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St Nicholas Monastery NS

Roll number: 16469S PHILIP STREET, DUNDALK, CO LOUTH

School details

Address: PHILIP STREET, DUNDALK, CO LOUTH (A91X223)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0429334920
Principal: Katriona Cosgrove
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: 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.

Biggest gain in a single year: 2005/06: 176 in 2004/05 → 206, +30 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 340 in 1983/84 → 301, -39 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2023/24 (13 → 35, +22).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2021/22 (27 → 10, -17).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2023/24 (18 → 22, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (21 → 18, -3).
Overall: 413 (1974/75) → 164 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -249.

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	14	31	19.4	5
Senior Infants	13	33	21.8	5
1st Class	13	35	22.8	5
2nd Class	14	35	21.8	5
3rd Class	13	20	16.6	5
4th Class	10	27	18.4	5
5th Class	11	25	19.4	5
6th Class	13	28	21.6	5
Total	151	414	240.2	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 15

-2

SI 2021/22 13

1st 2022/23 13

2nd 2023/24 14

-1

3rd 2024/25 13

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 31

SI 2022/23 33

1st 2023/24 35

2nd 2024/25 35

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 18

SI 2023/24 22

1st 2024/25 23

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 14

SI 2024/25 18

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 19

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	–	413	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	413
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	414
1976/77	–	395	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	395
1977/78	–	385	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	385
1978/79	–	393	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	393
1979/80	–	372	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	372
1980/81	–	358	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	358
1981/82	–	357	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	357
1982/83	–	338	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	338
1983/84	–	340	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	340
1993/94	–	301	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	301
1994/95	–	281	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	281
1995/96	–	259	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	259
1996/97	–	253	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	253
1997/98	–	257	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	257
1998/99	–	236	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	236
1999/00	–	226	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	226
2000/01	–	215	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	215
2001/02	–	204	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	204
2002/03	–	201	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	201
2003/04	–	187	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	187
2004/05	–	176	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	176
2005/06	–	206	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	206
2006/07	–	192	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	192
2007/08	–	197	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	197
2008/09	–	213	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	213
2009/10	–	216	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	216
2010/11	–	212	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	212
2011/12	–	199	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	199
2012/13	–	195	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	195
2013/14	–	188	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	188
2014/15	–	178	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	178
2015/16	–	169	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	169
2016/17	–	153	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	153
2017/18	–	151	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	151
2018/19	–	156	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	156
2019/20	–	169	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	169
2020/21	–	173	15	23	21	21	13	27	25	28	173
2021/22	–	161	31	13	22	19	18	10	25	23	161
2022/23	–	161	18	33	13	20	20	19	11	27	161
2023/24	–	154	14	22	35	14	19	19	18	13	154
2024/25	–	160	19	18	23	35	13	17	18	17	160
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	164	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	164