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Roll number: 15835M Mount Pleasant, Loughrea, Co. Galway

School details

Address: Mount Pleasant, Loughrea, Co. Galway (H62YW57)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 091841217
Principal: Annette Regan
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Galway County Council
School patron: Bishop of Clonfert
School type: Ordinary
School level: Senior
Planning area: Loughrea

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: 2023/24: 216 in 2022/23 → 238, +22 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 257 in 1983/84 → 225, -32 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2021/22 (31 → 42, +11).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2024/25 (39 → 26, -13).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2022/23 (34 → 39, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (45 → 42, -3).
Overall: 247 (1975/76) → 216 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -31.

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
1st Class	26	40	33.2	5
2nd Class	32	42	36.2	5
3rd Class	33	42	36.8	5
4th Class	31	45	38.8	5
5th Class	32	44	40.6	5
6th Class	33	47	41.0	5
Total	166	276	209.3	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

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
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	247
1976/77	–	267	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	267
1977/78	–	264	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	264
1978/79	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	261
1979/80	–	271	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	271
1980/81	–	268	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	268
1981/82	–	262	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	262
1982/83	–	276	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	276
1983/84	–	257	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	257
1993/94	–	225	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	225
1994/95	–	223	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	223
1995/96	–	200	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	200
1996/97	–	181	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	181
1997/98	–	189	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	189
1998/99	–	193	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	193
1999/00	–	194	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	194
2000/01	–	180	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	180
2001/02	–	187	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	187
2002/03	–	180	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	180
2003/04	–	178	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	178
2004/05	–	174	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	174
2005/06	–	169	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	169
2006/07	–	170	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	170
2007/08	–	175	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	175
2008/09	–	170	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	170
2009/10	–	169	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	169
2010/11	–	173	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	173
2011/12	–	168	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	168
2012/13	–	166	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	166
2013/14	–	175	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	175
2014/15	–	177	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	177
2015/16	–	195	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	195
2016/17	–	212	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	212
2017/18	–	213	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	213
2018/19	–	215	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	215
2019/20	–	218	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	218
2020/21	–	227	–	–	40	34	42	31	44	36	227
2021/22	–	226	–	–	31	42	34	42	32	45	226
2022/23	–	216	–	–	30	32	41	39	41	33	216
2023/24	–	238	–	–	39	33	33	45	44	44	238
2024/25	–	226	–	–	26	40	34	37	42	47	226
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	216	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	216