St Josephs N S
Dundalk · Roll number 19673J
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 574
- +5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +10%
- Up 54 from 520 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 252 / 322
- 44% girls
Pupils since 1979
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
574 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 | 73 | 60 | 70 | 62 | 58 | 61 | 64.0 |
| Senior Infants | 70 | 76 | 63 | 72 | 61 | 62 | 67.3 |
| 1st Class | 68 | 72 | 77 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 70.8 |
| 2nd Class | 67 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 64 | 77 | 72.2 |
| 3rd Class | 62 | 66 | 70 | 78 | 82 | 68 | 71.0 |
| 4th Class | 73 | 61 | 70 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 73.5 |
| 5th Class | 96 | 74 | 57 | 77 | 70 | 82 | 76.0 |
| 6th Class | 59 | 96 | 77 | 57 | 72 | 71 | 72.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
58 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 62 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 58Junior Infants2024/25
- 62Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
62 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 67 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 62Junior Infants2023/24
- 61Senior Infants2024/25
- 671st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
70 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 77 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 70Junior Infants2022/23
- 72Senior Infants2023/24
- 701st Class2024/25
- 772nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
60 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 68 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 60Junior Infants2021/22
- 63Senior Infants2022/23
- 711st Class2023/24
- 642nd Class2024/25
- 683rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
73 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 86 in 4th Class (2025/26): 13 pupils more.
- 73Junior Infants2020/21
- 76Senior Infants2021/22
- 771st Class2022/23
- 822nd Class2023/24
- 823rd Class2024/25
- 864th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
70 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 82 in 5th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 70Senior Infants2020/21
- 721st Class2021/22
- 752nd Class2022/23
- 783rd Class2023/24
- 794th Class2024/25
- 825th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
68 in 1st Class (2020/21), 71 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 681st Class2020/21
- 682nd Class2021/22
- 703rd Class2022/23
- 724th Class2023/24
- 705th Class2024/25
- 716th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
67 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 72 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 672nd Class2020/21
- 663rd Class2021/22
- 704th Class2022/23
- 775th Class2023/24
- 726th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
62 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils fewer.
- 623rd Class2020/21
- 614th Class2021/22
- 575th Class2022/23
- 576th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
73 in 4th Class (2020/21), 77 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 734th Class2020/21
- 745th Class2021/22
- 776th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
96 in 5th Class (2020/21), 96 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 965th Class2020/21
- 966th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +376th Class in 2021/22 (59 to 96)
- −225th Class in 2021/22 (96 to 74)
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 Josephs N S, 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
42.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 42 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 26 mainstream classes 26
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers327.5 hours of support teaching a week 13.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class and a speech and language class 2
13.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 13 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 13.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 13.5 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 St Josephs N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs N SThis school | – | 574 |
+10.4%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan0.6 km · Dún Dealgan · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.6 km | 214 |
0.0%
|
| 2 | Scoil Mhuire na nGael0.9 km · Dundalk | 0.9 km | 624 |
−9.6%
|
| 3 | Dun Dealgan N S1.4 km · Dundalk · Presbyterian | 1.4 km | 84 |
0.0%
|
| 4 | Réalt na Mara School1.6 km · Dundalk | 1.6 km | 467 |
+6.1%
|
| 5 | S N N Maolmhaodhagh B1.7 km · Dundalk · Boys | 1.7 km | 246 |
+22.4%
|
| 6 | S N N Maolmhaodhagh C1.7 km · Dundalk · Girls | 1.7 km | 233 |
+9.9%
|
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
- Dr Rosalyn Morris
- Phone
- 0429337170
- [email protected]
- Address
- Tom Bellew Avenue, Dundalk, Co. Louth, A91 D786
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Armagh
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
38 school years from 1979/80 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 574 | 252 | 322 | 61 | 62 | 67 | 77 | 68 | 86 | 82 | 71 |
| 2024/25 | 569 | 253 | 316 | 58 | 61 | 70 | 64 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 72 |
| 2023/24 | 575 | 259 | 316 | 62 | 72 | 71 | 82 | 78 | 72 | 77 | 57 |
| 2022/23 | 565 | 259 | 306 | 70 | 63 | 77 | 75 | 70 | 70 | 57 | 77 |
| 2021/22 | 578 | 258 | 320 | 60 | 76 | 72 | 68 | 66 | 61 | 74 | 96 |
| 2020/21 | 575 | 260 | 315 | 73 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 73 | 96 | 59 |
| 2019/20 | 586 | 265 | 321 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 577 | 270 | 307 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 583 | 279 | 304 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 553 | 265 | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 520 | 243 | 277 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 492 | 238 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 461 | 222 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 431 | 205 | 226 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 432 | 220 | 212 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 413 | 202 | 211 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 405 | 189 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 439 | 200 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 464 | 207 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 449 | 195 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 436 | 192 | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 414 | 181 | 233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 401 | 166 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 437 | 186 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 455 | 184 | 271 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 442 | 189 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 440 | 192 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 457 | 206 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 501 | 237 | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 540 | 251 | 289 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 552 | 257 | 295 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 565 | 280 | 285 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 602 | 297 | 305 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 577 | 280 | 297 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 430 | 202 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 200 | 94 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 132 | 63 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 47 | 19 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |