Written answers
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Department of Education and Skills
Schools Data
Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary and post primary school population nationally for the school years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16962/18]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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In the academic year 2015-16 there were 553,380 pupils in primary schools. There were 345,550 pupils enrolled in post-primary schools. Post-Leaving Certificate enrolments were 32,453.
In 2016-17, there were 558,314 primary pupils and 352,257 in post-primary schools, and 31,969 in PLC.
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