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Roll number: 19597T Ballycane, Naas, Co. Kildare

School details

Address: Ballycane, Naas, Co. Kildare (W91Y266)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 045866964
Principal: Irene Keogh
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Kildare County Council
School patron: Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Naas

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: 1981/82: 229 in 1980/81 → 314, +85 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2023/24: 473 in 2022/23 → 429, -44 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (54 → 82, +28).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2023/24 (82 → 57, -25).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2021/22 (76 → 81, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (54 → 50, -4).
Overall: 229 (1980/81) → 401 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 172.

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	47	54	51.4	5
Senior Infants	51	57	54.0	5
1st Class	52	59	55.0	5
2nd Class	51	58	54.6	5
3rd Class	50	58	54.4	5
4th Class	53	76	58.4	5
5th Class	53	81	60.4	5
6th Class	51	82	60.2	5
Total	229	606	478.2	37

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 52

SI 2021/22 54

1st 2022/23 54

2nd 2023/24 54

3rd 2024/25 54

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 54

SI 2022/23 54

-2

1st 2023/24 52

-1

2nd 2024/25 51

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 54

SI 2023/24 54

1st 2024/25 54

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 47

SI 2024/25 51

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 50

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
1980/81	113	116	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	229
1981/82	140	174	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	314
1982/83	182	214	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	396
1983/84	220	249	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	469
1993/94	214	263	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	477
1994/95	236	250	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	486
1995/96	223	252	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	475
1996/97	239	244	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	483
1997/98	252	265	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	517
1998/99	282	301	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	583
1999/00	284	322	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	606
2000/01	273	316	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	589
2001/02	265	323	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	588
2002/03	247	326	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	573
2003/04	247	344	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	591
2004/05	244	344	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	588
2005/06	246	340	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	586
2006/07	247	319	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	566
2007/08	250	308	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	558
2008/09	242	289	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	531
2009/10	224	291	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	515
2010/11	217	265	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	482
2011/12	202	248	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	450
2012/13	184	231	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	415
2013/14	196	222	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	418
2014/15	179	223	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	402
2015/16	173	239	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	412
2016/17	183	238	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	421
2017/18	184	227	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	411
2018/19	213	216	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	429
2019/20	223	239	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	462
2020/21	237	233	52	57	59	54	58	76	57	51	470
2021/22	221	248	54	54	56	58	50	56	81	54	469
2022/23	231	242	54	54	54	56	56	54	57	82	473
2023/24	214	215	47	54	52	54	54	53	53	57	429
2024/25	218	212	50	51	54	51	54	53	54	57	430
2025/26 (preliminary)	208	193	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	401