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
25.25
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
2025/26
Largest class group
30
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
1
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
109
4
27.25
32
1
2007/08
114
4
28.50
38
1
2008/09
114
5
22.80
28
0
2009/10
121
4
30.25
38
2
2010/11
122
5
24.40
30
1
2011/12
126
5
25.20
29
0
2012/13
136
5
27.20
31
2
2013/14
142
5
28.40
31
3
2014/15
158
6
26.33
37
2
2015/16
165
6
27.50
30
2
2016/17
189
7
27.00
33
3
2017/18
208
8
26.00
32
3
2019/20
220
8
27.50
32
3
2020/21
225
8
28.12
32
4
2021/22
218
8
27.25
32
2
2022/23
221
8
27.62
32
2
2023/24
217
8
27.12
32
2
2024/25
207
8
25.88
30
2
2025/26
202
8
25.25
30
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2016/17: 165 in 2015/16 → 189, +24 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1994/95: 145 in 1993/94 → 130, -15 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2021/22 (20 → 26, +6).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2023/24 (28 → 20, -8).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2025/26 (20 → 23, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2022/23 (26 → 24, -2).
Overall: 89 (1974/75) → 206 (2025/26), 117.
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
20
28
24.7
6
Senior Infants
20
29
24.8
6
1st Class
21
28
25.3
6
2nd Class
20
30
26.2
6
3rd Class
20
32
27.0
6
4th Class
23
32
28.5
6
5th Class
27
32
29.3
6
6th Class
27
32
29.8
6
Total
89
225
141.2
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).