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St. Francis National School

Roll number: 20259G Rock Road, Blackrock

School details

Address
Rock Road, Blackrock (A91NH0V)
Email
[email protected]
Phone
0429366993
Principal
Oreena Lawless
Ethos
Catholic
DEIS
N
Irish classification
No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht
N
Island
N
Local authority
Louth County Council
School patron
Archbishop of Armagh
School type
Ordinary with Special Classes
School level
All-Through School
Planning area
Dundalk

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 49 59 53.6 5
Senior Infants 50 59 54.8 5
1st Class 52 60 55.2 5
2nd Class 36 62 51.6 5
3rd Class 33 61 51.0 5
4th Class 35 59 46.0 5
5th Class 33 57 42.6 5
6th Class 29 44 36.0 5
Total 336 441 406.2 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 59
-1
SI 2021/22 58
+2
1st 2022/23 60
-3
2nd 2023/24 57
0
3rd 2024/25 57
Cohort 2021/22
JI 2021/22 55
+1
SI 2022/23 56
-2
1st 2023/24 54
-3
2nd 2024/25 51
Cohort 2022/23
JI 2022/23 54
-4
SI 2023/24 50
+2
1st 2024/25 52
Cohort 2023/24
JI 2023/24 49
+2
SI 2024/25 51
Cohort 2024/25
JI 2024/25 51

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
2020/21 159 177 59 59 52 36 33 35 33 29 336
2021/22 175 199 55 58 58 52 44 35 34 32 374
2022/23 190 234 54 56 60 62 60 43 44 33 424
2023/24 196 233 49 50 54 57 61 59 45 42 429
2024/25 191 242 51 51 52 51 57 58 57 44 433
2025/26 (preliminary) 201 240 441