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Roll number: 17634M Parnell Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary

School details

Address: Parnell Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary (E41XY10)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 050421448
Principal: Brid Ryan
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Tipperary (Nr) County Council
School patron: Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
School type: Ordinary
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Thurles

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: 2023/24: 172 in 2022/23 → 193, +21 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 485 in 1983/84 → 349, -136 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2021/22 (32 → 49, +17).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2024/25 (43 → 22, -21).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (43 → 48, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (39 → 38, -1).
Overall: 469 (1974/75) → 189 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -280.

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	15	20	17.5	2
Senior Infants	21	21	21.0	1
2nd Class	19	39	27.8	5
3rd Class	18	49	33.0	5
4th Class	19	49	34.0	5
5th Class	22	53	39.4	5
6th Class	35	52	43.8	5
Total	172	485	275.5	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 2023/24

JI 2023/24 20

SI 2024/25 21

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 15

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	–	469	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	469
1976/77	–	456	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	456
1977/78	–	454	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	454
1978/79	–	444	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	444
1979/80	–	449	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	449
1980/81	–	462	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	462
1981/82	–	478	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	478
1982/83	–	482	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	482
1983/84	–	485	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	485
1993/94	–	349	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	349
1994/95	–	331	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	331
1995/96	–	299	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	299
1996/97	–	277	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	277
1997/98	–	272	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	272
1998/99	–	242	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	242
1999/00	–	215	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	215
2000/01	–	216	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	216
2001/02	–	211	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	211
2002/03	–	218	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	218
2003/04	–	232	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	232
2004/05	–	228	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	228
2005/06	–	223	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	223
2006/07	–	224	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	224
2007/08	–	234	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	234
2008/09	–	253	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	253
2009/10	–	246	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	246
2010/11	–	229	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	229
2011/12	–	222	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	222
2012/13	–	209	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	209
2013/14	–	200	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	200
2014/15	–	192	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	192
2015/16	–	190	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	190
2016/17	–	177	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	177
2017/18	–	178	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	178
2018/19	–	187	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	187
2019/20	–	205	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	205
2020/21	–	201	–	–	–	39	49	32	43	38	201
2021/22	–	188	–	–	–	19	38	49	36	46	188
2022/23	–	172	–	–	–	27	18	39	53	35	172
2023/24	5	188	20	–	–	30	29	19	43	52	193
2024/25	12	180	15	21	–	24	31	31	22	48	192
2025/26 (preliminary)	19	170	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	189