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SCOIL MHUIRE GAN SMAL

Roll number: 19964U Ballymote, Co. Sligo

School details

Address: Ballymote, Co. Sligo (F56CP59)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0719183894
Principal: David O'Farrell
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Sligo County Council
School patron: Bishop of Achonry
School type: Ordinary
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Ballymote

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: 2003/04: 184 in 2002/03 → 201, +17 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1995/96: 245 in 1994/95 → 222, -23 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2021/22 (29 → 36, +7).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2023/24 (33 → 23, -10).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (30 → 33, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2023/24 (33 → 31, -2).
Overall: 240 (1993/94) → 215 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -25.

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	22	32	27.0	5
Senior Infants	22	30	25.4	5
1st Class	22	31	26.2	5
2nd Class	22	31	26.4	5
3rd Class	23	33	27.8	5
4th Class	23	34	29.2	5
5th Class	30	35	32.0	5
6th Class	29	36	32.0	5
Total	184	245	219.0	33

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 23

1st 2022/23 25

2nd 2023/24 25

3rd 2024/25 26

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 24

SI 2022/23 24

1st 2023/24 24

2nd 2024/25 24

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 29

SI 2023/24 30

1st 2024/25 31

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 28

SI 2024/25 28

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 32

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
1993/94	105	135	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	240
1994/95	106	139	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	245
1995/96	103	119	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	222
1996/97	102	112	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	214
1997/98	104	110	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	214
1998/99	99	106	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	205
1999/00	97	89	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	186
2000/01	101	93	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	194
2001/02	92	93	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	185
2002/03	89	95	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	184
2003/04	98	103	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	201
2004/05	98	106	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	204
2005/06	98	112	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	210
2006/07	101	116	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	217
2007/08	112	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	233
2008/09	106	126	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	232
2009/10	112	123	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	235
2010/11	113	120	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	233
2011/12	108	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	225
2012/13	104	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	225
2013/14	103	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	220
2014/15	100	120	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	220
2015/16	98	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	220
2016/17	101	126	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	227
2017/18	103	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	225
2018/19	107	128	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	235
2019/20	105	125	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	230
2020/21	108	120	22	22	29	31	26	34	35	29	228
2021/22	106	122	24	23	22	30	31	28	34	36	228
2022/23	113	114	29	24	25	22	33	30	30	34	227
2023/24	107	115	28	30	24	25	23	31	31	30	222
2024/25	105	120	32	28	31	24	26	23	30	31	225
2025/26 (preliminary)	105	110	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	215