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SCOIL LORCAIN B

Roll number: 18323A The Oval, Palmerstown, Dublin 20

School details

Address
The Oval, Palmerstown, Dublin 20 (D20W227)
Email
[email protected]
Phone
016267493
Principal
John Moore
Ethos
Catholic
DEIS
N
Irish classification
No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht
N
Island
N
Local authority
South Dublin County Council
School patron
Archbishop of Dublin
School type
Ordinary
School level
All-Through School
Planning area
Ballyfermot_D10

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.

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 26 54 41.0 5
Senior Infants 27 54 42.4 5
1st Class 40 55 45.8 5
2nd Class 38 54 44.2 5
3rd Class 37 46 41.6 5
4th Class 37 48 43.8 5
5th Class 38 51 45.0 5
6th Class 40 53 47.0 5
Total 321 816 447.5 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

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 42
-1
SI 2021/22 41
-1
1st 2022/23 40
-2
2nd 2023/24 38
-1
3rd 2024/25 37
Cohort 2021/22
JI 2021/22 54
0
SI 2022/23 54
+1
1st 2023/24 55
-1
2nd 2024/25 54
Cohort 2022/23
JI 2022/23 45
-2
SI 2023/24 43
+2
1st 2024/25 45
Cohort 2023/24
JI 2023/24 26
+1
SI 2024/25 27
Cohort 2024/25
JI 2024/25 38

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 – 816 – – – – – – – – 816
1975/76 – – – – – – – – – – 751
1976/77 – 713 – – – – – – – – 713
1977/78 – 624 – – – – – – – – 624
1978/79 – – – – – – – – – – 586
1979/80 – 526 – – – – – – – – 526
1980/81 – 490 – – – – – – – – 490
1981/82 – 458 – – – – – – – – 458
1982/83 – 419 – – – – – – – – 419
1983/84 – 385 – – – – – – – – 385
1993/94 – 533 – – – – – – – – 533
1994/95 – 546 – – – – – – – – 546
1995/96 – 497 – – – – – – – – 497
1996/97 – 483 – – – – – – – – 483
1997/98 – 481 – – – – – – – – 481
1998/99 – 452 – – – – – – – – 452
1999/00 – 450 – – – – – – – – 450
2000/01 – 443 – – – – – – – – 443
2001/02 – 437 – – – – – – – – 437
2002/03 – 445 – – – – – – – – 445
2003/04 – 458 – – – – – – – – 458
2004/05 – 428 – – – – – – – – 428
2005/06 – 420 – – – – – – – – 420
2006/07 – 420 – – – – – – – – 420
2007/08 – 402 – – – – – – – – 402
2008/09 – 385 – – – – – – – – 385
2009/10 – 365 – – – – – – – – 365
2010/11 – 359 – – – – – – – – 359
2011/12 – 352 – – – – – – – – 352
2012/13 – 362 – – – – – – – – 362
2013/14 – 371 – – – – – – – – 371
2014/15 – 392 – – – – – – – – 392
2015/16 – 394 – – – – – – – – 394
2016/17 – 383 – – – – – – – – 383
2017/18 – 382 – – – – – – – – 382
2018/19 – 381 – – – – – – – – 381
2019/20 – 379 – – – – – – – – 379
2020/21 – 366 42 47 42 41 46 48 48 52 366
2021/22 – 368 54 41 47 42 38 47 51 48 368
2022/23 – 363 45 54 40 46 42 37 46 53 363
2023/24 – 329 26 43 55 38 45 42 38 42 329
2024/25 – 328 38 27 45 54 37 45 42 40 328
2025/26 (preliminary) – 321 – – – – – – – – 321