Written answers
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Department of Education and Skills
School Attendance Data
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and percentage of students in each county who have dropped out of secondary education after the junior certificate and before the leaving certificate over the past ten years. [54620/17]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Information on the junior and leaving certificate retention rate by county is available in the attached table.
The latest information available is on the cohort of pupils who began post-primary education in 2010, and would have completed their Leaving Certificate and 2015 and 2016.
More detailed information in available in the retention reports published on the Department's website at the following link:
www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Statistical-Reports/Other-Statistical-Reports.html.
Retention Rates of Pupils in Second Level Schools (2001 Entry Cohort Onwards) by County, Statistical Indicator and Year
| County | Indicator | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 800 | 842 | 863 | 804 | 838 |
| Cavan | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 788 | 775 | 815 | 756 | 770 |
| Clare | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 1388 | 1357 | 1332 | 1315 | 1384 |
| Cork | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 6423 | 6611 | 6622 | 6398 | 6309 |
| Donegal | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 2261 | 2337 | 2262 | 2162 | 2228 |
| Dublin | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 14608 | 14486 | 14639 | 14627 | 13894 |
| Galway | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 3066 | 3058 | 3292 | 3161 | 3139 |
| Kerry | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 1956 | 1874 | 1980 | 1895 | 1890 |
| Kildare | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 2341 | 2350 | 2500 | 2530 | 2599 |
| Kilkenny | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 1175 | 1214 | 1220 | 1198 | 1180 |
| Laois | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 812 | 814 | 792 | 806 | 718 |
| Leitrim | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 460 | 446 | 410 | 454 | 427 |
| Limerick | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 2547 | 2634 | 2652 | 2642 | 2587 |
| Longford | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 585 | 594 | 615 | 593 | 563 |
| Louth | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 1779 | 1770 | 1844 | 1843 | 1696 |
| Mayo | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 1873 | 1803 | 1842 | 1810 | 1747 |
| Meath | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 1673 | 1699 | 1831 | 1890 | 1817 |
| Monaghan | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 909 | 942 | 889 | 926 | 864 |
| Offaly | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 986 | 929 | 995 | 952 | 931 |
| Roscommon | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 508 | 546 | 543 | 565 | 558 |
| Sligo | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 926 | 772 | 824 | 859 | 799 |
| Tipperary | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 2276 | 2205 | 2309 | 2277 | 2220 |
| Waterford | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 1395 | 1462 | 1426 | 1422 | 1268 |
| Westmeath | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 1303 | 1372 | 1298 | 1381 | 1351 |
| Wexford | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 1908 | 1907 | 1959 | 2020 | 1891 |
| Wicklow | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 1532 | 1667 | 1577 | 1662 | 1616 |
| All Counties | Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number) | 56278 | 56466 | 57331 | 56948 | 55284 |
| Carlow | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 96.6% | 96.4% | 96.5% | 97.1% | 95.8% |
| Cavan | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 97.2% | 96.9% | 96.4% | 96.8% | 97.0% |
| Clare | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 95.6% | 95.4% | 95.1% | 94.6% | 96.0% |
| Cork | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 95.7% | 96.2% | 94.8% | 95.5% | 97.2% |
| Donegal | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 96.2% | 95.1% | 96.0% | 94.5% | 96.6% |
| Dublin | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 95.9% | 95.3% | 94.6% | 93.4% | 95.1% |
| Galway | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 97.1% | 95.6% | 95.7% | 95.5% | 95.3% |
| Kerry | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 96.8% | 96.5% | 96.0% | 96.1% | 96.0% |
| Kildare | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 96.8% | 96.0% | 95.4% | 95.1% | 96.7% |
| Kilkenny | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 97.5% | 97.4% | 96.8% | 96.5% | 97.4% |
| Laois | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 95.4% | 96.1% | 94.6% | 94.7% | 95.4% |
| Leitrim | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 97.8% | 96.9% | 95.1% | 95.2% | 97.2% |
