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ST JOSEPHS GIRLS N.S.

Roll number: 07183W Davitt Road, Mountmellick

School details

Address: Davitt Road, Mountmellick (R32EC56)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0578624540
Principal: Yvonne Murphy
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: Y
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Laois County Council
School patron: Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
School type: Ordinary
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Mountmellick

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: 2007/08: 263 in 2006/07 → 290, +27 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 345 in 1982/83 → 280, -65 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2024/25 (31 → 44, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2024/25 (40 → 26, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2023/24 (35 → 40, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2022/23 (27 → 25, -2).
Overall: 316 (1974/75) → 230 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -86.

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
Junior Infants	20	29	25.0	5
Senior Infants	21	32	25.6	5
1st Class	21	33	26.6	5
2nd Class	23	35	29.6	5
3rd Class	26	40	31.2	5
4th Class	25	44	32.2	5
5th Class	24	36	29.8	5
6th Class	23	39	31.2	5
Total	219	345	270.6	42

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

Cohort progression

Base cohort:

Track how each cohort (pupils who were in the same class in the same year) progresses through the school. Each step shows the count; the number between steps is the net change (pupils gained minus pupils lost).

Cohort 2020/21

JI 2020/21 24

SI 2021/22 25

1st 2022/23 25

2nd 2023/24 26

3rd 2024/25 26

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 20

SI 2022/23 21

1st 2023/24 21

2nd 2024/25 23

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 26

-1

SI 2023/24 25

1st 2024/25 26

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 26

-1

SI 2024/25 25

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 29

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	316	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	316
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	316
1976/77	324	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	324
1977/78	323	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	323
1978/79	341	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	341
1979/80	332	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	332
1980/81	334	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	334
1981/82	331	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	331
1982/83	345	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	345
1993/94	276	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	280
1994/95	269	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	274
1995/96	261	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	265
1996/97	258	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	263
1997/98	254	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	254
1998/99	230	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	230
1999/00	236	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	236
2000/01	246	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	246
2001/02	251	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	251
2002/03	258	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	258
2003/04	248	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	248
2004/05	247	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	247
2005/06	248	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	248
2006/07	263	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	263
2007/08	290	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	290
2008/09	296	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	296
2009/10	294	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	294
2010/11	270	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	270
2011/12	278	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	278
2012/13	270	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	270
2013/14	271	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	271
2014/15	280	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	280
2015/16	249	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	249
2016/17	237	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	237
2017/18	238	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	238
2018/19	241	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	241
2019/20	240	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	240
2020/21	238	–	24	32	28	35	26	25	32	36	238
2021/22	224	–	20	25	33	29	34	27	24	32	224
2022/23	219	–	26	21	25	35	30	34	25	23	219
2023/24	231	–	26	25	21	26	40	31	36	26	231
2024/25	244	–	29	25	26	23	26	44	32	39	244
2025/26 (preliminary)	230	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	230