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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 January 2018

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Questions (338)

John Deasy

John Deasy

John Deasy

Question:

338. Deputy John Deasy asked 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]

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Written answers

Richard Bruton

Minister for Education and Skills

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
Contd.

County

Indicator

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Carlow

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

801

790

802

791

863

Cavan

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

800

813

813

897

884

Clare

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

1402

1357

1353

1458

1454

Cork

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

6181

6213

6327

6750

6742

Donegal

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

2228

2158

2225

2226

2299

Dublin

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

13998

13828

13987

14445

14520

Galway

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

2979

3041

3043

3110

3200

Kerry

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

1776

1836

1884

1974

2001

Kildare

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

2561

2609

2709

2776

2923

Kilkenny

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

1124

1145

1114

1177

1211

Laois

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

778

813

730

678

742

Leitrim

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

404

431

448

434

436

Limerick

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

2459

2552

2525

2643

2656

Longford

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

586

596

638

598

624

Louth

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

1791

1780

1862

1890

1926

Mayo

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

1677

1654

1696

1699

1711

Meath

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

1843

1983

2030

2222

2431

Monaghan

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

871

842

874

862

890

Offaly

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

945

1022

1075

1189

1283

Roscommon

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

531

590

542

584

530

Sligo

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

760

783

801

795

856

Tipperary

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

2165

2172

2234

2345

2332

Waterford

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

1349

1386

1447

1414

1524

Westmeath

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

1319

1320

1345

1375

1367

Wexford

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

1959

1929

1928

2060

2068

Wicklow

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

1630

1580

1643

1696

1748

All Counties

Entrants to First Year of Junior Cycle (Number)

54917

55223

56075

58088

59221

Carlow

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

96.3%

94.9%

94.3%

94.6%

95.1%

Cavan

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

96.8%

96.1%

97.5%

96.0%

95.4%

Clare

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

95.5%

96.8%

97.9%

96.6%

96.8%

Cork

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

97.1%

97.7%

97.4%

97.3%

98.0%

Donegal

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

96.1%

97.0%

97.6%

96.2%

96.8%

Dublin

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

96.0%

96.7%

96.5%

96.6%

97.3%

Galway

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

95.7%

95.9%

96.7%

97.3%

97.7%

Kerry

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

96.3%

97.1%

96.6%

96.1%

97.8%

Kildare

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

96.8%

97.5%

97.5%

96.6%

97.7%

Kilkenny

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

98.2%

98.1%

98.2%

97.7%

98.3%

Laois

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

96.9%

96.7%

96.0%

96.5%

97.8%

Leitrim

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

97.0%

97.2%

98.2%

96.3%

97.5%

Limerick

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

96.2%

96.5%

96.6%

96.5%

97.5%

Longford

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

94.4%

96.0%

95.1%

95.7%

96.6%

Louth

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

96.5%

96.7%

97.2%

95.9%

97.5%

Mayo

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

97.1%

97.8%

96.8%

98.2%

97.9%

Meath

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

96.4%

97.8%

97.2%

96.6%

97.2%

Monaghan

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

97.0%

97.4%

97.1%

96.8%

97.3%

Offaly

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

96.5%

96.5%

96.9%

95.7%

97.6%

Roscommon

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

97.4%

95.4%

97.1%

95.2%

96.2%

Sligo

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

98.2%

98.6%

98.0%

97.4%

98.3%

Tipperary

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

97.0%

97.4%

97.1%

97.6%

97.6%

Waterford

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

97.5%

97.1%

96.5%

97.2%

96.5%

Westmeath

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

95.8%

96.0%

96.8%

95.3%

96.5%

Wexford

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

95.5%

97.1%

96.3%

96.3%

96.7%

Wicklow

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

94.1%

98.6%

96.8%

96.4%

97.5%

All Counties

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (%)

96.4%

96.9%

96.9%

96.7%

97.4%

Carlow

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

771

750

755

748

821

Cavan

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

774

781

793

861

843

Clare

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

1339

1313

1324

1408

1407

Cork

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

5999

6070

6161

6568

6608

Donegal

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

2141

2094

2171

2141

2225

Dublin

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

13435

13370

13498

13954

14127

Galway

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

2849

2915

2945

3026

3126

Kerry

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

1710

1782

1819

1897

1957

Kildare

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

2479

2543

2642

2682

2855

Kilkenny

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

1104

1123

1094

1150

1190

Laois

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

754

786

701

654

726

Leitrim

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

392

419

440

418

425

Limerick

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

2366

2462

2438

2550

2589

Longford

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

553

572

607

572

603

Louth

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

1728

1721

1809

1813

1877

Mayo

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

1628

1617

1642

1668

1675

Meath

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

1777

1939

1973

2146

2362

Monaghan

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

845

820

849

834

866

Offaly

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

912

986

1042

1138

1252

Roscommon

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

517

563

526

556

510

Sligo

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

746

772

785

774

841

Tipperary

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

2099

2116

2171

2289

2277

Waterford

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

1315

1346

1397

1374

1470

Westmeath

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

1264

1267

1302

1310

1319

Wexford

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

1871

1872

1857

1984

1999

Wicklow

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

1534

1558

1590

1635

1705

All Counties

First Year Entrants who sat the Junior Certificate (Number)

