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Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha

Roll number: 15285D Sandy Lane, Blackrock, Co. Louth

School details

Address
Sandy Lane, Blackrock, Co. Louth (A91AK57)
Email
[email protected]
Phone
0429321598
Principal
Catherine Dempsey
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
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 50 69 57.8 5
Senior Infants 45 66 54.6 5
1st Class 48 64 55.6 5
2nd Class 48 65 58.6 5
3rd Class 51 67 58.8 5
4th Class 51 63 57.4 5
5th Class 57 61 59.2 5
6th Class 56 60 58.8 5
Total 368 503 421.0 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 59
+7
SI 2021/22 66
-2
1st 2022/23 64
+1
2nd 2023/24 65
+2
3rd 2024/25 67
Cohort 2021/22
JI 2021/22 54
+3
SI 2022/23 57
+1
1st 2023/24 58
+2
2nd 2024/25 60
Cohort 2022/23
JI 2022/23 50
-1
SI 2023/24 49
+1
1st 2024/25 50
Cohort 2023/24
JI 2023/24 57
-1
SI 2024/25 56
Cohort 2024/25
JI 2024/25 69

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
1974/75 202 166 – – – – – – – – 368
1975/76 – – – – – – – – – – 392
1976/77 206 175 – – – – – – – – 381
1977/78 200 183 – – – – – – – – 383
1978/79 189 192 – – – – – – – – 381
1979/80 201 206 – – – – – – – – 407
1980/81 209 208 – – – – – – – – 417
1981/82 208 206 – – – – – – – – 414
1982/83 205 211 – – – – – – – – 416
1983/84 214 221 – – – – – – – – 435
1993/94 204 206 – – – – – – – – 410
1994/95 201 208 – – – – – – – – 409
1995/96 185 198 – – – – – – – – 383
1996/97 184 212 – – – – – – – – 396
1997/98 181 205 – – – – – – – – 386
1998/99 192 204 – – – – – – – – 396
1999/00 188 210 – – – – – – – – 398
2000/01 202 211 – – – – – – – – 413
2001/02 184 214 – – – – – – – – 398
2002/03 193 197 – – – – – – – – 390
2003/04 204 203 – – – – – – – – 407
2004/05 206 209 – – – – – – – – 415
2005/06 214 217 – – – – – – – – 431
2006/07 208 226 – – – – – – – – 434
2007/08 213 226 – – – – – – – – 439
2008/09 208 235 – – – – – – – – 443
2009/10 208 234 – – – – – – – – 442
2010/11 194 240 – – – – – – – – 434
2011/12 184 241 – – – – – – – – 425
2012/13 193 249 – – – – – – – – 442
2013/14 191 246 – – – – – – – – 437
2014/15 193 239 – – – – – – – – 432
2015/16 187 234 – – – – – – – – 421
2016/17 195 213 – – – – – – – – 408
2017/18 196 233 – – – – – – – – 429
2018/19 208 231 – – – – – – – – 439
2019/20 221 223 – – – – – – – – 444
2020/21 215 234 59 45 58 59 56 57 59 56 449
2021/22 224 240 54 66 48 61 59 57 59 60 464
2022/23 220 236 50 57 64 48 61 59 57 60 456
2023/24 233 228 57 49 58 65 51 63 60 58 461
2024/25 236 238 69 56 50 60 67 51 61 60 474
2025/26 (preliminary) 248 255 – – – – – – – – 503