| Limerick | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 94.7% | 94.6% | 93.9% | 93.2% | 95.8% |
| Longford | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 93.8% | 96.5% | 95.1% | 94.9% | 95.4% |
| Louth | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 96.2% | 95.3% | 94.8% | 93.4% | 95.9% |
| Mayo | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 96.4% | 96.9% | 96.2% | 95.2% | 96.6% |
| Meath | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 95.9% | 97.0% | 94.7% | 94.3% | 95.0% |
| Monaghan | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 98.3% | 96.3% | 96.4% | 94.3% | 97.5% |
| Offaly | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 95.0% | 96.9% | 95.9% | 94.3% | 96.6% |
| Roscommon | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 97.0% | 95.8% | 93.9% | 94.7% | 96.3% |
| Sligo | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 97.2% | 95.2% | 94.8% | 95.0% | 95.9% |
| Tipperary | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 96.7% | 95.5% | 95.4% | 95.0% | 96.1% |
| Waterford | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 95.5% | 94.7% | 94.7% | 94.0% | 97.3% |
| Westmeath | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 95.0% | 93.4% | 94.6% | 94.9% | 94.4% |
| Wexford | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 96.0% | 94.8% | 94.6% | 94.8% | 95.8% |
| Wicklow | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 94.8% | 95.7% | 95.3% | 94.2% | 93.8% |
| All Counties | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%) | 96.1% | 95.7% | 95.1% | 94.5% | 95.9% |
| Carlow | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 773 | 812 | 833 | 781 | 803 |
| Cavan | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 766 | 751 | 786 | 732 | 747 |
| Clare | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 1327 | 1295 | 1267 | 1244 | 1329 |
| Cork | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 6147 | 6360 | 6278 | 6110 | 6132 |
| Donegal | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 2175 | 2222 | 2172 | 2043 | 2152 |
| Dublin | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 14009 | 13805 | 13848 | 13662 | 13210 |
| Galway | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 2977 | 2923 | 3150 | 3019 | 2990 |
| Kerry | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 1893 | 1808 | 1901 | 1821 | 1814 |
| Kildare | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 2266 | 2256 | 2385 | 2406 | 2513 |
| Kilkenny | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 1146 | 1182 | 1181 | 1156 | 1149 |
| Laois | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 775 | 782 | 749 | 763 | 685 |
| Leitrim | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 450 | 432 | 390 | 432 | 415 |
| Limerick | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 2412 | 2492 | 2490 | 2462 | 2477 |
| Longford | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 549 | 573 | 585 | 563 | 537 |
| Louth | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 1711 | 1687 | 1748 | 1721 | 1626 |
| Mayo | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 1806 | 1747 | 1772 | 1723 | 1688 |
| Meath | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 1604 | 1648 | 1734 | 1782 | 1726 |
| Monaghan | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 894 | 907 | 857 | 873 | 842 |
| Offaly | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 937 | 900 | 954 | 898 | 899 |
| Roscommon | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 493 | 523 | 510 | 535 | 537 |
| Sligo | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 900 | 735 | 781 | 816 | 766 |
| Tipperary | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 2201 | 2106 | 2203 | 2163 | 2133 |
| Waterford | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 1332 | 1385 | 1350 | 1337 | 1233 |
| Westmeath | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 1238 | 1281 | 1228 | 1311 | 1275 |
| Wexford | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 1832 | 1808 | 1853 | 1915 | 1812 |
| Wicklow | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 1452 | 1595 | 1503 | 1566 | 1516 |
| All Counties | First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number) | 54065 | 54015 | 54508 | 53834 | 53006 |
| Carlow | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 81.5% | 78.0% | 79.5% | 85.7% | 87.4% |
| Cavan | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 84.4% | 85.8% | 86.5% | 87.7% | 90.1% |
| Clare | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 83.5% | 83.9% | 85.3% | 85.6% | 91.7% |
| Cork | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 81.1% | 81.4% | 80.9% | 84.8% | 89.9% |
| Donegal | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 81.2% | 80.7% | 83.5% | 84.9% | 89.4% |
| Dublin | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 78.6% | 79.1% | 80.1% | 81.7% | 88.5% |
