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HOLY FAMILY JUNIOR SCHOOL

Roll number: 17957N Station Road, Ennis, Co. Clare

School details

Address: Station Road, Ennis, Co. Clare (V95YR79)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0656829808
Principal: Miriam Lowe
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: Y
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Clare County Council
School patron: Bishop of Killaloe
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: Junior
Planning area: Ennis

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

14.09

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
2006/07	206	9	22.89	28
2007/08	214	9	23.78	28
2008/09	216	9	24.00	26
2009/10	222	9	24.67	26
2010/11	215	9	23.89	27
2011/12	231	9	25.67	29
2012/13	205	9	22.78	25
2013/14	196	9	21.78	25
2014/15	187	10	18.70	23
2015/16	179	9	19.89	22
2016/17	171	9	19.00	21
2017/18	161	7	23.00	26
2019/20	130	6	21.67	26
2020/21	139	6	23.17	26
2021/22	159	7	22.71	25
2022/23	172	10	17.20	20
2023/24	171	11	15.55	18
2024/25	172	11	15.64	18
2025/26	155	11	14.09	18

Data highlights

Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.

Biggest gain in a single year: 1982/83: 375 in 1981/82 → 397, +22 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 397 in 1982/83 → 267, -130 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2023/24 (52 → 69, +17).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (64 → 48, -16).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2021/22 (52 → 56, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2024/25 (69 → 4, -65).
Overall: 440 (1975/76) → 167 (2025/26), -273.

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	48	65	57.0	6
Senior Infants	44	68	56.8	6
1st Class	44	69	54.5	6
2nd Class	2	4	3.2	4
3rd Class	0	0	0.0	1
4th Class	0	0	0.0	1
5th Class	0	0	0.0	2
6th Class	0	0	0.0	1
Total	145	443	251.5	41

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 52

SI 2021/22 56

-4

1st 2022/23 52

-52

2nd 2023/24 0

4th 2025/26 0

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 65

SI 2022/23 68

1st 2023/24 69

-65

2nd 2024/25 4

-4

3rd 2025/26 0

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 58

SI 2023/24 58

1st 2024/25 61

-57

2nd 2025/26 4

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 55

SI 2024/25 56

1st 2025/26 56

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 64

-5

SI 2025/26 59

Cohort 2025/26

JI 2025/26 48

Raw data by year

Year	Female	Male	JI	SI	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	440
1976/77	420	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	443
1977/78	427	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	431
1978/79	403	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	410
1979/80	378	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	378
1980/81	368	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	368
1981/82	369	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	375
1982/83	383	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	397
1993/94	222	45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	267
1994/95	194	72	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	266
1995/96	185	71	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	256
1996/97	173	79	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	252
1997/98	176	76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	252
1998/99	160	99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	259
1999/00	145	90	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	235
2000/01	127	97	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	224
2001/02	138	93	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	231
2002/03	127	91	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	218
2003/04	141	84	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	225
2004/05	123	89	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	212
2005/06	121	89	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	210
2006/07	118	113	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	231
2007/08	120	115	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	235
2008/09	121	115	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	236
2009/10	129	109	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	238
2010/11	136	96	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	232
2011/12	129	112	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	241
2012/13	107	109	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	216
2013/14	100	109	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	209
2014/15	105	96	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	201
2015/16	98	93	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	191
2016/17	94	89	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	183
2017/18	91	87	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	178
2018/19	87	89	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	176
2019/20	75	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	145
2020/21	80	73	52	44	45	–	–	–	–	–	153
2021/22	88	86	65	56	44	2	–	–	–	–	174
2022/23	89	98	58	68	52	3	–	–	–	–	187
2023/24	87	97	55	58	69	–	–	–	–	–	184
2024/25	85	100	64	56	61	4	–	–	–	–	185
2025/26	67	100	48	59	56	4	–	–	–	–	167