By area · Release notes. Enrolment by planning area, local authority, school patron, county.
ST BRENDANS N S
Roll number: 15835M
Mount Pleasant, Loughrea, Co. Galway
School details
- Address
- Mount Pleasant, Loughrea, Co. Galway (H62YW57)
- Principal
- Annette Regan
- Ethos
- Catholic
- DEIS
- N
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- N
- Island
- N
- Local authority
- Galway County Council
- School patron
- Bishop of Clonfert
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- Senior
- Planning area
- Loughrea
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: 216 in 2022/23 → 238, +22 pupils.
- Biggest loss in a single year: 2024/25: 238 in 2023/24 → 226, -12 pupils.
- Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2021/22 (31 → 42, +11).
- Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2025/26 (preliminary) (47 → 0, -47).
- Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2022/23 (34 → 39, +5).
- Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (45 → 42, -3).
- Overall: 227 (2020/21) → 216 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -11.
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 |
| 1st Class |
26 |
40 |
33.2 |
5 |
| 2nd Class |
32 |
42 |
36.2 |
5 |
| 3rd Class |
33 |
42 |
36.8 |
5 |
| 4th Class |
31 |
45 |
38.8 |
5 |
| 5th Class |
32 |
44 |
40.6 |
5 |
| 6th Class |
33 |
47 |
41.0 |
5 |
| Total |
216 |
238 |
224.8 |
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 |
– |
227 |
– |
– |
40 |
34 |
42 |
31 |
44 |
36 |
227 |
| 2021/22 |
– |
226 |
– |
– |
31 |
42 |
34 |
42 |
32 |
45 |
226 |
| 2022/23 |
– |
216 |
– |
– |
30 |
32 |
41 |
39 |
41 |
33 |
216 |
| 2023/24 |
– |
238 |
– |
– |
39 |
33 |
33 |
45 |
44 |
44 |
238 |
| 2024/25 |
– |
226 |
– |
– |
26 |
40 |
34 |
37 |
42 |
47 |
226 |
| 2025/26 (preliminary) |
– |
216 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
216 |