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
22.69
2025/26
Mainstream classes
16
2025/26
Largest class group
29
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
496
16
31.00
36
11
2007/08
477
16
29.81
32
10
2008/09
477
16
29.81
32
11
2009/10
482
16
30.12
32
11
2010/11
474
16
29.62
32
9
2011/12
488
16
30.50
33
11
2012/13
482
16
30.12
31
14
2013/14
480
16
30.00
32
9
2014/15
476
16
29.75
32
11
2015/16
481
16
30.06
32
13
2016/17
470
16
29.38
32
9
2017/18
458
16
28.62
31
5
2019/20
445
16
27.81
31
3
2020/21
431
16
26.94
31
2
2021/22
436
16
27.25
31
2
2022/23
415
16
25.94
31
1
2023/24
406
16
25.38
30
1
2024/25
379
16
23.69
30
1
2025/26
363
16
22.69
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1994/95: 529 in 1993/94 → 565, +36 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2024/25: 406 in 2023/24 → 379, -27 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2021/22 (50 → 61, +11).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2024/25 (57 → 42, -15).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (50 → 53, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2022/23 (58 → 51, -7).
Overall: 503 (1974/75) → 363 (2025/26), -140.
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
34
57
44.0
6
Senior Infants
36
59
48.3
6
1st Class
44
61
51.0
6
2nd Class
45
57
50.3
6
3rd Class
42
58
52.0
6
4th Class
44
60
52.0
6
5th Class
51
56
53.5
6
6th Class
51
56
53.8
6
Total
363
579
493.3
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).