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MOTHER OF DIVINE GRACE

Roll number: 20059V Ferndale Avenue, Ballygall, Dublin 11

School details

Address: Ferndale Avenue, Ballygall, Dublin 11 (D11VW68)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 018344000
Principal: Eleanor Fahy
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 with Special Classes
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: FinglasEast_BallymunD11

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: 2008/09: 345 in 2007/08 → 403, +58 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1999/00: 302 in 1998/99 → 273, -29 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2023/24 (62 → 74, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2024/25 (74 → 54, -20).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2022/23 (53 → 57, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2022/23 (65 → 60, -5).
Overall: 319 (1997/98) → 480 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 161.

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	53	74	61.6	5
Senior Infants	57	75	64.6	5
1st Class	58	65	61.6	5
2nd Class	60	61	60.4	5
3rd Class	55	61	59.0	5
4th Class	57	63	61.0	5
5th Class	57	63	59.6	5
6th Class	56	64	59.2	5
Total	238	497	396.7	29

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 65

-4

SI 2021/22 61

-1

1st 2022/23 60

2nd 2023/24 61

-1

3rd 2024/25 60

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 53

SI 2022/23 57

1st 2023/24 58

2nd 2024/25 60

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 62

SI 2023/24 66

-3

1st 2024/25 63

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 74

SI 2024/25 75

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 54

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
1997/98	239	80	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	319
1998/99	235	67	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	302
1999/00	220	53	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	273
2000/01	198	54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	252
2001/02	201	55	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	256
2002/03	192	46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	238
2003/04	186	64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	250
2004/05	189	86	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	275
2005/06	199	109	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	308
2006/07	185	127	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	312
2007/08	197	148	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	345
2008/09	229	174	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	403
2009/10	213	191	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	404
2010/11	199	212	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	411
2011/12	214	225	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	439
2012/13	229	213	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	442
2013/14	222	228	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	450
2014/15	240	233	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	473
2015/16	245	249	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	494
2016/17	239	248	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	487
2017/18	239	239	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	478
2018/19	249	238	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	487
2019/20	245	246	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	491
2020/21	241	252	65	64	62	60	61	63	59	59	493
2021/22	239	238	53	61	65	61	55	63	63	56	477
2022/23	235	243	62	57	60	60	59	57	59	64	478
2023/24	247	250	74	66	58	61	60	62	57	59	497
2024/25	246	244	54	75	63	60	60	60	60	58	490
2025/26 (preliminary)	235	245	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	480