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
23.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
5
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
66
3
22.00
25
0
2007/08
76
3
25.33
30
1
2008/09
85
3
28.33
32
1
2009/10
94
4
23.50
29
0
2010/11
96
4
24.00
32
1
2011/12
98
4
24.50
29
0
2012/13
103
4
25.75
32
1
2013/14
114
4
28.50
34
1
2014/15
114
4
28.50
32
2
2015/16
118
4
29.50
35
1
2016/17
120
5
24.00
33
1
2017/18
116
5
23.20
30
2
2019/20
112
5
22.40
28
0
2020/21
109
4
27.25
30
1
2021/22
105
4
26.25
29
0
2022/23
110
5
22.00
31
1
2023/24
115
5
23.00
30
2
2024/25
120
5
24.00
32
1
2025/26
115
5
23.00
32
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1981/82: 101 in 1980/81 → 119, +18 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1998/99: 98 in 1997/98 → 84, -14 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (10 → 15, +5).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2021/22 (16 → 10, -6).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2024/25 (15 → 17, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2021/22 (15 → 12, -3).
Overall: 79 (1974/75) → 115 (2025/26), 36.
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
16
13.7
6
Senior Infants
10
15
13.5
6
1st Class
11
15
14.3
6
2nd Class
11
17
14.7
6
3rd Class
11
17
14.3
6
4th Class
12
16
14.5
6
5th Class
10
17
13.2
6
6th Class
10
17
14.2
6
Total
63
126
97.9
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).