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Portlaoise Educate Together NS

Roll number: 20347D Summerhill Downs, Stradbally Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois

School details

Address: Summerhill Downs, Stradbally Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois (R32HX45)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0578664823
Principal: Sinead Ahern
Ethos: Multi Denominational
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Laois County Council
School patron: Educate Together
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Portlaoise

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: 2012/13: 113 in 2011/12 → 192, +79 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2022/23: 402 in 2021/22 → 386, -16 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2024/25 (47 → 79, +32).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (54 → 43, -11).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2024/25 (70 → 79, +9).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2021/22 (54 → 50, -4).
Overall: 39 (2010/11) → 457 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 418.

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	41	70	54.0	5
Senior Infants	43	79	54.2	5
1st Class	45	56	50.8	5
2nd Class	45	54	50.2	5
3rd Class	49	53	51.2	5
4th Class	49	55	51.8	5
5th Class	49	53	51.2	5
6th Class	47	52	50.4	5
Total	39	464	340.8	16

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 44

-1

SI 2021/22 43

1st 2022/23 45

2nd 2023/24 51

3rd 2024/25 53

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 51

-3

SI 2022/23 48

1st 2023/24 50

2nd 2024/25 54

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 41

SI 2023/24 47

1st 2024/25 53

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 70

SI 2024/25 79

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 64

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
2010/11	17	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	39
2011/12	54	59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	113
2012/13	88	104	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	192
2013/14	119	147	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	266
2014/15	143	185	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	328
2015/16	153	201	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	354
2016/17	178	212	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	390
2017/18	170	223	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	393
2018/19	188	233	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	421
2019/20	189	224	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	413
2020/21	191	224	44	54	56	45	53	52	53	47	415
2021/22	190	212	51	43	50	52	49	53	51	50	402
2022/23	179	207	41	48	45	49	50	50	51	51	386
2023/24	198	222	70	47	50	51	51	49	49	52	420
2024/25	209	255	64	79	53	54	53	55	52	52	464
2025/26 (preliminary)	216	241	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	457