| Galway | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 83.4% | 83.8% | 83.0% | 86.2% | 90.1% |
| Kerry | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 82.9% | 83.0% | 83.0% | 85.3% | 91.3% |
| Kildare | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 82.2% | 81.1% | 82.8% | 85.7% | 90.7% |
| Kilkenny | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 80.9% | 81.5% | 83.8% | 84.6% | 91.1% |
| Laois | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 81.8% | 83.8% | 79.7% | 82.3% | 88.6% |
| Leitrim | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 88.9% | 88.8% | 85.9% | 87.0% | 91.6% |
| Limerick | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 80.1% | 80.4% | 79.9% | 81.9% | 88.8% |
| Longford | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 83.6% | 85.9% | 83.3% | 89.4% | 88.5% |
| Louth | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 82.9% | 81.4% | 80.9% | 83.6% | 89.0% |
| Mayo | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 86.0% | 85.4% | 87.3% | 88.6% | 92.4% |
| Meath | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 82.5% | 84.3% | 84.1% | 87.0% | 90.8% |
| Monaghan | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 82.1% | 81.3% | 85.6% | 86.9% | 91.2% |
| Offaly | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 80.5% | 82.6% | 84.3% | 86.1% | 88.8% |
| Roscommon | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 87.0% | 83.5% | 84.7% | 86.7% | 91.1% |
| Sligo | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 85.4% | 83.2% | 85.9% | 87.8% | 89.4% |
| Tipperary | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 83.9% | 80.5% | 83.0% | 85.0% | 90.9% |
| Waterford | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 84.0% | 80.9% | 83.2% | 84.5% | 90.7% |
| Westmeath | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 83.3% | 81.1% | 85.7% | 88.0% | 88.9% |
| Wexford | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 80.2% | 80.0% | 81.7% | 85.5% | 87.8% |
| Wicklow | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 76.7% | 77.9% | 79.6% | 83.1% | 87.4% |
| All Counties | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%) | 81.3% | 81.3% | 82.2% | 84.5% | 89.5% |
| Carlow | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 652 | 657 | 686 | 689 | 732 |
| Cavan | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 665 | 665 | 705 | 663 | 694 |
| Clare | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 1159 | 1139 | 1136 | 1126 | 1269 |
| Cork | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 5209 | 5381 | 5357 | 5426 | 5672 |
| Donegal | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 1836 | 1886 | 1889 | 1836 | 1992 |
| Dublin | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 11482 | 11458 | 11726 | 11950 | 12300 |
| Galway | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 2557 | 2563 | 2732 | 2725 | 2828 |
| Kerry | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 1622 | 1555 | 1643 | 1616 | 1726 |
| Kildare | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 1924 | 1906 | 2070 | 2168 | 2357 |
| Kilkenny | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 951 | 989 | 1022 | 1014 | 1075 |
| Laois | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 664 | 682 | 631 | 663 | 636 |
| Leitrim | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 409 | 396 | 352 | 395 | 391 |
| Limerick | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 2040 | 2118 | 2119 | 2164 | 2297 |
| Longford | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 489 | 510 | 512 | 530 | 498 |
| Louth | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 1475 | 1441 | 1492 | 1541 | 1509 |
| Mayo | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 1611 | 1540 | 1608 | 1604 | 1614 |
| Meath | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 1380 | 1432 | 1540 | 1644 | 1650 |
| Monaghan | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 746 | 766 | 761 | 805 | 788 |
| Offaly | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 794 | 767 | 839 | 820 | 827 |
| Roscommon | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 442 | 456 | 460 | 490 | 508 |
| Sligo | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 791 | 642 | 708 | 754 | 714 |
| Tipperary | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 1910 | 1775 | 1916 | 1935 | 2017 |
| Waterford | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 1172 | 1183 | 1186 | 1202 | 1150 |
| Westmeath | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 1085 | 1113 | 1112 | 1215 | 1201 |
| Wexford | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 1530 | 1526 | 1601 | 1727 | 1660 |
| Wicklow | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 1175 | 1299 | 1255 | 1381 | 1412 |
| All Counties | First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number) | 45770 | 45845 | 47058 | 48083 | 49517 |
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