Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha
Blackrock · Roll number 15285D
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 503
- +29 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +20%
- Up 82 from 421 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 248 / 255
- 49% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
503 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 59 | 54 | 50 | 57 | 69 | 68 | 59.5 |
| Senior Infants | 45 | 66 | 57 | 49 | 56 | 73 | 57.7 |
| 1st Class | 58 | 48 | 64 | 58 | 50 | 59 | 56.2 |
| 2nd Class | 59 | 61 | 48 | 65 | 60 | 55 | 58.0 |
| 3rd Class | 56 | 59 | 61 | 51 | 67 | 66 | 60.0 |
| 4th Class | 57 | 57 | 59 | 63 | 51 | 70 | 59.5 |
| 5th Class | 59 | 59 | 57 | 60 | 61 | 52 | 58.0 |
| 6th Class | 56 | 60 | 60 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 59.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
69 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 73 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 69Junior Infants2024/25
- 73Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
57 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 59 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 57Junior Infants2023/24
- 56Senior Infants2024/25
- 591st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
50 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 55 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 50Junior Infants2022/23
- 49Senior Infants2023/24
- 501st Class2024/25
- 552nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
54 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 66 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 54Junior Infants2021/22
- 57Senior Infants2022/23
- 581st Class2023/24
- 602nd Class2024/25
- 663rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
59 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 70 in 4th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 59Junior Infants2020/21
- 66Senior Infants2021/22
- 641st Class2022/23
- 652nd Class2023/24
- 673rd Class2024/25
- 704th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
45 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 52 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 45Senior Infants2020/21
- 481st Class2021/22
- 482nd Class2022/23
- 513rd Class2023/24
- 514th Class2024/25
- 525th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
58 in 1st Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 581st Class2020/21
- 612nd Class2021/22
- 613rd Class2022/23
- 634th Class2023/24
- 615th Class2024/25
- 606th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
59 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 592nd Class2020/21
- 593rd Class2021/22
- 594th Class2022/23
- 605th Class2023/24
- 606th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
56 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 563rd Class2020/21
- 574th Class2021/22
- 575th Class2022/23
- 586th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
57 in 4th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 574th Class2020/21
- 595th Class2021/22
- 606th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
59 in 5th Class (2020/21), 60 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 595th Class2020/21
- 606th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +21Senior Infants in 2021/22 (45 to 66)
- −132nd Class in 2022/23 (61 to 48)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
26.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 19 mainstream classes 19
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers127.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
6.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5.5 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 6.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil na gCreagacha DubhaThis school | – | 503 |
+19.5%
|
|
| 1 | St. Francis National School0.7 km · Dundalk | 0.7 km | 441 |
+125.0%
|
| 2 | Scoil Fhursa2.4 km · Dundalk | 2.4 km | 229 |
+20.5%
|
| 3 | Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan2.8 km · Dún Dealgan · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 2.8 km | 214 |
0.0%
|
| 4 | St Josephs N S3.4 km · Dundalk · DEIS | 3.4 km | 574 |
+10.4%
|
| 5 | Scoil Mhuire na nGael3.5 km · Dundalk | 3.5 km | 624 |
−9.6%
|
| 6 | Dun Dealgan N S4.8 km · Dundalk · Presbyterian | 4.8 km | 84 |
0.0%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Catherine Dempsey
- Phone
- 0429321598
- [email protected]
- Address
- Sandy Lane, Blackrock, Co. Louth, A91 AK57
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Armagh
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Louth County Council
- Planning area
- Dundalk
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
43 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 503 | 248 | 255 | 68 | 73 | 59 | 55 | 66 | 70 | 52 | 60 |
| 2024/25 | 474 | 236 | 238 | 69 | 56 | 50 | 60 | 67 | 51 | 61 | 60 |
| 2023/24 | 461 | 233 | 228 | 57 | 49 | 58 | 65 | 51 | 63 | 60 | 58 |
| 2022/23 | 456 | 220 | 236 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 48 | 61 | 59 | 57 | 60 |
| 2021/22 | 464 | 224 | 240 | 54 | 66 | 48 | 61 | 59 | 57 | 59 | 60 |
| 2020/21 | 449 | 215 | 234 | 59 | 45 | 58 | 59 | 56 | 57 | 59 | 56 |
| 2019/20 | 444 | 221 | 223 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 439 | 208 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 429 | 196 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 408 | 195 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 421 | 187 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 432 | 193 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 437 | 191 | 246 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 442 | 193 | 249 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 425 | 184 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 434 | 194 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 442 | 208 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 443 | 208 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 439 | 213 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 434 | 208 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 431 | 214 | 217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 415 | 206 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 407 | 204 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 390 | 193 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 398 | 184 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 413 | 202 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 398 | 188 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 396 | 192 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 386 | 181 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 396 | 184 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 383 | 185 | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 409 | 201 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 410 | 204 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 435 | 214 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 416 | 205 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 414 | 208 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 417 | 209 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 407 | 201 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 381 | 189 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 383 | 200 | 183 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 381 | 206 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 392 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 368 | 202 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |