By area · Release notes. Enrolment by planning area, local authority, school patron, county.
RATOATH SENIOR NS
Roll number: 20200T
Fairyhouse Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath
School details
- Address
- Fairyhouse Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath (A85ET29)
- Principal
- Loraine Butler
- Ethos
- Catholic
- DEIS
- N
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- N
- Island
- N
- Local authority
- Meath County Council
- School patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Senior
- Planning area
- Ratoath
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 loss in a single year: 2024/25: 405 in 2023/24 → 360, -45 pupils.
- Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2021/22 (117 → 126, +9).
- Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2025/26 (preliminary) (109 → 0, -109).
- Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2023/24 (101 → 105, +4).
- Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2023/24 (122 → 118, -4).
- Overall: 480 (2020/21) → 319 (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 |
| 3rd Class |
71 |
117 |
93.2 |
5 |
| 4th Class |
74 |
120 |
104.8 |
5 |
| 5th Class |
106 |
127 |
116.8 |
5 |
| 6th Class |
109 |
126 |
117.8 |
5 |
| Total |
319 |
480 |
413.7 |
6 |
Total enrolment over time
Enrolment by gender over time
Enrolment by class over time
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 |
| 2020/21 |
241 |
239 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
117 |
119 |
127 |
117 |
480 |
| 2021/22 |
232 |
238 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
104 |
120 |
120 |
126 |
470 |
| 2022/23 |
208 |
240 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
101 |
106 |
122 |
119 |
448 |
| 2023/24 |
191 |
214 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
73 |
105 |
109 |
118 |
405 |
| 2024/25 |
175 |
185 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
71 |
74 |
106 |
109 |
360 |
| 2025/26 (preliminary) |
166 |
153 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
319 |