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ST COLUMBAS N.S

Roll number: 05508O With Facility for Deaf Children, Douglas West, Co. Cork

School details

Address: With Facility for Deaf Children, Douglas West, Co. Cork (T12WK3D)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0214893947
Principal: Triona Fitzgerald
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Cork County Council
School patron: Bishop of Cork & Ross
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: South Suburbs_CorkCity

Class size history

Mainstream class group data is shown separately from standard/year-group enrolment data. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size

21.50

2025/26

Mainstream classes

2025/26

Largest class group

2025/26

Classes with 30+ pupils

2025/26

Class group metrics trend

Class group metrics by year

Year	Mainstream class pupils	Mainstream classes	Average class size	Largest class	Classes 30+
2006/07	613	23	26.65	34	4
2007/08	600	23	26.09	31	5
2008/09	574	23	24.96	31	5
2009/10	519	22	23.59	29	0
2010/11	519	20	25.95	34	6
2011/12	492	20	24.60	33	4
2012/13	471	19	24.79	32	4
2013/14	450	18	25.00	36	5
2014/15	415	18	23.06	31	1
2015/16	397	17	23.35	28	0
2016/17	379	16	23.69	28	0
2017/18	372	16	23.25	29	0
2019/20	368	16	23.00	28	0
2020/21	369	18	20.50	24	0
2021/22	346	17	20.35	23	0
2022/23	341	16	21.31	23	0
2023/24	325	16	20.31	25	0
2024/25	333	16	20.81	24	0
2025/26	344	16	21.50	27	0

Data highlights

Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.

Biggest gain in a single year: 1979/80: 469 in 1977/78 → 554, +85 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 614 in 1982/83 → 548, -66 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2024/25 (31 → 46, +15).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2023/24 (46 → 31, -15).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2025/26 (42 → 54, +12).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2021/22 (46 → 41, -5).
Overall: 396 (1975/76) → 377 (2025/26), -19.

Summary statistics (class-level data)

Min / max / mean enrolment per class across the available final by-standard years.

Class	Min	Max	Mean	Years
Junior Infants	31	46	40.8	6
Senior Infants	37	51	43.7	6
1st Class	37	44	41.0	6
2nd Class	38	51	43.7	6
3rd Class	39	45	41.3	6
4th Class	40	51	44.3	6
5th Class	39	54	46.2	6
6th Class	40	59	47.5	6
Total	364	715	531.0	40

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 44

SI 2021/22 44

1st 2022/23 44

2nd 2023/24 45

3rd 2024/25 45

4th 2025/26 51

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 38

-1

SI 2022/23 37

1st 2023/24 37

2nd 2024/25 40

-1

3rd 2025/26 39

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 46

SI 2023/24 46

-3

1st 2024/25 43

2nd 2025/26 51

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 31

SI 2024/25 38

1st 2025/26 44

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 46

SI 2025/26 51

Cohort 2025/26

JI 2025/26 40

Raw data by year

Year	Female	Male	JI	SI	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	396
1976/77	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	439
1977/78	469	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	469
1979/80	554	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	554
1980/81	584	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	584
1981/82	608	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	608
1982/83	614	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	614
1993/94	548	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	548
1994/95	558	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	558
1995/96	585	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	585
1996/97	593	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	593
1997/98	628	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	628
1998/99	611	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	611
1999/00	648	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	650
2000/01	678	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	681
2001/02	706	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	711
2002/03	712	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	715
2003/04	702	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	708
2004/05	671	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	677
2005/06	645	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	652
2006/07	628	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	635
2007/08	616	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	622
2008/09	594	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	600
2009/10	539	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	545
2010/11	540	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	547
2011/12	510	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	521
2012/13	486	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	501
2013/14	471	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	490
2014/15	436	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	458
2015/16	416	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	439
2016/17	398	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	418
2017/18	390	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	412
2018/19	385	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	405
2019/20	384	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	401
2020/21	386	17	44	46	37	47	39	44	53	59	403
2021/22	362	14	38	44	41	38	43	44	44	54	376
2022/23	357	16	46	37	44	41	42	45	45	41	373
2023/24	343	21	31	46	37	45	40	40	42	44	364
2024/25	351	19	46	38	43	40	45	42	39	40	370
2025/26	359	18	40	51	44	51	39	51	54	47	377