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GILSON NATIONAL SCHOOL

Roll number: 12488C Chapel Street, Oldcastle, Co. Meath

School details

Address
Chapel Street, Oldcastle, Co. Meath (A82E400)
Email
[email protected]
Phone
0498541327
Principal
Mark Carey
Ethos
Catholic
DEIS
N
Irish classification
No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht
N
Island
N
Local authority
Meath County Council
School patron
Bishop of Meath
School type
Ordinary
School level
All-Through School
Planning area
Oldcastle

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 20 31 27.0 5
Senior Infants 26 31 29.2 5
1st Class 27 31 29.6 5
2nd Class 28 32 29.6 5
3rd Class 28 34 30.6 5
4th Class 27 41 32.2 5
5th Class 28 41 34.0 5
6th Class 28 43 34.6 5
Total 111 388 266.0 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

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 28
-2
SI 2021/22 26
+1
1st 2022/23 27
+1
2nd 2023/24 28
0
3rd 2024/25 28
Cohort 2021/22
JI 2021/22 26
+5
SI 2022/23 31
0
1st 2023/24 31
-2
2nd 2024/25 29
Cohort 2022/23
JI 2022/23 31
0
SI 2023/24 31
-1
1st 2024/25 30
Cohort 2023/24
JI 2023/24 30
-1
SI 2024/25 29
Cohort 2024/25
JI 2024/25 20

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 – 111 – – – – – – – – 111
1975/76 – – – – – – – – – – 122
1976/77 209 179 – – – – – – – – 388
1977/78 194 180 – – – – – – – – 374
1978/79 – 184 – – – – – – – – 374
1979/80 184 176 – – – – – – – – 360
1980/81 178 170 – – – – – – – – 348
1981/82 168 167 – – – – – – – – 335
1982/83 159 166 – – – – – – – – 325
1983/84 150 169 – – – – – – – – 319
1993/94 120 139 – – – – – – – – 259
1994/95 116 140 – – – – – – – – 256
1995/96 114 137 – – – – – – – – 251
1996/97 111 141 – – – – – – – – 252
1997/98 108 131 – – – – – – – – 239
1998/99 103 131 – – – – – – – – 234
1999/00 102 113 – – – – – – – – 215
2000/01 109 103 – – – – – – – – 212
2001/02 97 98 – – – – – – – – 195
2002/03 113 97 – – – – – – – – 210
2003/04 113 96 – – – – – – – – 209
2004/05 128 101 – – – – – – – – 229
2005/06 146 130 – – – – – – – – 276
2006/07 151 131 – – – – – – – – 282
2007/08 144 137 – – – – – – – – 281
2008/09 137 142 – – – – – – – – 279
2009/10 142 143 – – – – – – – – 285
2010/11 141 156 – – – – – – – – 297
2011/12 133 153 – – – – – – – – 286
2012/13 130 154 – – – – – – – – 284
2013/14 109 141 – – – – – – – – 250
2014/15 120 147 – – – – – – – – 267
2015/16 129 154 – – – – – – – – 283
2016/17 131 153 – – – – – – – – 284
2017/18 127 150 – – – – – – – – 277
2018/19 127 142 – – – – – – – – 269
2019/20 126 141 – – – – – – – – 267
2020/21 120 138 28 29 31 30 34 41 30 35 258
2021/22 120 127 26 26 29 32 30 33 41 30 247
2022/23 120 135 31 31 27 29 30 29 35 43 255
2023/24 117 130 30 31 31 28 31 31 28 37 247
2024/25 106 121 20 29 30 29 28 27 36 28 227
2025/26 (preliminary) 106 116 – – – – – – – – 222