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Tuesday, 22 February 2022

Department of Education and Skills

Departmental Data

Photo of Gary GannonGary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students registered in 1st, 4th and 6th class across all primary schools in Ireland in 2021. [9759/22]

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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We are not yet in a position to publish enrolments by standard for 2021. We will publish this detail along with the final enrolments for 2021-22 in June 2022.

Please find as follows requested information for academic year 2020-21 the last year we have such data available for.

2020
Academic Year Standard Description Enrolment per Return
2020-2021 Junior Infants 63,427
2020-2021 Senior Infants 65,931
2020-2021 First Class 66,932
2020-2021 Second Class 67,359
2020-2021 Third Class 68,213
2020-2021 Fourth Class 70,930
2020-2021 Fifth Class 71,160
2020-2021 Sixth Class 71,541
Grand Total 545,493
Note: Figures are taken from the Primary Online Database and are for mainstream pupils enrolled in a mainstream standard as of the Primary Census Date 30th September 2020.

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