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Roll number: 18462O St. John's Park, Waterford

School details

Address: St. John's Park, Waterford (X91HY92)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 051879288
Principal: Harry Flynn
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: Y
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Waterford City Council
School patron: Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Waterford

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: 181 in 1983/84 → 294, +113 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1976/77: 340 in 1975/76 → 301, -39 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2022/23 (33 → 45, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2024/25 (48 → 34, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2023/24 (39 → 44, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (37 → 34, -3).
Overall: 349 (1974/75) → 345 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -4.

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	37	41	39.2	5
Senior Infants	37	43	39.8	5
1st Class	34	44	40.8	5
2nd Class	33	46	40.4	5
3rd Class	34	43	39.2	5
4th Class	38	50	42.6	5
5th Class	37	50	44.0	5
6th Class	34	53	45.8	5
Total	181	370	307.9	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 39

SI 2021/22 41

1st 2022/23 43

2nd 2023/24 44

-2

3rd 2024/25 42

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 39

SI 2022/23 39

1st 2023/24 44

2nd 2024/25 46

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 40

SI 2023/24 43

1st 2024/25 43

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 37

SI 2024/25 39

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 41

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	–	349	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	349
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	340
1976/77	–	301	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	301
1977/78	–	272	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	272
1978/79	–	274	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	274
1979/80	–	257	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	257
1980/81	–	245	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	245
1981/82	–	217	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	217
1982/83	–	193	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	193
1983/84	–	181	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	181
1993/94	–	294	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	294
1994/95	–	285	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	285
1995/96	–	281	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	281
1996/97	–	264	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	264
1997/98	–	265	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	265
1998/99	–	263	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	263
1999/00	–	273	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	273
2000/01	–	273	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	273
2001/02	–	274	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	274
2002/03	–	292	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	292
2003/04	–	292	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	292
2004/05	–	307	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	307
2005/06	–	305	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	305
2006/07	–	336	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	336
2007/08	–	343	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	343
2008/09	–	344	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	344
2009/10	–	356	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	356
2010/11	–	340	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	340
2011/12	–	345	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	345
2012/13	–	363	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	363
2013/14	–	370	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	370
2014/15	–	367	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	367
2015/16	–	363	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	363
2016/17	–	363	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	363
2017/18	–	348	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	348
2018/19	–	345	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	345
2019/20	–	350	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	350
2020/21	–	334	39	37	34	34	43	50	44	53	334
2021/22	–	322	39	41	40	33	34	44	50	41	322
2022/23	–	341	40	39	43	45	34	39	46	53	341
2023/24	–	336	37	43	44	44	43	38	37	48	336
2024/25	–	333	41	39	43	46	42	42	43	34	333
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	345	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	345