Martin Kenny
Question:54. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education the number of early school leavers by county in each of the years between 2016 and 2022, in tabular form. [61136/22]
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Please find attached requested tables for years 2016-2021, the last year for which we have data available.
Early school leavers table 2016
Early school leavers table 2017
Early school leavers table 2018
Early school leavers table 2019
Early school leavers table 2020
Early school leavers table 2021
The retention rate is calculated based on the first-year entry, tracking the progression through post-primary until the leaving certificate examination. The number of early school leavers is the number of pupils who have not sat their Leaving Certificate from the initial cohort of first-year students.
Question No. 55 answered with Question No. 50.