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Roll number: 16789N Cockhill, Buncrana

School details

Address: Cockhill, Buncrana (F93YD52)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0749361807
Principal: Rosemary Lennon
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Donegal County Council
School patron: Bishop of Derry
School type: Ordinary
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Buncrana

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: 1993/94: 250 in 1982/83 → 346, +96 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1999/00: 285 in 1998/99 → 250, -35 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2024/25 (20 → 33, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2023/24 (34 → 20, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (21 → 29, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2021/22 (23 → 22, -1).
Overall: 174 (1974/75) → 228 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 54.

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	23	34	27.8	5
Senior Infants	19	33	24.8	5
1st Class	19	32	24.4	5
2nd Class	20	31	24.6	5
3rd Class	20	31	23.8	5
4th Class	20	33	27.6	5
5th Class	20	34	29.4	5
6th Class	20	34	29.2	5
Total	166	346	225.3	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

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 23

-1

SI 2021/22 22

1st 2022/23 22

-1

2nd 2023/24 21

3rd 2024/25 23

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 26

SI 2022/23 27

1st 2023/24 27

2nd 2024/25 28

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 33

SI 2023/24 33

-1

1st 2024/25 32

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 23

SI 2024/25 23

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 34

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	89	85	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	174
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	166
1976/77	84	86	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	170
1977/78	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	186
1978/79	108	99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	207
1979/80	108	108	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	216
1980/81	118	110	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	228
1981/82	122	113	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	235
1982/83	132	118	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	250
1993/94	156	190	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	346
1994/95	152	184	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	336
1995/96	155	170	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	325
1996/97	148	159	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	307
1997/98	157	151	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	308
1998/99	150	135	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	285
1999/00	129	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	250
2000/01	119	108	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	227
2001/02	110	104	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	214
2002/03	107	101	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	208
2003/04	94	97	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	191
2004/05	95	89	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	184
2005/06	100	82	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	182
2006/07	87	99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	186
2007/08	87	103	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	190
2008/09	96	96	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	192
2009/10	99	100	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	199
2010/11	99	99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	198
2011/12	104	116	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	220
2012/13	105	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	226
2013/14	99	123	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	222
2014/15	98	126	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	224
2015/16	108	130	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	238
2016/17	106	124	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	230
2017/18	102	123	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	225
2018/19	100	119	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	219
2019/20	103	109	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	212
2020/21	111	96	23	19	22	31	20	33	34	25	207
2021/22	116	92	26	22	19	23	31	20	33	34	208
2022/23	111	100	33	27	22	20	24	31	20	34	211
2023/24	101	99	23	33	27	21	21	25	30	20	200
2024/25	119	113	34	23	32	28	23	29	30	33	232
2025/26 (preliminary)	111	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	228