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St Joseph's National School

Roll number: 17099Q Farney Street, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan

School details

Address: Farney Street, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan (A81KX96)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0429661134
Principal: Mary Capaldi
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Monaghan County Council
School patron: Bishop of Clogher
School type: Ordinary
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Carrickmacross

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: 1981/82: 378 in 1980/81 → 397, +19 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 377 in 1983/84 → 239, -138 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2023/24 (30 → 46, +16).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2021/22 (51 → 31, -20).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2023/24 (41 → 46, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (46 → 43, -3).
Overall: 364 (1974/75) → 234 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -130.

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	17	30	23.6	5
Senior Infants	23	31	27.2	5
1st Class	22	31	27.2	5
2nd Class	28	38	31.6	5
3rd Class	29	37	32.4	5
4th Class	30	41	33.0	5
5th Class	30	51	38.0	5
6th Class	30	50	38.0	5
Total	222	397	280.2	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 24

SI 2021/22 27

1st 2022/23 28

2nd 2023/24 29

3rd 2024/25 33

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 25

SI 2022/23 26

1st 2023/24 27

2nd 2024/25 28

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 22

SI 2023/24 23

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1st 2024/25 22

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 30

SI 2024/25 31

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 17

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	–	364	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	364
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	379
1976/77	–	376	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	376
1977/78	–	379	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	379
1978/79	–	395	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	395
1979/80	–	370	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	370
1980/81	–	378	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	378
1981/82	–	397	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	397
1982/83	–	387	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	387
1983/84	–	377	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	377
1993/94	–	239	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	239
1994/95	–	230	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	230
1995/96	–	222	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	222
1996/97	–	227	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	227
1997/98	–	223	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	223
1998/99	–	232	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	232
1999/00	–	232	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	232
2000/01	–	238	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	238
2001/02	–	242	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	242
2002/03	–	239	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	239
2003/04	–	234	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	234
2004/05	–	236	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	236
2005/06	–	241	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	241
2006/07	–	254	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	254
2007/08	–	251	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	251
2008/09	–	246	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	246
2009/10	–	258	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	258
2010/11	–	255	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	255
2011/12	–	256	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	256
2012/13	–	261	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	261
2013/14	–	267	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	267
2014/15	–	275	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	275
2015/16	–	288	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	288
2016/17	–	273	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	273
2017/18	–	278	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	278
2018/19	–	280	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	280
2019/20	–	281	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	281
2020/21	–	266	24	29	28	38	29	30	51	37	266
2021/22	–	261	25	27	31	29	37	31	31	50	261
2022/23	–	242	22	26	28	34	31	41	30	30	242
2023/24	–	248	30	23	27	29	32	31	46	30	248
2024/25	–	238	17	31	22	28	33	32	32	43	238
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	234	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	234