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Roll number: 17045Q Gardiner's Hill, Cork

School details

Address: Gardiner's Hill, Cork (T23AX20)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0214502024
Principal: Shane Foley
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: Y
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Cork City Council
School patron: Bishop of Cork & Ross
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: Senior
Planning area: Montenotte_CorkCity

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: 209 in 2015/16 → 224, +15 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 623 in 1982/83 → 348, -275 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2022/23 (22 → 42, +20).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2023/24 (31 → 15, -16).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2022/23 (37 → 42, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (35 → 30, -5).
Overall: 712 (1975/76) → 152 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -560.

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
1st Class	17	32	24.4	5
2nd Class	15	39	27.8	5
3rd Class	18	37	27.4	5
4th Class	22	42	31.2	5
5th Class	25	44	33.2	5
6th Class	29	43	35.0	5
Total	152	712	320.1	40

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
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	712
1976/77	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	710
1977/78	–	705	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	705
1979/80	–	690	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	690
1980/81	–	689	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	689
1981/82	–	661	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	661
1982/83	–	623	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	623
1993/94	–	348	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	348
1994/95	–	342	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	342
1995/96	–	325	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	325
1996/97	–	322	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	322
1997/98	–	312	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	312
1998/99	–	301	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	301
1999/00	–	289	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	289
2000/01	–	280	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	280
2001/02	–	274	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	274
2002/03	–	255	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	255
2003/04	–	253	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	253
2004/05	–	248	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	248
2005/06	–	251	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	251
2006/07	–	249	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	249
2007/08	–	248	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	248
2008/09	–	234	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	234
2009/10	–	231	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	231
2010/11	–	230	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	230
2011/12	–	217	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	217
2012/13	–	222	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	222
2013/14	–	215	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	215
2014/15	–	218	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	218
2015/16	–	209	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	209
2016/17	–	224	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	224
2017/18	–	230	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	230
2018/19	–	212	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	212
2019/20	–	212	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	212
2020/21	–	194	–	–	30	39	21	29	39	36	194
2021/22	–	186	–	–	32	30	37	22	28	37	186
2022/23	–	183	–	–	18	31	31	42	25	30	183
2023/24	–	184	–	–	25	15	30	35	44	29	184
2024/25	–	166	–	–	17	24	18	28	30	43	166
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	152	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	152