Mountmellick Community School
Mountmellick, Co Laois · R32 A099 · Roll number 91426A
Mountmellick Community School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Mountmellick. Every school in and around Mountmellick →
What stands out about Mountmellick Community School
- 742 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 742 pupils, 39% more than the 534 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- A community school: run by a board of the local Education and Training Board and the religious or other bodies that founded it.
- Its patron is Laois & Offaly ETB & Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Mountmellick or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Mountmellick Community School had 742 pupils in 2025/26, against 397 in 2015/16 (+87%). Girls are 50% of them. Its roll rose in 10 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Mountmellick Community School
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 Mountmellick Community School 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 Mountmellick Community School
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 Mountmellick Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Mountmellick Community School directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Mountmellick Community School has grown by 39% 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 post-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 post-primary schools, 4 have more pupils than Mountmellick Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +39%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountmellick Community School | 742 | +39% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| St. Mary's C.B.S. | 853 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Scoil Chriost Ri | 880 | −7% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Portlaoise College | 1,005 | +75% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Dunamase College (Coláiste Dhún Másc) | 506 | +175% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | 9.4 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 1,182 | +19% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Clonaslee College | 236 | −3% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km |
The other 3 post-primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountrath Community School | 789 | +6% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Heywood Community School | 749 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| St Fergal's College | 383 | +27% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 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 A099
Post-primary schools near Mountmellick Community School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Mountmellick Community School
Is Mountmellick Community School 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 Mountmellick Community School have?
742 pupils in 2025/26. That is +39% since 2019/20.
Does Mountmellick Community School teach through Irish?
No: Mountmellick Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Mountmellick Community School?
Mountmellick Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Laois & Offaly ETB & Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at Mountmellick Community School?
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 Mountmellick Community School?
The nearest are St. Mary's C.B.S. (8.2 km), Scoil Chriost Ri (8.3 km) and Portlaoise College (9.2 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).