Schools · Co. Laois

Schools in Co. Laois

Name: Schools in Co. Laois
Creator: Leinster Insider
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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.

Level

School	Town	Level	Enrolment	DEIS
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.