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Planning area in Louth

Drogheda

Schools in County Louth in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 9 schools in Meath. See the whole planning area

Other planning areas in Louth Dundalk · 29 Ardee · 7 Dunleer · 8 Bush · 8
Schools
17
of 69 in Louth
Pupils
6,263
37% of Louth's pupils
Since 2015/16
+5.0%
5,967 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
368.4
Louth: 243.4
Average class size
22.20
Louth: 22.50

Each year counts the schools in this planning area today, plus any that closed from 2023/24. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93. 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.

Earlier years are incomplete

The Department's files only record planning areas from 2023/24, so schools that closed or amalgamated before then aren't counted in any area. The further back you go, the more pupils are missing, and an amalgamation can look like a sudden rise. Across County Louth, schools with no planning area had 3.7% of pupils in 2015/16, 14.8% in 2005/06 and 22.2% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

6,263

−63 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

17

10 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

368.4

282.5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

22.20

−0.08 on 2024/25

2006/072025/26

Pupils in these schools

Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.

Area figures by year (CSV) Each school by year (CSV)

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 657 in 2025/26, −52 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

From 1976/77: earlier files don't split every school's pupils into girls and boys.

Irish-medium schools

Pupils in schools that teach all subjects through Irish (1 school today). 147 pupils in 2025/26, 2.3% of the area's pupils, against 3.5% in 2015/16. Each school counts under its current classification for every year.

Growing and falling since 2015/16

Each school's change in pupils over 10 years, from 2015/16 to 2025/26. A change of 10% or more either way counts as growing or falling.

Every school's change

15 schools with figures for both years

Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.

6fell by 10% or more
8within 10%
1grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 1Down 10 to 25% · 5Within 10% · 8Up 10 to 25% · 1Up 25% or more · 0

Grown most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 Presentation ConventDrogheda, Co. Louth 321 → 385 +19.9%
  2. 2 S N Ard Mhuire CDrogheda, Co. Louth 294 → 315 +7.1%
  3. 3 St Pauls Senior NSDrogheda, Co. Louth 441 → 466 +5.7%
  4. 4 Scoil Náisíunta Naomh FeichínDrogheda, Co. Louth 295 → 307 +4.1%
  5. 5 Scoil na mBraithre SnDrogheda, Co. Louth 345 → 359 +4.1%

Fallen most

Pupils in 2015/16 and 2025/26

  1. 1 S N AonghusaDroichead Atha, Co. Louth 211 → 147 −30.3%
  2. 2 S N Muire gan SmalDrogheda, Co. Louth 254 → 201 −20.9%
  3. 3 Callystown Mixed N SClogherhead, Co. Louth 319 → 261 −18.2%
  4. 4 Le Cheile Educate Together NSDrogheda, Co. Louth 438 → 383 −12.6%
  5. 5 Rathmullan N SDrogheda, Co. Louth 426 → 373 −12.4%

Ranked by percentage change. Only schools with 50 or more pupils in 2015/16 are ranked, leaving out any still filling their classes then, because a few pupils make a big percentage in a small or new school. An amalgamation or a new school nearby can also explain a big rise or fall.

Newer schools

2 schools still filling their classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 928 pupils between them. They aren’t in the figures above.

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size
22.20
Mainstream classes
276
Classes of 30 or more
2
Schools with a class of 30+
2

Teachers

Teachers in the 17 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.

How we count teachers
Class teachers in 2025/26
276
Up 142 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 79%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 427
Estimate: 276 class teachers, 18 principals and deputies, 110 special education and 23 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
346
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
1 / 3
1 school gained a class teacher, 3 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Special schools and special classes

2 special schools in Drogheda, and the special classes in its 17 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.

All special schools
Pupils in special schools
238
In 2 schools, up from 164 in 2015/16
Special classes in 2025/26
23
In 12 of 17 schools. 11 in 2020/21
Allocated for 2026/27
25
In 13 schools: 2 new classes, 1 school with its first
Autism classes
20
87% of special classes

Special classes since 2020/21

In Drogheda's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists

  • 2020/21 11
  • 2021/22 13
  • 2022/23 15
  • 2023/24 18
  • 2024/25 19
  • 2025/26 23
  • 2026/27 25

2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.

Special school Pupils Since 2015/16 Teaching posts SNAs
St Itas Special SchoolDrogheda · Mild general learning disability 207
+54.5%
27 30
ABACAS SchoolDrogheda · Autism 31
+3.3%
7 23

Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).

Schools

17 schools, largest first.

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Roll number
St Marys Parish Primary SchoolDrogheda 20205G 967
−11.0%
40 24.18 27 0
St Brigid's and St Patrick's National SchoolDrogheda 20508B 575 – 25 22.76 26 0
St Pauls Senior NSDrogheda 19678T 466
+5.7%
20 22.75 25 0
S N Tulach AluinnTullyallen 17726R 411
−9.5%
17 23.12 28 0
Presentation ConventDrogheda 00851C 385
+19.9%
17 22.65 29 0
Le Cheile Educate Together NSDrogheda 20146Q 383
−12.6%
16 23.94 27 0
Aston Village Educate Together National SchoolDrogheda 20294I 375
+0.8%
16 21.56 24 0
Rathmullan N SDrogheda 19479N 373
−12.4%
22 16.64 19 0
Scoil na mBraithre SnDrogheda 17059E 359
+4.1%
16 22.06 24 0
Scoil Oilibhéir NaofaDrogheda 20349H 353
+8.3%
15 22.73 28 0
S N Ard Mhuire CDrogheda 19215C 315
+7.1%
16 19.31 22 0
Scoil Náisíunta Naomh FeichínDrogheda 16208N 307
+4.1%
13 22.69 27 0
Naomh SeosamhDrogheda 18069M 293
+0.3%
12 24.42 30 1
Callystown Mixed N SClogherhead 14252G 261
−18.2%
10 25.10 35 1
S N Muire gan SmalDrogheda 18045V 201
−20.9%
9 21.00 27 0
S N AonghusaDroichead Atha 19740V 147
−30.3%
8 18.38 21 0
S N Naomh PeadarDrogheda 11072M 92
−1.1%
4 21.50 24 0