By area · Release notes. Enrolment by planning area, local authority, school patron, county.
SCOIL NAOMH MICHEAL
Roll number: 00856M
St. Mel's Road, Longford
School details
- Address
- St. Mel's Road, Longford (N39AX75)
- Principal
- Nora Horan
- Ethos
- Catholic
- DEIS
- Y
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- N
- Island
- N
- Local authority
- Longford County Council
- School patron
- Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Senior
- Planning area
- Longford_Newtownforbes
Preliminary data
The latest year shown (2025/26) is preliminary and subject to revision when the official enrolment figures are released by the Department of Education.
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
- Biggest gain in a single year: 2023/24: 228 in 2022/23 → 233, +5 pupils.
- Biggest loss in a single year: 2021/22: 240 in 2020/21 → 230, -10 pupils.
- Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2023/24 (46 → 63, +17).
- Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2025/26 (preliminary) (59 → 0, -59).
- Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2023/24 (58 → 63, +5).
- Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (63 → 59, -4).
- Overall: 240 (2020/21) → 224 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -16.
Summary statistics (class-level data)
Min / max / mean enrolment per class across the available years (2020/21–2024/25; preliminary year excluded from class stats).
| Class |
Min |
Max |
Mean |
Years |
| 2nd Class |
34 |
55 |
42.8 |
5 |
| 3rd Class |
36 |
55 |
42.8 |
5 |
| 4th Class |
41 |
58 |
46.8 |
5 |
| 5th Class |
44 |
63 |
49.8 |
5 |
| 6th Class |
47 |
59 |
50.8 |
5 |
| Total |
224 |
240 |
231.5 |
6 |
Total enrolment over time
Enrolment by gender over time
Enrolment by class over time
Raw data by year
Years marked (preliminary) are subject to revision when official data are published.
| Year |
Female |
Male |
JI |
SI |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
Total |
| 2020/21 |
– |
240 |
– |
– |
– |
55 |
41 |
45 |
50 |
49 |
240 |
| 2021/22 |
– |
230 |
– |
– |
– |
36 |
55 |
43 |
46 |
50 |
230 |
| 2022/23 |
– |
228 |
– |
– |
– |
41 |
36 |
58 |
46 |
47 |
228 |
| 2023/24 |
– |
233 |
– |
– |
– |
34 |
46 |
41 |
63 |
49 |
233 |
| 2024/25 |
– |
234 |
– |
– |
– |
48 |
36 |
47 |
44 |
59 |
234 |
| 2025/26 (preliminary) |
– |
224 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
224 |