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
23.38
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
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
208
8
26.00
31
3
2007/08
215
8
26.88
32
2
2008/09
217
8
27.12
32
3
2009/10
223
8
27.88
32
4
2010/11
220
8
27.50
31
2
2011/12
227
8
28.38
32
2
2012/13
221
8
27.62
31
2
2013/14
220
8
27.50
30
3
2014/15
222
8
27.75
30
2
2015/16
220
8
27.50
30
2
2016/17
226
8
28.25
30
2
2017/18
217
8
27.12
30
1
2019/20
215
8
26.88
30
1
2020/21
214
8
26.75
30
1
2021/22
202
8
25.25
29
0
2022/23
202
8
25.25
29
0
2023/24
196
8
24.50
29
0
2024/25
190
8
23.75
28
0
2025/26
187
8
23.38
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2002/03: 135 in 2001/02 → 181, +46 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2021/22: 214 in 2020/21 → 202, -12 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2025/26 (22 → 29, +7).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2025/26 (28 → 20, -8).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (22 → 24, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2021/22 (26 → 24, -2).
Overall: 113 (1975/76) → 187 (2025/26), 74.
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
27
22.5
6
Senior Infants
18
26
22.8
6
1st Class
20
28
24.2
6
2nd Class
22
29
24.5
6
3rd Class
23
29
24.8
6
4th Class
23
29
26.0
6
5th Class
24
29
26.7
6
6th Class
24
30
27.0
6
Total
111
227
175.5
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).