Education statistics

Published reports showing key statistics for the department's stakeholders - includes schools, pupils and teachers numbers:

• Latest Education Indicators for Ireland
• Latest Key Statistical Report
• All key statistical reports
• Latest annual statistical report
• All annual statistical reports

The Education Statistics Database is a search facility that allows you find data of interest or get answers to tailor-made requests.

You can sub-set a dataset, restructure it and display it on screen or download it in a file type of your choice.

Reports showing enrolment figures and class sizes for individual primary schools.

At post-primary level, reports show enrolment figures for individual schools, fee-paying and boarding schools.

Retention reports measure the percentage of pupils who sat the Leaving Certificate exam five or six years after they entered first year of post-primary school.

Projection reports estimate the demand for full-time enrolment in primary and post-primary schools and the demand for full-time third level education.

Information on how Irish education rates compare internationally.

This includes data from the following sources:

• Education at a Glance
• OECD Briefing Notes
• Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
• Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
• Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
• Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)

A variety of reports on topics such as teachers, gender and other topical issues.

Reports showing the number of teachers appointed to teaching posts, retired teachers returning to teaching, teachers on career break, job-sharing and retired teachers.