Third Level Admissions

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Questions (134)

Robert Troy

Question:

134. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the number of post-primary students in counties Longford and Westmeath continuing on to third level education in 2019, 2020 and 2021 as a percentage. [36625/22]

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Minister for Education

For 2021, the data is not yet available. The transition rate from post-primary to higher education in a given year measures the percentage of pupils from the previous five academic years who ultimately entered HE in that year.

The total that transferred into third level was 66.1% for the 2020-21 academic year. For Longford and Westmeath, the rates were 61.7% and 73.5%, respectively.

The total that transferred into third level was 62.1% for the 2019-20 academic year. For Longford and Westmeath, the rates were 59.5% and 66.5%, respectively.

Westmeath 2019
Academic Year	Non-Entry	Attended	Total	per
2014	1120	16	1136	0.014085
2015	1195	15	1210	0.012397
2016	1218	37	1255	0.029482
2017	1114	157	1271	0.123525
2018	641	600	1241	0.483481
Total	5288	825	6113	0.662969
Longford 2020
Academic Year	Non-Entry	Attended	Total	per
2015	579	3	582	0.005155
2016	552	4	556	0.007194
2017	551	16	567	0.028219
2018	564	76	640	0.11875
2019	374	316	690	0.457971
Total	2620	415	3035	0.617289
Longford 2019
Academic Year	Non-Entry	Attended	Total	per
2014	545	3	548	0.005474
2015	576	6	582	0.010309
2016	538	18	556	0.032374
2017	486	81	567	0.142857
2018	382	259	641	0.404056
Total	2527	367	2894	0.595071
Westmeath 2020
Academic Year	Non-Entry	Attended	Total	per
2015	1197	13	1210	0.010744
2016	1236	19	1255	0.015139
2017	1234	37	1271	0.029111
2018	1082	158	1240	0.127419
2019	624	773	1397	0.553329
Total	5373	1000	6373	0.735742

Question No. 135 answered with Question No. 133.

Question No. 136 answered with Question No. 133.