St Pauls Senior NS
Drogheda · Roll number 19678T
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 466
- −5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +6%
- Up 25 from 441 in 2015/16
- 19 classes in 2015/16, 20 now; average class 22.5 → 22.8
- Over 20 years: +75% from 266 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 225 / 241
- 48% girls
Pupils since 1982
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
466 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 3rd Class | 108 | 117 | 101 | 111 | 103 | 109 | 108.2 |
| 4th Class | 127 | 116 | 126 | 116 | 115 | 114 | 119.0 |
| 5th Class | 120 | 132 | 118 | 130 | 112 | 122 | 122.3 |
| 6th Class | 110 | 125 | 139 | 119 | 129 | 121 | 123.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
103 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 114 in 4th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 1033rd Class2024/25
- 1144th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
111 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 122 in 5th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 1113rd Class2023/24
- 1154th Class2024/25
- 1225th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
101 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 121 in 6th Class (2025/26): 20 pupils more.
- 1013rd Class2022/23
- 1164th Class2023/24
- 1125th Class2024/25
- 1216th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
117 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 129 in 6th Class (2024/25): 12 pupils more.
- 1173rd Class2021/22
- 1264th Class2022/23
- 1305th Class2023/24
- 1296th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
108 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 119 in 6th Class (2023/24): 11 pupils more.
- 1083rd Class2020/21
- 1164th Class2021/22
- 1185th Class2022/23
- 1196th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
127 in 4th Class (2020/21), 139 in 6th Class (2022/23): 12 pupils more.
- 1274th Class2020/21
- 1325th Class2021/22
- 1396th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
120 in 5th Class (2020/21), 125 in 6th Class (2021/22): 5 pupils more.
- 1205th Class2020/21
- 1256th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +156th Class in 2021/22 (110 to 125)
- −206th Class in 2023/24 (139 to 119)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at St Pauls Senior NS, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
34.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 34 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 20 mainstream classes 20
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers287.5 hours of support teaching a week 11.5
- Special class teachersFor a specific learning disability class and an emotional disturbance class 2
11 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 11.5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to St Pauls Senior NS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls Senior NSThis school | – | 466 |
+5.7%
|
|
| 1 | Rathmullan N S0.0 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 0.0 km | 373 |
−12.4%
|
| 2 | S N Ard Mhuire C0.9 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 0.9 km | 315 |
+7.1%
|
| 3 | Naomh Seosamh1.1 km · Drogheda | 1.1 km | 293 |
+0.3%
|
| 4 | S N Naomh Peadar1.4 km · Drogheda · Church of Ireland | 1.4 km | 92 |
−1.1%
|
| 5 | Scoil na mBraithre Sn1.8 km · Drogheda · DEIS | 1.8 km | 359 |
+4.1%
|
| 6 | S N Aonghusa1.9 km · Droichead Atha · Gaelscoil | 1.9 km | 147 |
−30.3%
|
What parents would prefer
In the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey (November–December 2025), parents said whether they would prefer this school to be co-educational or single-sex, to have a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and to teach through Irish or English. These are preferences, not applications or enrolments.
Children at this school
Their parents: 119 of 385 households answered (31%). The true figures are likely within 7.5 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Fewer than 30 parents of children not yet at school chose this school, so the Department didn't publish their answers.
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 7.5 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 35% | 5% | 4% |
| Drogheda planning area · children at school | 44% | 17% | 6% |
| Drogheda planning area · children not yet at school | 47% | 22% | 7% |
| Ireland · children at school | 44% | 20% | 5% |
| Ireland · children not yet at school | 47% | 26% | 6% |
Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Planning-area and Ireland figures also count parents at schools where too few answered for the school to get its own results. About these figures
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Áine Carthy
- Phone
- 0419833681
- [email protected]
- Address
- Marley's Lane, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 D232
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Meath
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Louth County Council
- Planning area
- Drogheda
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
35 school years from 1982/83 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 466 | 225 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 114 | 122 | 121 |
| 2024/25 | 471 | 228 | 243 | – | – | – | – | 103 | 115 | 112 | 129 |
| 2023/24 | 489 | 223 | 266 | – | – | – | – | 111 | 116 | 130 | 119 |
| 2022/23 | 499 | 221 | 278 | – | – | – | – | 101 | 126 | 118 | 139 |
| 2021/22 | 503 | 211 | 292 | – | – | – | – | 117 | 116 | 132 | 125 |
| 2020/21 | 479 | 187 | 292 | – | – | – | – | 108 | 127 | 120 | 110 |
| 2019/20 | 484 | 187 | 297 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 454 | 174 | 280 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 455 | 170 | 285 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 442 | 173 | 269 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 441 | 193 | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 454 | 195 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 426 | 176 | 250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 401 | 173 | 228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 392 | 168 | 224 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 399 | 164 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 346 | 141 | 205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 318 | 129 | 189 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 302 | 124 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 256 | 107 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 266 | 103 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 264 | 106 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 256 | 99 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 234 | 90 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 221 | 91 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 213 | 87 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 196 | 76 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 192 | 86 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 181 | 79 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 166 | 76 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 184 | 86 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 196 | 74 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 229 | 82 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 330 | 117 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 323 | 121 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |