Home · By area · Release notes. Enrolment by planning area, local authority, school patron, county.

TARBERT NATIONAL SCHOOL

Roll number: 18705O Chapel Street, Tarbert, Co. Kerry

School details

Address: Chapel Street, Tarbert, Co. Kerry (V31TW13)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 06836282
Principal: Catherine Heaphy
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Kerry County Council
School patron: Bishop of Kerry
School type: Ordinary
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Tarbert

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: 1975/76: 199 in 1974/75 → 244, +45 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 348 in 1983/84 → 263, -85 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2022/23 (13 → 22, +9).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2024/25 (24 → 10, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2022/23 (11 → 14, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2023/24 (14 → 12, -2).
Overall: 199 (1974/75) → 133 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -66.

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	11	22	14.8	5
Senior Infants	13	22	16.0	5
1st Class	12	24	17.2	5
2nd Class	10	24	17.0	5
3rd Class	13	24	18.6	5
4th Class	14	22	17.0	5
5th Class	14	22	17.0	5
6th Class	15	27	19.2	5
Total	130	359	191.8	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 22

SI 2021/22 22

1st 2022/23 24

2nd 2023/24 24

3rd 2024/25 24

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 11

SI 2022/23 14

-2

1st 2023/24 12

-2

2nd 2024/25 10

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 16

-1

SI 2023/24 15

1st 2024/25 15

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 13

SI 2024/25 13

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 12

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	105	94	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	199
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	244
1976/77	139	132	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	271
1977/78	151	140	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	291
1978/79	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	288
1979/80	156	158	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	314
1980/81	166	160	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	326
1981/82	174	175	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	349
1982/83	176	183	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	359
1983/84	165	183	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	348
1993/94	127	136	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	263
1994/95	113	115	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	228
1995/96	105	111	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	216
1996/97	94	103	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	197
1997/98	91	91	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	182
1998/99	83	88	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	171
1999/00	76	89	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	165
2000/01	77	87	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	164
2001/02	77	79	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	156
2002/03	79	79	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	158
2003/04	71	80	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	151
2004/05	71	79	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	150
2005/06	78	69	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	147
2006/07	83	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	153
2007/08	89	77	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	166
2008/09	84	83	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	167
2009/10	85	75	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	160
2010/11	79	77	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	156
2011/12	78	72	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	150
2012/13	71	75	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	146
2013/14	67	83	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	150
2014/15	67	80	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	147
2015/16	72	82	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	154
2016/17	62	82	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	144
2017/18	60	73	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	133
2018/19	56	78	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	134
2019/20	57	78	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	135
2020/21	66	80	22	16	19	13	14	14	21	27	146
2021/22	63	67	11	22	16	19	13	14	14	21	130
2022/23	69	69	16	14	24	19	22	14	14	15	138
2023/24	66	71	13	15	12	24	20	22	14	17	137
2024/25	67	66	12	13	15	10	24	21	22	16	133
2025/26 (preliminary)	62	71	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	133