St. Mochta's National School
Louth Village · Roll number 01553W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 181
- +27 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +6%
- Up 11 from 170 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 82 / 99
- 45% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
181 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 15 | 20 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 18.2 |
| Senior Infants | 15 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 17.3 |
| 1st Class | 24 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 17.8 |
| 2nd Class | 11 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 18.7 |
| 3rd Class | 12 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 16.3 |
| 4th Class | 20 | 14 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 17.2 |
| 5th Class | 23 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 25 | 17 | 18.5 |
| 6th Class | 25 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 29 | 21.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
20 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 24 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2024/25
- 24Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
19 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 21 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2023/24
- 19Senior Infants2024/25
- 211st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
11 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 26 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 15 pupils more.
- 11Junior Infants2022/23
- 11Senior Infants2023/24
- 141st Class2024/25
- 262nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
20 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 20 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 20Junior Infants2021/22
- 19Senior Infants2022/23
- 191st Class2023/24
- 202nd Class2024/25
- 203rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 20 in 4th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 15Junior Infants2020/21
- 16Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 172nd Class2023/24
- 173rd Class2024/25
- 204th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 17 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 15Senior Infants2020/21
- 131st Class2021/22
- 132nd Class2022/23
- 153rd Class2023/24
- 154th Class2024/25
- 175th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
24 in 1st Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 241st Class2020/21
- 252nd Class2021/22
- 233rd Class2022/23
- 234th Class2023/24
- 255th Class2024/25
- 296th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
11 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 112nd Class2020/21
- 113rd Class2021/22
- 114th Class2022/23
- 125th Class2023/24
- 126th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
12 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 123rd Class2020/21
- 144th Class2021/22
- 145th Class2022/23
- 166th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
20 in 4th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 204th Class2020/21
- 205th Class2021/22
- 206th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
23 in 5th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 235th Class2020/21
- 246th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +176th Class in 2025/26 (12 to 29)
- −122nd Class in 2022/23 (25 to 13)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St. Mochta's National School, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
13.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers55 hours of support teaching a week 2.2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
8 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.9 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to St. Mochta's National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mochta's National SchoolThis school | – | 181 |
+6.5%
|
|
| 1 | Tallonstown N S3.4 km · Dundalk | 3.4 km | 276 |
−8.9%
|
| 2 | Knockbridge Mixed N S4.6 km · Dundalk | 4.6 km | 285 |
+0.7%
|
| 3 | Scoil Dairbhre Mixed6.2 km · Dundalk | 6.2 km | 71 |
−17.4%
|
| 4 | Scoil Naomh Deagha6.3 km · Dundalk | 6.3 km | 286 |
+34.9%
|
| 5 | Scoil Naoimh Eanna7.0 km · Carrickmacross | 7.0 km | 203 |
−4.2%
|
| 6 | Scoil Mhuire gan Smál8.0 km · Dundalk | 8.0 km | 189 |
−9.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Patrick Martin
- Phone
- 0429374840
- [email protected]
- Address
- Louth Village, Co. Louth, A91 AE79
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Armagh
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Louth County Council
- Planning area
- Dundalk
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
43 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 181 | 82 | 99 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 154 | 64 | 90 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 25 | 12 |
| 2023/24 | 144 | 63 | 81 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 16 |
| 2022/23 | 138 | 63 | 75 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 20 |
| 2021/22 | 143 | 69 | 74 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 24 |
| 2020/21 | 145 | 72 | 73 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 23 | 25 |
| 2019/20 | 151 | 74 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 157 | 74 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 156 | 81 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 159 | 84 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 170 | 90 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 165 | 87 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 158 | 77 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 152 | 74 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 135 | 70 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 142 | 74 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 135 | 73 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 127 | 67 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 112 | 58 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 103 | 51 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 98 | 50 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 97 | 50 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 93 | 50 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 78 | 39 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 73 | 33 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 70 | 32 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 74 | 33 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 76 | 30 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 79 | 33 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 68 | 28 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 74 | 30 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 79 | 33 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 73 | 30 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 165 | 80 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 167 | 80 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 160 | 80 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 169 | 83 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 161 | 77 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 166 | 79 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 178 | 93 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 181 | 90 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 152 | 79 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |