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SN DEAGHAN O CEALLAIGH

Roll number: 16639R The Batteries, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

School details

Address: The Batteries, Athlone, Co. Westmeath (N37X273)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0906492000
Principal: Sandra Lennon
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: Y
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Westmeath County Council
School patron: Bishop of Elphin
School type: Ordinary
School level: Senior
Planning area: Athlone

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: 2016/17: 83 in 2015/16 → 100, +17 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 233 in 1983/84 → 147, -86 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2024/25 (14 → 24, +10).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2021/22 (28 → 18, -10).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2022/23 (17 → 24, +7).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2023/24 (17 → 13, -4).
Overall: 267 (1974/75) → 77 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -190.

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
2nd Class	13	21	16.6	5
3rd Class	14	24	18.6	5
4th Class	13	20	17.2	5
5th Class	13	21	18.0	5
6th Class	18	28	23.6	5
Total	65	267	126.0	42

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

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	–	267	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	267
1976/77	–	247	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	247
1977/78	–	227	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	227
1978/79	–	232	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	232
1979/80	–	236	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	236
1980/81	–	239	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	239
1981/82	–	238	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	238
1982/83	–	229	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	229
1983/84	–	233	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	233
1993/94	–	147	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	147
1994/95	–	140	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	140
1995/96	–	133	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	133
1996/97	–	120	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	120
1997/98	–	123	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	123
1998/99	–	116	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	116
1999/00	–	93	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	93
2000/01	–	84	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	84
2001/02	–	95	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	95
2002/03	–	99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	99
2003/04	–	87	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	87
2004/05	–	83	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	83
2005/06	–	87	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	87
2006/07	–	80	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	80
2007/08	–	84	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	84
2008/09	–	65	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	65
2009/10	–	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	70
2010/11	–	69	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	69
2011/12	–	75	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	75
2012/13	–	77	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	77
2013/14	–	85	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	85
2014/15	–	81	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	81
2015/16	–	83	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	83
2016/17	–	100	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	100
2017/18	–	106	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	106
2018/19	–	109	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	109
2019/20	–	107	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	107
2020/21	–	102	–	–	–	19	20	17	18	28	102
2021/22	–	86	–	–	–	13	18	20	17	18	86
2022/23	–	96	–	–	–	14	17	20	21	24	96
2023/24	–	93	–	–	–	21	14	13	21	24	93
2024/25	–	93	–	–	–	16	24	16	13	24	93
2025/26 (preliminary)	1	76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	77