52902

53557

54331

56150

57655

Carlow

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

90.0%

84.9%

86.0%

84.6%

86.2%

Cavan

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

90.3%

88.8%

89.9%

91.4%

89.0%

Clare

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

90.2%

89.9%

89.6%

89.4%

91.5%

Cork

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

91.9%

90.9%

91.0%

91.8%

92.1%

Donegal

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

89.0%

90.6%

91.1%

91.1%

91.7%

Dublin

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

89.2%

89.1%

89.7%

88.6%

90.0%

Galway

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

90.0%

89.5%

90.2%

91.4%

91.2%

Kerry

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

92.0%

91.8%

92.5%

92.0%

93.2%

Kildare

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

91.7%

90.8%

92.1%

90.2%

91.8%

Kilkenny

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

94.2%

91.3%

91.6%

91.1%

92.8%

Laois

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

90.5%

89.7%

89.0%

90.3%

89.0%

Leitrim

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

91.4%

91.0%

92.6%

90.1%

91.1%

Limerick

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

89.7%

90.1%

90.6%

90.7%

91.3%

Longford

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

87.1%

88.9%

88.9%

90.1%

87.5%

Louth

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

89.6%

89.4%

92.1%

87.1%

91.1%

Mayo

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

91.8%

92.9%

90.0%

91.4%

91.9%

Meath

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

92.8%

92.9%

92.5%

91.7%

93.3%

Monaghan

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

90.7%

89.6%

91.2%

91.6%

92.3%

Offaly

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

88.1%

88.7%

90.9%

88.8%

91.0%

Roscommon

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

94.0%

90.9%

90.8%

90.2%

91.9%

Sligo

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

93.0%

92.3%

92.1%

91.1%

93.8%

Tipperary

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

90.4%

91.2%

91.6%

92.0%

92.8%

Waterford

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

92.6%

90.0%

90.7%

91.3%

91.1%

Westmeath

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

90.5%

90.0%

90.4%

89.5%

91.4%

Wexford

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

90.6%

91.7%

90.5%

90.6%

90.6%

Wicklow

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

86.1%

87.2%

89.0%

89.2%

91.5%

All Counties

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (%)

90.2%

90.1%

90.6%

90.2%

91.2%

Carlow

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

721

671

690

669

744

Cavan

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

722

722

731

820

787

Clare

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

1265

1220

1212

1303

1330

Cork

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

5677

5648

5756

6197

6209

Donegal

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

1983

1956

2027

2028

2107

Dublin

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

12483

12325

12540

12798

13068

Galway

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

2680

2723

2746

2843

2920

Kerry

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

1634

1686

1743

1816

1865

Kildare

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

2348

2368

2496

2504

2683

Kilkenny

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

1059

1045

1020

1072

1124

Laois

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

704

729

650

612

660

Leitrim

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

369

392

415

391

397

Limerick

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

2206

2300

2288

2397

2425

Longford

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

510

530

567

539

546

Louth

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

1605

1591

1714

1646

1754

Mayo

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

1539

1537

1526

1553

1573

Meath

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

1710

1843

1878

2038

2267

Monaghan

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

790

754

797

790

821

Offaly

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

833

906

977

1056

1168

Roscommon

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

499

536

492

527

487

Sligo

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

707

723

738

724

803

Tipperary

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

1957

1980

2046

2157

2165

Waterford

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

1248

1247

1312

1291

1388

Westmeath

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

1194

1188

1216

1231

1250

Wexford

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

1775

1768

1744

1866

1874

Wicklow

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

1403

1377

1462

1513

1600

All Counties

First Year Entrants who sat the Leaving Certificate (Number)

49621

49765

50783

52381

54015
Prior to the 2005 entry cohort the estimated rate of retention at second level corresponds to the estimated percentage of entrants to Junior Cycle in a given year who complete second level with a Leaving Certificate (including Leaving Certificate Applied) in publicly-aided school.
For all entry cohorts educational pathways outside the publicly-aided school system such as Youthreach and apprenticeship training are not taken into account.
For Further Information go to (http://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Statistical-Report-s/Other-Statistical-Reports.html) See Background Notes
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