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BISHOP FOLEY MEMORIAL SCHOOL BOYS SNR SCH

Roll number: 17053P Station Road, Co. Carlow

School details

Address: Station Road, Co. Carlow (R93P825)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0599142919
Principal: John Kelly
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Carlow County Council
School patron: Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
School type: Ordinary
School level: Senior
Planning area: Carlow

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: 2000/01: 213 in 1999/00 → 237, +24 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1976/77: 637 in 1975/76 → 444, -193 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2023/24 (29 → 77, +48).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2023/24 (47 → 1, -46).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2024/25 (1 → 34, +33).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (77 → 49, -28).
Overall: 637 (1975/76) → 165 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -472.

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	1	47	30.2	5
3rd Class	29	77	47.4	5
4th Class	28	49	43.8	5
5th Class	27	51	44.0	5
6th Class	45	53	49.8	5
Total	165	637	274.7	41

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	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	637
1976/77	–	444	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	444
1977/78	–	413	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	413
1978/79	–	411	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	411
1979/80	–	406	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	406
1980/81	–	389	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	389
1981/82	–	400	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	400
1982/83	–	391	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	391
1993/94	–	222	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	222
1994/95	–	209	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	209
1995/96	–	196	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	196
1996/97	–	202	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	202
1997/98	–	203	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	203
1998/99	–	201	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	201
1999/00	–	213	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	213
2000/01	–	237	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	237
2001/02	–	226	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	226
2002/03	–	230	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	230
2003/04	–	231	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	231
2004/05	–	232	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	232
2005/06	–	237	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	237
2006/07	–	246	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	246
2007/08	–	250	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	250
2008/09	–	265	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	265
2009/10	–	281	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	281
2010/11	–	279	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	279
2011/12	–	271	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	271
2012/13	–	267	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	267
2013/14	–	268	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	268
2014/15	–	277	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	277
2015/16	–	263	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	263
2016/17	–	262	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	262
2017/18	–	253	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	253
2018/19	–	254	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	254
2019/20	–	251	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	251
2020/21	–	244	–	–	–	47	50	48	46	53	244
2021/22	–	213	–	–	–	26	47	46	45	49	213
2022/23	–	220	–	–	–	47	29	48	51	45	220
2023/24	–	207	–	–	–	1	77	28	51	50	207
2024/25	–	195	–	–	–	30	34	49	27	52	195
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	165	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	165