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SCOIL NAOMH MICHEAL

Roll number: 00856M St. Mel's Road, Longford

School details

Address: St. Mel's Road, Longford (N39AX75)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0433345536
Principal: Nora Horan
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: Y
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Longford County Council
School patron: Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise
School type: Ordinary
School level: Senior
Planning area: Longford_Newtownforbes

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: 2018/19: 192 in 2017/18 → 230, +38 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 365 in 1983/84 → 168, -197 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2023/24 (46 → 63, +17).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2021/22 (55 → 36, -19).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2023/24 (58 → 63, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (63 → 59, -4).
Overall: 365 (1974/75) → 224 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -141.

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
2nd Class	34	55	42.8	5
3rd Class	36	55	42.8	5
4th Class	41	58	46.8	5
5th Class	44	63	49.8	5
6th Class	47	59	50.8	5
Total	76	379	209.5	43

Total enrolment over time

Total and gender trends use historical records where available. Class-level data starts in 2020/21.

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
1974/75	–	365	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	365
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	364
1976/77	–	362	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	362
1977/78	–	356	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	356
1978/79	–	369	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	369
1979/80	–	362	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	362
1980/81	–	379	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	379
1981/82	–	371	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	371
1982/83	–	358	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	358
1983/84	–	365	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	365
1993/94	–	168	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	168
1994/95	–	168	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	168
1995/96	–	163	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	163
1996/97	–	154	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	154
1997/98	–	132	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	132
1998/99	–	136	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	136
1999/00	–	120	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	120
2000/01	–	89	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	89
2001/02	–	76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	76
2002/03	–	81	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	81
2003/04	–	84	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	84
2004/05	–	77	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	77
2005/06	–	88	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	88
2006/07	–	114	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	114
2007/08	–	137	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	137
2008/09	–	161	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	161
2009/10	–	163	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	163
2010/11	–	166	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	166
2011/12	–	173	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	173
2012/13	–	179	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	179
2013/14	–	160	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	160
2014/15	–	164	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	164
2015/16	–	174	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	174
2016/17	–	184	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	184
2017/18	–	192	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	192
2018/19	–	230	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	230
2019/20	–	236	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	236
2020/21	–	240	–	–	–	55	41	45	50	49	240
2021/22	–	230	–	–	–	36	55	43	46	50	230
2022/23	–	228	–	–	–	41	36	58	46	47	228
2023/24	–	233	–	–	–	34	46	41	63	49	233
2024/25	–	234	–	–	–	48	36	47	44	59	234
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	224	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	224