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Roll number: 19546C St Helena's Drive, Finglas, Dublin 11

School details

Address: St Helena's Drive, Finglas, Dublin 11 (D11XA46)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 018344678
Principal: Aoife Kavanagh
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: Y
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Dublin City Council
School patron: Archbishop of Dublin
School type: Ordinary
School level: Junior
Planning area: Scribblestown_FinglasWest

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: 1977/78: 166 in 1976/77 → 552, +386 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 478 in 1982/83 → 174, -304 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2022/23 (25 → 37, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2021/22 (38 → 25, -13).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2022/23 (34 → 37, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (40 → 0, -40).
Overall: 166 (1976/77) → 110 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -56.

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	21	36	30.0	5
Senior Infants	28	34	30.0	5
1st Class	25	38	31.4	5
2nd Class	26	40	32.4	5
Total	109	697	215.6	40

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 36

-2

SI 2021/22 34

1st 2022/23 37

-2

2nd 2023/24 35

-35

3rd 2024/25 0

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 29

SI 2022/23 29

1st 2023/24 29

-3

2nd 2024/25 26

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 32

-3

SI 2023/24 29

-1

1st 2024/25 28

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 32

-4

SI 2024/25 28

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 21

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
1976/77	81	85	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	166
1977/78	253	299	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	552
1978/79	310	354	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	664
1979/80	322	375	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	697
1980/81	287	370	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	657
1981/82	248	298	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	546
1982/83	217	261	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	478
1993/94	73	101	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	174
1994/95	70	95	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	165
1995/96	75	87	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	162
1996/97	72	96	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	168
1997/98	74	82	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	156
1998/99	76	94	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	170
1999/00	70	92	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	162
2000/01	65	87	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	152
2001/02	61	93	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	154
2002/03	67	89	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	156
2003/04	63	99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	162
2004/05	64	92	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	156
2005/06	64	89	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	153
2006/07	63	88	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	151
2007/08	55	82	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	137
2008/09	50	85	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	135
2009/10	61	74	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	135
2010/11	55	71	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	126
2011/12	62	76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	138
2012/13	61	87	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	148
2013/14	57	91	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	148
2014/15	66	92	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	158
2015/16	78	81	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	159
2016/17	80	73	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	153
2017/18	84	76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	160
2018/19	81	66	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	147
2019/20	72	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	142
2020/21	69	75	36	30	38	40	–	–	–	–	144
2021/22	58	64	29	34	25	34	–	–	–	–	122
2022/23	59	66	32	29	37	27	–	–	–	–	125
2023/24	59	66	32	29	29	35	–	–	–	–	125
2024/25	52	57	21	28	28	26	–	–	–	–	109
2025/26 (preliminary)	46	64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	110