St Nicholas Monastery NS
Dundalk · Roll number 16469S
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 164
- +4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −3%
- Down 5 from 169 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 0 / 164
- 0% 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
164 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 | 15 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 20.0 |
| Senior Infants | 23 | 13 | 33 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 21.7 |
| 1st Class | 21 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 23 | 20 | 22.3 |
| 2nd Class | 21 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 35 | 19 | 21.3 |
| 3rd Class | 13 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 34 | 19.5 |
| 4th Class | 27 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 17.5 |
| 5th Class | 25 | 25 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19.2 |
| 6th Class | 28 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 20.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
19 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 21 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2024/25
- 21Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
14 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 20 in 1st Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 14Junior Infants2023/24
- 18Senior Infants2024/25
- 201st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
18 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 19 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 18Junior Infants2022/23
- 22Senior Infants2023/24
- 231st Class2024/25
- 192nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
31 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 34 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 31Junior Infants2021/22
- 33Senior Infants2022/23
- 351st Class2023/24
- 352nd Class2024/25
- 343rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2020/21
- 13Senior Infants2021/22
- 131st Class2022/23
- 142nd Class2023/24
- 133rd Class2024/25
- 134th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 18 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 23Senior Infants2020/21
- 221st Class2021/22
- 202nd Class2022/23
- 193rd Class2023/24
- 174th Class2024/25
- 185th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
21 in 1st Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 211st Class2020/21
- 192nd Class2021/22
- 203rd Class2022/23
- 194th Class2023/24
- 185th Class2024/25
- 166th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
21 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils fewer.
- 212nd Class2020/21
- 183rd Class2021/22
- 194th Class2022/23
- 185th Class2023/24
- 176th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
13 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 133rd Class2020/21
- 104th Class2021/22
- 115th Class2022/23
- 136th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
27 in 4th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 274th Class2020/21
- 255th Class2021/22
- 276th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
25 in 5th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils fewer.
- 255th Class2020/21
- 236th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +221st Class in 2023/24 (13 to 35)
- −174th Class in 2021/22 (27 to 10)
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 St Nicholas Monastery NS, 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
12.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers95 hours of support teaching a week 3.8
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
6.41 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.9 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 6.58 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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 St Nicholas Monastery NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Nicholas Monastery NSThis school | – | 164 |
−3.0%
|
|
| 1 | Castletown RD Convent0.1 km · Dundalk · Girls · DEIS | 0.1 km | 191 |
+16.5%
|
| 2 | S N San Nioclas0.4 km · Dundalk · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.4 km | 148 |
+22.3%
|
| 3 | C.B.S. Primary0.6 km · Dundalk · DEIS | 0.6 km | 524 |
+18.8%
|
| 4 | S N an Tslanaitheora B0.8 km · Dundalk · Boys · DEIS | 0.8 km | 169 |
+101.2%
|
| 5 | S N an Tslanaitheora C0.8 km · Dundalk · DEIS | 0.8 km | 160 |
+60.0%
|
| 6 | Dun Dealgan N S0.9 km · Dundalk · Presbyterian | 0.9 km | 84 |
0.0%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Katriona Cosgrove
- Phone
- 0429334920
- [email protected]
- Address
- Philip Street, Dundalk, Co Louth, A91 X223
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Armagh
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- 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 | 164 | 0 | 164 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | 160 | – | 160 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 35 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
| 2023/24 | 154 | 0 | 154 | 14 | 22 | 35 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 13 |
| 2022/23 | 161 | – | 161 | 18 | 33 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | 161 | – | 161 | 31 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 25 | 23 |
| 2020/21 | 173 | – | 173 | 15 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 27 | 25 | 28 |
| 2019/20 | 169 | – | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 156 | – | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 151 | – | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 153 | 0 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 169 | 0 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 178 | 0 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 188 | 0 | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 195 | 0 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 199 | 0 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 212 | 0 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 216 | 0 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 213 | 0 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 197 | 0 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 192 | 0 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 206 | 0 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 176 | 0 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 187 | 0 | 187 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 201 | 0 | 201 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 204 | 0 | 204 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 215 | 0 | 215 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 226 | 0 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 236 | – | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 257 | 0 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 253 | – | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 259 | – | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 281 | – | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 301 | – | 301 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 340 | 0 | 340 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 338 | 0 | 338 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 357 | 0 | 357 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 358 | 0 | 358 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 372 | 0 | 372 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 393 | 0 | 393 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 385 | 0 | 385 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 395 | 0 | 395 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 414 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 413 | 0 | 413 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |