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OUR LADY OF LOURDES

Roll number: 17313P Ballinlough Road, Cork

School details

Address: Ballinlough Road, Cork (T12RR98)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0214963616
Principal: Mercedes Campion
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Cork City Council
School patron: Bishop of Cork & Ross
School type: Ordinary
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Ballintemple_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: 1993/94: 178 in 1982/83 → 212, +34 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1976/77: 245 in 1975/76 → 219, -26 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2022/23 (29 → 40, +11).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2023/24 (40 → 28, -12).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (24 → 27, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2023/24 (40 → 36, -4).
Overall: 245 (1975/76) → 215 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -30.

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	25	30	27.8	5
Senior Infants	24	30	26.4	5
1st Class	22	30	26.8	5
2nd Class	21	38	28.8	5
3rd Class	20	38	28.6	5
4th Class	22	40	29.2	5
5th Class	26	36	29.6	5
6th Class	25	33	28.8	5
Total	177	278	239.6	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

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 25

SI 2021/22 25

-1

1st 2022/23 24

2nd 2023/24 27

3rd 2024/25 29

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 30

-1

SI 2022/23 29

1st 2023/24 30

2nd 2024/25 30

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 30

SI 2023/24 30

1st 2024/25 30

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 25

-1

SI 2024/25 24

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 29

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	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	245
1976/77	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	219
1977/78	174	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	202
1979/80	162	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	183
1980/81	154	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	177
1981/82	158	31	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	189
1982/83	150	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	178
1993/94	184	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	212
1994/95	191	36	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	227
1995/96	199	40	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	239
1996/97	210	45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	255
1997/98	224	43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	267
1998/99	228	41	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	269
1999/00	225	34	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	259
2000/01	235	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	272
2001/02	244	34	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	278
2002/03	247	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	276
2003/04	251	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	275
2004/05	250	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	267
2005/06	256	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	264
2006/07	262	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	262
2007/08	264	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	264
2008/09	261	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	261
2009/10	264	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	264
2010/11	247	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	247
2011/12	243	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	243
2012/13	245	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	245
2013/14	250	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	250
2014/15	243	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	243
2015/16	245	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	245
2016/17	244	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	244
2017/18	244	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	244
2018/19	238	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	238
2019/20	235	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	235
2020/21	231	–	25	24	28	38	29	27	28	32	231
2021/22	224	–	30	25	22	28	38	29	26	26	224
2022/23	224	–	30	29	24	21	27	40	28	25	224
2023/24	224	–	25	30	30	27	20	28	36	28	224
2024/25	227	–	29	24	30	30	29	22	30	33	227
2025/26 (preliminary)	215	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	215