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CONVENT OF MERCY NATIONAL SCHOOL

Roll number: 20041C Kilrush, Co. Clare

School details

Address: Kilrush, Co. Clare (V15HX06)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0659051792
Principal: Avril Bolton
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: Y
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Clare County Council
School patron: Bishop of Killaloe
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Kilrush

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: 2014/15: 289 in 2013/14 → 308, +19 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2006/07: 291 in 2005/06 → 275, -16 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2021/22 (33 → 49, +16).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2024/25 (50 → 34, -16).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2022/23 (29 → 36, +7).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2024/25 (38 → 34, -4).
Overall: 332 (1996/97) → 329 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -3.

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	50	41.4	5
Senior Infants	33	50	40.0	5
1st Class	29	48	39.2	5
2nd Class	32	47	39.8	5
3rd Class	35	43	38.2	5
4th Class	32	42	36.4	5
5th Class	33	48	40.8	5
6th Class	33	49	40.0	5
Total	274	343	304.8	30

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 38

SI 2021/22 39

1st 2022/23 41

2nd 2023/24 42

3rd 2024/25 43

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 41

SI 2022/23 44

1st 2023/24 48

-1

2nd 2024/25 47

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 50

SI 2023/24 50

-3

1st 2024/25 47

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 38

-4

SI 2024/25 34

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 40

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
1996/97	164	168	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	332
1997/98	165	159	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	324
1998/99	155	156	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	311
1999/00	155	150	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	305
2000/01	157	145	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	302
2001/02	161	143	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	304
2002/03	157	149	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	306
2003/04	152	148	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	300
2004/05	143	150	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	293
2005/06	140	151	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	291
2006/07	134	141	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	275
2007/08	140	142	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	282
2008/09	142	141	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	283
2009/10	140	145	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	285
2010/11	139	135	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	274
2011/12	149	135	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	284
2012/13	151	129	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	280
2013/14	147	142	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	289
2014/15	152	156	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	308
2015/16	154	156	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	310
2016/17	158	151	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	309
2017/18	157	157	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	314
2018/19	164	155	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	319
2019/20	160	148	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	308
2020/21	156	151	38	33	31	42	37	35	48	33	307
2021/22	166	145	41	39	29	32	41	36	33	49	311
2022/23	177	153	50	44	41	36	35	42	40	34	330
2023/24	175	168	38	50	48	42	35	37	43	42	343
2024/25	178	159	40	34	47	47	43	32	40	42	337
2025/26 (preliminary)	169	160	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	329