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22 schools in Co. Laois · 2025/26

pupils
2,242
junior infants
240
in 1 all-Irish school
34 1.5%
class teachers · 1 gained one · 1 lost one since 2024/25
109 −14 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16 (about this figure)

The 22 schools with figures for both years had 3,064 pupils in 2015/16 and have 2,242 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

−26.8%
Over 10 years

0 grew · 0 steady · 22 fell

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  1. 496 pupils −31.4% over 10 years
  2. Scoil Mhuire Abbeyleix
    269 pupils −28.8% over 10 years
  3. Scoil Padraig Ballylinan
    218 pupils −20.1% over 10 years
  4. Mountmellick Boys N S MountmellickBoysDEIS
    187 pupils −31.2% over 10 years
  5. Castletown N.S Castletown
    111 pupils −27.0% over 10 years
  6. Ballyadams N S Via ATHY
    111 pupils −21.8% over 10 years
  7. 106 pupils −11.7% over 10 years
  8. Naomh Padraig N S Rosenallis
    86 pupils −22.5% over 10 years
  9. Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 PortarlingtonChurch of Ireland
    84 pupils −15.2% over 10 years
  10. Abbeyleix STH N S AbbeyleixChurch of Ireland
    84 pupils −14.3% over 10 years
  11. Rosenallis N S Rosenallis
    75 pupils −19.4% over 10 years
  12. 64 pupils −39.6% over 10 years
  13. S N Fionntan Naofa Portlaoise
    60 pupils −29.4% over 10 years
  14. S N Molaise AbbeyleixDEIS
    58 pupils −21.6% over 10 years
  15. 53 pupils −31.2% over 10 years
  16. Ardlios N S BallickmoylerDEIS
    50 pupils −26.5% over 10 years
  17. Trummera N S Maighean RáthaGaelscoil
    34 pupils −15.0% over 10 years
  18. 29 pupils −19.4% over 10 years
  19. 23 pupils −39.5% over 10 years
  20. 22 pupils −43.6% over 10 years
  21. Bhride N S CarlowDEIS
    13 pupils −31.6% over 10 years
  22. Scoil Mhuire AthyDEIS
    9 pupils −57.1% over 10 years
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Distances are straight lines, not travel routes. Pupil numbers and class sizes: Department of Education, 2025/26. Change is over 10 years, since 2015/16. Average class size counts mainstream classes only, and there's one class teacher for each mainstream class. Totals cover every school in the results, not just those shown.