Mainstream class group data is shown separately from standard/year-group enrolment data. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.
Average class size
17.46
2025/26
Mainstream classes
13
2025/26
Largest class group
26
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
0
2025/26
Class group metrics trend
Class group metrics by year
Year
Mainstream class pupils
Mainstream classes
Average class size
Largest class
Classes 30+
2006/07
162
7
23.14
34
2
2007/08
186
9
20.67
31
1
2008/09
178
9
19.78
25
0
2009/10
196
9
21.78
27
0
2010/11
185
9
20.56
33
1
2011/12
205
10
20.50
23
0
2012/13
209
10
20.90
25
0
2013/14
208
10
20.80
24
0
2014/15
213
10
21.30
27
0
2015/16
233
10
23.30
30
1
2016/17
244
10
24.40
31
3
2017/18
245
10
24.50
29
0
2019/20
276
10
27.60
32
3
2020/21
269
12
22.42
30
1
2021/22
257
12
21.42
28
0
2022/23
259
10
25.90
28
0
2023/24
250
13
19.23
28
0
2024/25
242
13
18.62
26
0
2025/26
227
13
17.46
26
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1981/82: 67 in 1980/81 → 123, +56 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1975/76: 196 in 1974/75 → 128, -68 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2024/25 (44 → 52, +8).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2025/26 (53 → 38, -15).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (49 → 50, +1).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2023/24 (50 → 44, -6).
Overall: 196 (1974/75) → 227 (2025/26), 31.
Summary statistics (class-level data)
Min / max / mean enrolment per class across the available final by-standard years.
Class
Min
Max
Mean
Years
Junior Infants
0
0
0.0
1
Senior Infants
0
0
0.0
1
1st Class
0
0
0.0
1
2nd Class
38
56
50.3
6
3rd Class
49
62
52.7
6
4th Class
44
59
51.3
6
5th Class
45
56
50.5
6
6th Class
39
52
45.8
6
Total
67
276
171.8
42
Total enrolment over time
Total and gender trends use historical records where available. Class-level data starts in 2020/21.
Enrolment by gender over time
Enrolment by class over time
Cohort progression
Track how each cohort (pupils who were in the same class in the same year) progresses through the school. Each step shows the count; the number between steps is the net change (pupils gained minus pupils lost).