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PRESENTATION CONVENT

Roll number: 00851C Ballymakenny Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth

School details

Address: Ballymakenny Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth (A92E296)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0419837119
Principal: Nora Molloy
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: Y
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Louth County Council
School patron: Archbishop of Armagh
School type: Ordinary
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: 2024/25: 299 in 2023/24 → 350, +51 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 536 in 1983/84 → 478, -58 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2023/24 (28 → 46, +18).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2021/22 (83 → 44, -39).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2023/24 (32 → 43, +11).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2021/22 (32 → 30, -2).
Overall: 460 (1974/75) → 385 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -75.

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	46	33.0	5
Senior Infants	30	44	36.0	5
1st Class	24	47	35.2	5
2nd Class	29	45	36.2	4
3rd Class	30	49	35.4	5
4th Class	29	41	35.0	5
5th Class	28	46	37.6	5
6th Class	29	83	47.6	5
Total	259	564	372.3	43

Total enrolment over time

Total and gender trends use historical records where available. Class-level data starts in 2020/21.

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 26

SI 2021/22 30

1st 2022/23 39

2nd 2023/24 45

3rd 2024/25 49

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 28

SI 2022/23 31

1st 2023/24 36

2nd 2024/25 41

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 32

+11

SI 2023/24 43

1st 2024/25 47

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 33

+11

SI 2024/25 44

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 46

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
1974/75	460	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	460
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	420
1976/77	434	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	434
1977/78	447	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	447
1978/79	460	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	460
1979/80	480	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	480
1980/81	520	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	520
1981/82	564	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	564
1982/83	563	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	563
1983/84	536	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	536
1993/94	478	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	478
1994/95	430	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	430
1995/96	378	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	378
1996/97	350	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	350
1997/98	340	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	340
1998/99	328	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	328
1999/00	324	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	324
2000/01	338	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	338
2001/02	330	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	330
2002/03	325	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	325
2003/04	330	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	330
2004/05	305	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	305
2005/06	333	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	333
2006/07	338	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	338
2007/08	340	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	340
2008/09	365	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	365
2009/10	376	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	376
2010/11	367	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	367
2011/12	373	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	373
2012/13	365	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	365
2013/14	357	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	357
2014/15	343	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	343
2015/16	321	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	321
2016/17	296	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	296
2017/18	292	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	292
2018/19	290	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	290
2019/20	282	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	282
2020/21	257	11	26	32	24	–	30	33	40	83	268
2021/22	231	28	28	30	30	29	35	29	34	44	259
2022/23	221	47	32	31	39	30	30	41	28	37	268
2023/24	219	80	33	43	36	45	33	34	46	29	299
2024/25	236	114	46	44	47	41	49	38	40	45	350
2025/26 (preliminary)	243	142	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	385