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
23.74
2025/26
Mainstream classes
23
2025/26
Largest class group
30
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
635
23
27.61
32
6
2007/08
625
23
27.17
30
3
2008/09
652
24
27.17
30
2
2009/10
657
23
28.57
34
5
2010/11
636
24
26.50
31
3
2011/12
671
24
27.96
32
5
2012/13
688
24
28.67
32
8
2013/14
685
24
28.54
33
7
2014/15
685
24
28.54
34
4
2015/16
684
24
28.50
34
6
2016/17
677
25
27.08
31
1
2017/18
675
25
27.00
31
3
2019/20
638
24
26.58
31
8
2020/21
599
24
24.96
31
3
2021/22
562
24
23.42
29
0
2022/23
567
23
24.65
28
0
2023/24
544
23
23.65
29
0
2024/25
565
22
25.68
30
3
2025/26
546
23
23.74
30
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2011/12: 636 in 2010/11 → 671, +35 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 800 in 1983/84 → 606, -194 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (82 → 103, +21).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (64 → 49, -15).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2024/25 (52 → 70, +18).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2021/22 (85 → 82, -3).
Overall: 989 (1974/75) → 558 (2025/26), -431.
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
47
65
56.3
6
Senior Infants
49
66
57.5
6
1st Class
49
68
58.3
6
2nd Class
52
79
66.2
6
3rd Class
59
78
71.5
6
4th Class
72
91
80.5
6
5th Class
82
92
85.5
6
6th Class
82
103
90.0
6
Total
550
989
685.6
43
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).