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Holy Family Senior School
Roll number: 20480F
Aughnaharna, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
School details
- Address
- Aughnaharna, Portlaoise, Co. Laois (R32N8C2)
- Principal
- Róisín Brennan
- 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
- Senior
- 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: 2017/18: 659 in 2016/17 → 708, +49 pupils.
- Biggest loss in a single year: 2020/21: 743 in 2019/20 → 699, -44 pupils.
- Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2021/22 (166 → 187, +21).
- Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2022/23 (187 → 159, -28).
- Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2023/24 (152 → 157, +5).
- Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2022/23 (163 → 160, -3).
- Overall: 659 (2016/17) → 644 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -15.
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 |
| 3rd Class |
152 |
168 |
160.0 |
5 |
| 4th Class |
157 |
186 |
165.8 |
5 |
| 5th Class |
154 |
187 |
164.8 |
5 |
| 6th Class |
156 |
186 |
169.0 |
5 |
| Total |
643 |
752 |
686.3 |
10 |
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 |
| 2016/17 |
335 |
324 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
659 |
| 2017/18 |
358 |
350 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
708 |
| 2018/19 |
378 |
374 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
752 |
| 2019/20 |
366 |
377 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
743 |
| 2020/21 |
347 |
352 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
162 |
186 |
166 |
174 |
699 |
| 2021/22 |
336 |
354 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
163 |
160 |
187 |
168 |
690 |
| 2022/23 |
326 |
343 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
152 |
160 |
159 |
186 |
669 |
| 2023/24 |
318 |
338 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
168 |
157 |
158 |
161 |
656 |
| 2024/25 |
321 |
322 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
155 |
166 |
154 |
156 |
643 |
| 2025/26 (preliminary) |
319 |
325 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
644 |