By area · Release notes. Enrolment by planning area, local authority, school patron, county.
ST PAULS SENIOR NS
Roll number: 19678T
Marley's Lane, Drogheda, Co. Louth
School details
- Address
- Marley's Lane, Drogheda, Co. Louth (A92D232)
- Principal
- Mary Stephenson
- Ethos
- Catholic
- DEIS
- Y
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- N
- Island
- N
- Local authority
- Louth County Council
- School patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- Planning area
- Drogheda
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: 2021/22: 479 in 2020/21 → 503, +24 pupils.
- Biggest loss in a single year: 2024/25: 489 in 2023/24 → 471, -18 pupils.
- Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2021/22 (110 → 125, +15).
- Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2025/26 (preliminary) (129 → 0, -129).
- Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2023/24 (101 → 116, +15).
- Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (116 → 112, -4).
- Overall: 479 (2020/21) → 466 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -13.
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 |
| 3rd Class |
101 |
117 |
108.0 |
5 |
| 4th Class |
115 |
127 |
120.0 |
5 |
| 5th Class |
112 |
132 |
122.4 |
5 |
| 6th Class |
110 |
139 |
124.4 |
5 |
| Total |
466 |
503 |
484.5 |
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 |
187 |
292 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
108 |
127 |
120 |
110 |
479 |
| 2021/22 |
211 |
292 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
117 |
116 |
132 |
125 |
503 |
| 2022/23 |
221 |
278 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
101 |
126 |
118 |
139 |
499 |
| 2023/24 |
223 |
266 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
111 |
116 |
130 |
119 |
489 |
| 2024/25 |
228 |
243 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
103 |
115 |
112 |
129 |
471 |
| 2025/26 (preliminary) |
225 |
241 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
466 |