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Roll number: 18653V Thomas Street, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick

School details

Address: Thomas Street, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick (V94EH60)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0876054162
Principal: Hilary Pratt
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: Y
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Limerick County Council
School patron: Bishop of Limerick
School type: Ordinary
School level: Senior
Planning area: Rathkeale

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: 2008/09: 76 in 2007/08 → 121, +45 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2011/12: 115 in 2010/11 → 66, -49 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2021/22 (7 → 18, +11).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2021/22 (18 → 9, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (10 → 15, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (20 → 14, -6).
Overall: 167 (1974/75) → 86 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -81.

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
2nd Class	9	22	14.4	5
3rd Class	13	25	17.6	5
4th Class	7	19	15.4	5
5th Class	9	20	15.2	5
6th Class	12	19	15.0	5
Total	62	167	103.2	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

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	–	167	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	167
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	164
1976/77	–	155	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	155
1978/79	–	153	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	153
1979/80	–	151	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	151
1980/81	–	148	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	148
1981/82	–	154	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	154
1982/83	–	147	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	147
1983/84	–	146	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	146
1993/94	–	115	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	115
1994/95	–	118	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	118
1995/96	–	110	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	110
1996/97	–	106	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	106
1997/98	–	99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	99
1998/99	–	96	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	96
1999/00	–	100	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	100
2000/01	–	105	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	105
2001/02	–	90	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	90
2002/03	–	74	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	74
2003/04	–	82	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	82
2004/05	–	89	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	89
2005/06	–	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	122
2006/07	–	120	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	120
2007/08	–	76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	76
2008/09	–	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	121
2009/10	–	113	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	113
2010/11	–	115	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	115
2011/12	–	66	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	66
2012/13	–	62	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	62
2013/14	–	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	70
2014/15	–	66	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	66
2015/16	–	69	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	69
2016/17	–	74	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	74
2017/18	–	75	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	75
2018/19	–	71	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	71
2019/20	–	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	70
2020/21	–	68	–	–	–	10	14	7	18	19	68
2021/22	–	68	–	–	–	9	15	18	9	17	68
2022/23	–	70	–	–	–	16	13	16	13	12	70
2023/24	–	93	–	–	–	22	21	17	20	13	93
2024/25	–	89	–	–	–	15	25	19	16	14	89
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	86	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	86