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19 schools in Co. Laois · 2025/26

pupils
3,813
junior infants
439
in all-Irish schools
0
class teachers · 2 gained one · 1 lost one since 2024/25
171 +15 since 2015/16
together since 2015/16 (about this figure)

The 19 schools with figures for both years had 3,963 pupils in 2015/16 and have 3,813 now. Schools that have closed, and newer schools, aren’t counted.

−3.8%
Over 10 years

0 grew · 19 steady · 0 fell

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  1. Scoil Bhride NS PortlaoiseDEIS
    727 pupils −3.8% over 10 years
  2. 380 pupils +9.5% over 10 years
  3. S N Naomh Eoin Killenard
    374 pupils −7.0% over 10 years
  4. St Josephs Girls N.S. MountmellickGirlsDEIS
    230 pupils −7.6% over 10 years
  5. 212 pupils −6.6% over 10 years
  6. 211 pupils −9.4% over 10 years
  7. S N Baile Finn Portlaoise
    208 pupils −8.4% over 10 years
  8. Emo Mixed N S Portlaoise
    207 pupils −2.8% over 10 years
  9. Na Carraige N S MountmellickDEIS
    204 pupils −8.1% over 10 years
  10. Rath Mixed N S Portlaoise
    194 pupils −6.7% over 10 years
  11. 192 pupils −1.0% over 10 years
  12. 108 pupils −9.2% over 10 years
  13. 99 pupils +4.2% over 10 years
  14. Maryboro N S PortlaoiseChurch of Ireland
    96 pupils −1.0% over 10 years
  15. St Josephs National School Borrin-in-Ossory
    95 pupils −2.1% over 10 years
  16. Scoil Bhride MountrathGirlsDEIS
    95 pupils −7.8% over 10 years
  17. Paddock N S Mountrath
    80 pupils +6.7% over 10 years
  18. S N Naomh Colmcille Portlaoise
    71 pupils +7.6% over 10 years
  19. Rushall N S Mountrath
    30 pupils −9.1% 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.