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HOLY FAMILY NATIONAL SCHOOL

Roll number: 20150H East Rock, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal

School details

Address: East Rock, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal (F94F259)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0719851689
Principal: Sarah-Jane Lewis
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Donegal County Council
School patron: Bishop of Clogher
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Ballyshannon_Donegal

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: 2023/24: 170 in 2022/23 → 189, +19 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2007/08: 153 in 2006/07 → 140, -13 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2022/23 (9 → 25, +16).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2023/24 (25 → 13, -12).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (21 → 23, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2023/24 (23 → 21, -2).
Overall: 159 (2001/02) → 193 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 34.

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	19	26	22.6	5
Senior Infants	20	25	22.6	5
1st Class	20	26	22.4	5
2nd Class	13	25	20.8	5
3rd Class	14	24	21.0	5
4th Class	10	24	17.8	5
5th Class	9	25	17.4	5
6th Class	9	25	17.4	5
Total	127	193	151.0	25

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 21

SI 2021/22 21

1st 2022/23 22

2nd 2023/24 23

3rd 2024/25 23

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 26

-1

SI 2022/23 25

1st 2023/24 26

-1

2nd 2024/25 25

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 21

SI 2023/24 22

1st 2024/25 22

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 26

-1

SI 2024/25 25

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 19

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
2001/02	50	109	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	159
2002/03	63	99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	162
2003/04	64	96	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	160
2004/05	64	88	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	152
2005/06	67	85	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	152
2006/07	68	85	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	153
2007/08	62	78	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	140
2008/09	70	74	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	144
2009/10	79	66	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	145
2010/11	72	63	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	135
2011/12	75	62	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	137
2012/13	77	62	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	139
2013/14	76	68	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	144
2014/15	76	63	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	139
2015/16	77	56	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	133
2016/17	72	58	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	130
2017/18	67	60	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	127
2018/19	71	64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	135
2019/20	70	73	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	143
2020/21	71	78	21	20	22	13	24	10	17	22	149
2021/22	71	92	26	21	20	23	14	24	9	18	163
2022/23	76	94	21	25	22	20	23	13	25	9	170
2023/24	89	100	26	22	26	23	21	21	13	25	189
2024/25	85	98	19	25	22	25	23	21	23	13	183
2025/26 (preliminary)	87	106	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	193