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Schools · Co. Laois

Schools in Co. Laois

County Laois has 23 primary and 7 post-primary schools tracked in this dataset, 11,717 pupils enrolled in total, and 30% of these schools are DEIS-designated. Schools are keyed to the nearest tracked town within the county, so this is not an exhaustive county census.

School data: Department of Education, Data on Individual Schools (CC-BY 4.0), captured June 2026.

SchoolTownLevelEnrolmentDEIS
Barr Na Sruthan N S Mountmellick Primary 91 Yes
Castletown N.S Mountrath Primary 111 No
Cluain Eidhneach N S Mountrath Primary 89 No
Coláiste Íosagáin Portarlington Post-primary 1135 No
Dunamase College (Coláiste Dhún Másc) Portlaoise Post-primary 577 No
Fraoch Mor N S Portlaoise Primary 212 No
Gaelscoil Phort Laoise Portlaoise Primary 369 No
Holy Family Junior School Portlaoise Primary 599 No
Holy Family Senior School Portlaoise Primary 644 No
Maryboro N S Portlaoise Primary 96 No
Mountmellick Boys N S Mountmellick Primary 187 Yes
Mountmellick Community School Mountmellick Post-primary 706 Yes
Mountrath Community School Mountrath Post-primary 804 No
Na Carraige N S Mountmellick Primary 204 Yes
Naomh Padraig N S Mountmellick Primary 86 No
Paddock N S Mountrath Primary 80 No
Portlaoise College Portlaoise Post-primary 952 Yes
Portlaoise Educate Together Ns Portlaoise Primary 457 No
Presentation Primary School Portarlington Primary 496 No
S N Naomh Eoin Portarlington Primary 374 No
Scoil Bhride Mountrath Primary 95 Yes
Scoil Bhride Ns Portlaoise Primary 727 Yes
Scoil Chriost Ri Portlaoise Post-primary 802 No
Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil An Tsúdaire 2 Portarlington Primary 84 No
Scoil Phadraig Portarlington Primary 521 No
St Fintans N S Mountrath Primary 108 Yes
St Josephs Girls N.S. Mountmellick Primary 230 Yes
St Pauls N S Mountmellick Primary 41 No
St. Mary'S C.B.S. Portlaoise Post-primary 806 No
Trummera N S Mountrath Primary 34 No

Towns with schools in this dataset

Mountmellick · Mountrath · Portarlington · Portlaoise

Source: Department of Education, Data on Individual Schools. Licensed CC-BY 4.0; cite "Leinster Insider, leinsterinsider.ie/schools". See methodology for the full keying caveat and DEIS definition.