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St Coen's National School

Roll number: 20208M Merrymeeting, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow

School details

Address: Merrymeeting, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow (A67CY68)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 040431200
Principal: Lee Kavanagh
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: Wicklow

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: 2022/23: 305 in 2021/22 → 323, +18 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2023/24: 323 in 2022/23 → 318, -5 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2022/23 (32 → 51, +19).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2025/26 (preliminary) (51 → 0, -51).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (32 → 37, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2024/25 (37 → 33, -4).
Overall: 301 (2020/21) → 328 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 27.

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	32	41	36.4	5
Senior Infants	32	44	36.6	5
1st Class	31	46	37.8	5
2nd Class	30	48	38.0	5
3rd Class	32	51	36.6	5
4th Class	32	51	38.8	5
5th Class	33	51	39.6	5
6th Class	35	44	38.6	5
Total	301	328	315.7	6

Total enrolment over time

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 32

SI 2021/22 32

1st 2022/23 34

2nd 2023/24 37

-4

3rd 2024/25 33

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 41

SI 2022/23 44

-3

1st 2023/24 41

2nd 2024/25 42

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 37

SI 2023/24 37

1st 2024/25 37

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 38

SI 2024/25 38

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 34

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	143	158	32	32	46	33	35	37	33	44	301
2021/22	148	157	41	32	31	48	32	32	42	35	305
2022/23	152	171	37	44	34	30	51	37	35	43	323
2023/24	147	171	38	37	41	37	32	51	37	35	318
2024/25	146	173	34	38	37	42	33	37	51	36	319
2025/26 (preliminary)	147	181	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	328