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
27.67
2025/26
Mainstream classes
6
2025/26
Largest class group
35
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
3
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
159
6
26.50
33
2
2007/08
162
6
27.00
29
0
2008/09
162
6
27.00
30
1
2009/10
152
6
25.33
30
2
2010/11
146
6
24.33
31
1
2011/12
151
6
25.17
30
1
2012/13
131
6
21.83
26
0
2013/14
122
5
24.40
28
0
2014/15
120
5
24.00
27
0
2015/16
126
5
25.20
26
0
2016/17
132
5
26.40
29
0
2017/18
133
5
26.60
35
1
2019/20
121
5
24.20
27
0
2020/21
131
5
26.20
32
1
2021/22
134
5
26.80
35
1
2022/23
138
5
27.60
29
0
2023/24
141
6
23.50
30
2
2024/25
144
6
24.00
30
2
2025/26
166
6
27.67
35
3
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2002/03: 98 in 2001/02 → 123, +25 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1976/77: 140 in 1975/76 → 110, -30 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (13 → 21, +8).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2024/25 (23 → 14, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2025/26 (14 → 19, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2025/26 (24 → 23, -1).
Overall: 140 (1975/76) → 166 (2025/26), 26.
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
14
26
20.3
6
Senior Infants
13
23
18.2
6
1st Class
13
23
17.7
6
2nd Class
13
23
17.7
6
3rd Class
14
25
18.5
6
4th Class
14
23
17.7
6
5th Class
14
20
16.0
6
6th Class
13
21
16.3
6
Total
93
166
128.3
41
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).