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SCOIL MHUIRE

Roll number: 19750B Ballyroan Road, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois

School details

Address: Ballyroan Road, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois (R32A566)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0578731051
Principal: Aidan McEvoy
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Laois County Council
School patron: Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Ballinakill

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: 2009/10: 324 in 2008/09 → 354, +30 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2017/18: 364 in 2016/17 → 329, -35 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2023/24 (20 → 35, +15).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2022/23 (38 → 20, -18).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2023/24 (20 → 24, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2024/25 (30 → 27, -3).
Overall: 256 (1993/94) → 269 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 13.

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	38	30.0	5
Senior Infants	24	37	30.2	5
1st Class	22	37	28.0	5
2nd Class	26	38	30.4	5
3rd Class	26	38	30.0	5
4th Class	28	50	35.0	5
5th Class	27	50	37.8	5
6th Class	26	56	41.6	5
Total	237	378	306.0	33

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 28

-2

SI 2021/22 26

1st 2022/23 27

2nd 2023/24 30

-3

3rd 2024/25 27

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 38

-1

SI 2022/23 37

1st 2023/24 37

2nd 2024/25 38

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 20

SI 2023/24 24

-2

1st 2024/25 22

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 35

SI 2024/25 36

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
1993/94	131	125	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	256
1994/95	123	118	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	241
1995/96	127	114	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	241
1996/97	130	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	251
1997/98	122	115	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	237
1998/99	129	124	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	253
1999/00	134	146	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	280
2000/01	141	161	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	302
2001/02	139	162	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	301
2002/03	142	172	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	314
2003/04	147	163	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	310
2004/05	146	165	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	311
2005/06	136	171	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	307
2006/07	142	178	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	320
2007/08	145	182	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	327
2008/09	147	177	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	324
2009/10	162	192	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	354
2010/11	158	195	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	353
2011/12	158	189	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	347
2012/13	164	193	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	357
2013/14	163	184	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	347
2014/15	171	198	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	369
2015/16	182	196	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	378
2016/17	179	185	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	364
2017/18	164	165	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	329
2018/19	174	164	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	338
2019/20	162	150	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	312
2020/21	162	151	28	28	29	26	38	50	42	56	313
2021/22	149	143	38	26	25	30	26	39	50	41	292
2022/23	137	137	20	37	27	28	31	28	39	48	274
2023/24	140	126	35	24	37	30	28	30	27	37	266
2024/25	131	130	29	36	22	38	27	28	31	26	261
2025/26 (preliminary)	138	131	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	269