St Pauls N.S.
Irishtown, Mountmellick, Co. Laois · R32 WK79 · Roll number 19369G
St Pauls N.S. is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Mountmellick. Every school in and around Mountmellick →
What stands out about St Pauls N.S.
- A small primary school: 41 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 41 pupils, 32% more than the 31 of 2019/20.
- The smallest of the 4 primary schools around Mountmellick.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath & Kildare COI; its ethos is Church of Ireland.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Pauls N.S. had 41 pupils in 2025/26, against 24 in 2015/16 (+71%). Girls are 44% of them. Its largest roll was 43, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Pauls 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 St Pauls 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 St Pauls 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 St Pauls N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Pauls 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Pauls N.S. has grown by 32% since 2019/20. All the schools around Mountmellick together changed by +12%.
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, 5 have more pupils than St Pauls N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +32%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | ||
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.6 km |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.6 km |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Cloneyhurke N.S. | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km |
The other 57 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.9 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 17 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
Living in Mountmellick
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R32 Eircode area
Housing in Mountmellick →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 Mountmellick
Cost of living in Mountmellick →New tenancies in Mountmellick averaged €1,218 a month in 2025, against €1,126 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Mountmellick, R32 WK79
Primary schools near St Pauls 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 St Pauls N.S.
Is St Pauls 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 St Pauls N.S. have?
41 pupils in 2025/26. That is +32% since 2019/20.
Does St Pauls N.S. teach through Irish?
No: St Pauls N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Pauls N.S.?
St Pauls N.S. has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath & Kildare COI.
How do pupils get a place at St Pauls 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 St Pauls N.S.?
The nearest are Mountmellick Boys N.S. (0.6 km), St Josephs Girls N.S. (0.6 km) and Na Carraige N.S. (2.6 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 Mountmellick; 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).