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ST OLIVER PLUNKETTS NS

Roll number: 19449E Newcastle, Athenry, Co. Galway

School details

Address
Newcastle, Athenry, Co. Galway (H65T680)
Email
[email protected]
Phone
091849178
Principal
Breda Murphy
Ethos
Catholic
DEIS
N
Irish classification
No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht
N
Island
N
Local authority
Galway County Council
School patron
Archbishop of Tuam
School type
Ordinary
School level
All-Through School
Planning area
Athenry

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 17 28 22.8 5
Senior Infants 19 24 21.6 5
1st Class 23 26 24.2 5
2nd Class 19 26 23.6 5
3rd Class 20 30 25.8 5
4th Class 22 31 25.8 5
5th Class 22 32 26.8 5
6th Class 21 32 26.0 5
Total 192 200 197.0 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 22
-1
SI 2021/22 21
+3
1st 2022/23 24
+2
2nd 2023/24 26
+2
3rd 2024/25 28
Cohort 2021/22
JI 2021/22 25
-2
SI 2022/23 23
0
1st 2023/24 23
0
2nd 2024/25 23
Cohort 2022/23
JI 2022/23 22
+2
SI 2023/24 24
+2
1st 2024/25 26
Cohort 2023/24
JI 2023/24 17
+2
SI 2024/25 19
Cohort 2024/25
JI 2024/25 28

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 95 97 22 21 25 19 30 24 27 24 192
2021/22 107 93 25 21 23 26 20 31 26 28 200
2022/23 103 95 22 23 24 24 26 22 32 25 198
2023/24 95 99 17 24 23 26 25 25 22 32 194
2024/25 101 98 28 19 26 23 28 27 27 21 199
2025/26 (preliminary) 98 101 199