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
17.20
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
21
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
185
9
20.56
27
0
2007/08
185
9
20.56
27
0
2008/09
200
9
22.22
26
0
2009/10
180
10
18.00
26
0
2010/11
167
8
20.88
25
0
2011/12
150
8
18.75
24
0
2012/13
150
8
18.75
26
0
2013/14
160
8
20.00
27
0
2014/15
190
9
21.11
28
0
2015/16
197
9
21.89
29
0
2016/17
202
9
22.44
31
1
2017/18
212
9
23.56
34
2
2019/20
222
10
22.20
29
0
2020/21
206
10
20.60
32
1
2021/22
180
10
18.00
24
0
2022/23
187
9
20.78
25
0
2023/24
165
10
16.50
27
0
2024/25
182
9
20.22
36
1
2025/26
172
10
17.20
21
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1975/76: 410 in 1974/75 → 473, +63 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 366 in 1983/84 → 169, -197 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2024/25 (14 → 31, +17).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2025/26 (36 → 18, -18).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (27 → 36, +9).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2023/24 (20 → 14, -6).
Overall: 410 (1974/75) → 184 (2025/26), -226.
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
15
22
18.2
6
Senior Infants
17
24
21.5
6
1st Class
18
24
21.0
6
2nd Class
15
32
23.2
6
3rd Class
15
33
22.8
6
4th Class
14
31
23.7
6
5th Class
22
37
27.3
6
6th Class
18
36
26.8
6
Total
150
476
246.1
43
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).