Emo Mixed N.S.
Emo, Portlaoise, Co. Laois · R32 DX52 · Roll number 13643Q
Emo Mixed N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Emo. Every school in and around Emo →
What stands out about Emo Mixed N.S.
- 207 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Emo or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Emo’s outline, 0.1 km away; listed with Emo, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Emo Mixed N.S. had 207 pupils in 2025/26, down from 213 in 2015/16 (−3%). Girls are 42% of them. Its largest roll was 214, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Emo Mixed N.S.
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for Emo Mixed N.S. is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on Emo Mixed N.S.
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at Emo Mixed N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Emo Mixed N.S. directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Emo Mixed N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Emo together changed by −1%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 4 have more pupils than Emo Mixed N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | ||
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.4 km |
The other 56 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 8 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.2 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.4 km | |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 10 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 36 km | |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 42 km |
Living in Emo
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R32 Eircode area
Housing in Emo →The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R32 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Laois
Cost of living in Emo →New tenancies in Co. Laois averaged €1,235 a month in 2025, against €1,112 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Emo, R32 DX52
Primary schools near Emo Mixed N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Emo Mixed N.S.
Is Emo Mixed N.S. a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does Emo Mixed N.S. have?
207 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.
Does Emo Mixed N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Emo Mixed N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Emo Mixed N.S.?
Emo Mixed N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at Emo Mixed N.S.?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near Emo Mixed N.S.?
The nearest are Fraoch Mor N.S. (5.1 km), S.N. Naomh Eoin (5.3 km) and Na Carraige N.S. (5.5 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Emo; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).