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
24.08
2025/26
Mainstream classes
12
2025/26
Largest class group
36
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
4
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
200
8
25.00
28
0
2007/08
199
8
24.88
29
0
2008/09
197
8
24.62
29
0
2009/10
194
8
24.25
29
0
2010/11
200
8
25.00
29
0
2011/12
229
8
28.62
32
3
2012/13
259
9
28.78
32
4
2013/14
262
9
29.11
34
5
2014/15
260
9
28.89
33
4
2015/16
268
9
29.78
34
6
2016/17
273
9
30.33
33
6
2017/18
267
9
29.67
32
6
2019/20
282
10
28.20
34
6
2020/21
271
11
24.64
34
4
2021/22
275
11
25.00
35
5
2022/23
283
11
25.73
34
4
2023/24
283
11
25.73
35
4
2024/25
286
11
26.00
34
4
2025/26
289
12
24.08
36
4
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 192 in 1983/84 → 234, +42 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1999/00: 231 in 1998/99 → 220, -11 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2023/24 (32 → 39, +7).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2023/24 (47 → 29, -18).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2024/25 (44 → 47, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2023/24 (47 → 44, -3).
Overall: 68 (1974/75) → 289 (2025/26), 221.
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
29
47
37.3
6
Senior Infants
29
44
35.8
6
1st Class
30
47
37.2
6
2nd Class
32
44
37.2
6
3rd Class
30
44
35.3
6
4th Class
30
36
33.3
6
5th Class
30
35
32.5
6
6th Class
29
35
32.5
6
Total
68
289
222.3
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).