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SCOIL MHUIRE BOYS

Roll number: 19446V Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14

School details

Address: Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 (D14P046)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 014931477
Principal: Edward O'Riordan
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: Rathfarnham

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: 288 in 1982/83 → 530, +242 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1981/82: 333 in 1980/81 → 302, -31 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2023/24 (52 → 64, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2024/25 (64 → 39, -25).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2021/22 (48 → 53, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (58 → 52, -6).
Overall: 111 (1974/75) → 367 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 256.

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	38	59	45.0	5
Senior Infants	40	61	49.6	5
1st Class	39	64	52.8	5
2nd Class	54	60	56.6	5
3rd Class	52	58	54.2	5
4th Class	48	58	52.4	5
5th Class	48	58	51.8	5
6th Class	49	62	55.0	5
Total	111	530	412.0	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 2020/21

JI 2020/21 48

SI 2021/22 53

-1

1st 2022/23 52

2nd 2023/24 54

-1

3rd 2024/25 53

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 59

SI 2022/23 61

1st 2023/24 64

-4

2nd 2024/25 60

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 40

SI 2023/24 40

-1

1st 2024/25 39

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 40

SI 2024/25 41

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	–	111	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	111
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	197
1976/77	–	244	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	244
1977/78	–	273	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	273
1978/79	–	289	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	289
1979/80	–	301	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	301
1980/81	–	333	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	333
1981/82	–	302	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	302
1982/83	–	288	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	288
1993/94	–	530	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	530
1994/95	–	519	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	519
1995/96	–	510	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	510
1996/97	–	494	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	494
1997/98	–	485	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	485
1998/99	–	479	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	479
1999/00	–	471	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	471
2000/01	–	458	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	458
2001/02	–	451	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	451
2002/03	–	445	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	445
2003/04	–	442	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	442
2004/05	–	437	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	437
2005/06	–	423	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	423
2006/07	–	434	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	434
2007/08	–	423	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	423
2008/09	–	439	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	439
2009/10	–	459	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	459
2010/11	–	452	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	452
2011/12	–	452	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	452
2012/13	–	470	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	470
2013/14	–	478	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	478
2014/15	–	472	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	472
2015/16	–	458	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	458
2016/17	–	458	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	458
2017/18	–	468	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	468
2018/19	–	463	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	463
2019/20	–	444	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	444
2020/21	–	437	48	53	58	57	55	52	52	62	437
2021/22	–	432	59	53	51	58	58	53	48	52	432
2022/23	–	419	40	61	52	54	52	58	53	49	419
2023/24	–	411	40	40	64	54	53	48	58	54	411
2024/25	–	388	38	41	39	60	53	51	48	58	388
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	367	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	367