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RÉALT NA MARA SCHOOL

Roll number: 20339E Mill Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth

School details

Address: Mill Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth (A91TD3H)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0429327230
Principal: Phil McCaul
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Louth County Council
School patron: Archbishop of Armagh
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Dundalk

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: 2015/16: 421 in 2014/15 → 440, +19 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2011/12: 406 in 2010/11 → 388, -18 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2023/24 (42 → 68, +26).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2024/25 (68 → 44, -24).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2023/24 (42 → 47, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2021/22 (53 → 50, -3).
Overall: 395 (2009/10) → 467 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 72.

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	42	68	50.8	5
Senior Infants	46	67	53.8	5
1st Class	47	56	51.4	5
2nd Class	48	58	52.8	5
3rd Class	52	58	54.6	5
4th Class	52	57	54.8	5
5th Class	53	57	54.8	5
6th Class	51	58	55.0	5
Total	388	468	437.2	17

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 56

-2

SI 2021/22 54

-2

1st 2022/23 52

2nd 2023/24 55

-1

3rd 2024/25 54

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 44

SI 2022/23 46

1st 2023/24 49

-1

2nd 2024/25 48

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 42

SI 2023/24 47

1st 2024/25 47

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 68

-1

SI 2024/25 67

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
2009/10	209	186	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	395
2010/11	212	194	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	406
2011/12	192	196	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	388
2012/13	201	199	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	400
2013/14	199	209	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	408
2014/15	205	216	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	421
2015/16	208	232	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	440
2016/17	208	233	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	441
2017/18	216	233	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	449
2018/19	228	236	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	464
2019/20	224	242	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	466
2020/21	231	234	56	55	53	53	56	55	57	51	465
2021/22	215	235	44	54	56	50	52	53	55	57	450
2022/23	205	245	42	46	52	58	53	57	54	58	450
2023/24	212	256	68	47	49	55	58	52	55	54	468
2024/25	207	248	44	67	47	48	54	57	53	55	455
2025/26 (preliminary)	214	253	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	467