40	44	40	313
2025/26 (preliminary)	155	160	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	315