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Newtownmountkennedy Primary School

Roll number: 20278K Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow

School details

Address: Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow (A63FP76)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 012810048
Principal: Deirdre lennon
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: Y
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Wicklow County Council
School patron: Archbishop of Dublin
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Kilcoole

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: 2016/17: 295 in 2015/16 → 327, +32 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2020/21: 365 in 2019/20 → 342, -23 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2022/23 (40 → 55, +15).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2024/25 (48 → 30, -18).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2024/25 (35 → 41, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2022/23 (32 → 29, -3).
Overall: 243 (2007/08) → 368 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 125.

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	31	48	39.2	5
Senior Infants	31	46	38.4	5
1st Class	32	50	40.0	5
2nd Class	29	46	38.4	5
3rd Class	30	51	41.8	5
4th Class	30	52	43.4	5
5th Class	33	55	45.2	5
6th Class	35	55	45.0	5
Total	243	368	311.3	19

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 31

SI 2021/22 31

1st 2022/23 32

-2

2nd 2023/24 30

3rd 2024/25 34

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 38

SI 2022/23 41

1st 2023/24 41

2nd 2024/25 41

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 48

-2

SI 2023/24 46

1st 2024/25 50

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 35

SI 2024/25 41

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 44

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
2007/08	101	142	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	243
2008/09	107	141	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	248
2009/10	108	136	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	244
2010/11	117	143	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	260
2011/12	111	149	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	260
2012/13	124	154	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	278
2013/14	128	145	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	273
2014/15	131	144	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	275
2015/16	141	154	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	295
2016/17	148	179	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	327
2017/18	159	190	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	349
2018/19	164	193	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	357
2019/20	172	193	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	365
2020/21	163	179	31	33	45	46	51	41	33	38	342
2021/22	161	184	38	31	32	46	48	52	40	35	345
2022/23	164	201	48	41	32	29	46	46	55	46	365
2023/24	157	199	35	46	41	30	30	48	47	55	356
2024/25	165	200	44	41	50	41	34	30	51	51	365
2025/26 (preliminary)	178	190	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	368