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
21.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
6
2025/26
Largest class group
32
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
2
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
54
3
18.00
23
0
2007/08
51
3
17.00
22
0
2008/09
52
3
17.33
20
0
2009/10
54
3
18.00
20
0
2010/11
51
3
17.00
25
0
2011/12
64
3
21.33
28
0
2012/13
64
3
21.33
29
0
2013/14
71
3
23.67
34
1
2014/15
68
3
22.67
27
0
2015/16
72
3
24.00
29
0
2016/17
70
3
23.33
27
0
2017/18
83
3
27.67
34
1
2019/20
98
4
24.50
27
0
2020/21
113
4
28.25
33
2
2021/22
118
5
23.60
31
1
2022/23
124
5
24.80
31
1
2023/24
125
5
25.00
30
2
2024/25
136
5
27.20
35
3
2025/26
126
6
21.00
32
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2020/21: 98 in 2019/20 → 113, +15 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1997/98: 82 in 1996/97 → 69, -13 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2024/25 (10 → 19, +9).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2021/22 (19 → 12, -7).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2025/26 (20 → 23, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2022/23 (19 → 18, -1).
Overall: 75 (1975/76) → 135 (2025/26), 60.
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
12
19
16.0
6
Senior Infants
13
20
17.2
6
1st Class
13
23
17.3
6
2nd Class
14
19
16.0
6
3rd Class
10
17
14.3
6
4th Class
10
17
15.2
6
5th Class
10
18
15.3
6
6th Class
7
19
13.8
6
Total
52
141
80.9
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).