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
26.12
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
217
8
27.12
29
0
2007/08
218
8
27.25
29
0
2008/09
219
8
27.38
31
1
2009/10
219
8
27.38
31
1
2010/11
218
8
27.25
30
1
2011/12
217
8
27.12
30
1
2012/13
217
8
27.12
29
0
2013/14
218
8
27.25
31
1
2014/15
217
8
27.12
30
2
2015/16
220
8
27.50
31
1
2016/17
229
8
28.62
31
2
2017/18
226
8
28.25
31
2
2019/20
227
8
28.38
31
4
2020/21
231
9
25.67
31
3
2021/22
222
9
24.67
31
1
2022/23
218
9
24.22
29
0
2023/24
213
9
23.67
28
0
2024/25
207
8
25.88
28
0
2025/26
209
8
26.12
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1997/98: 168 in 1996/97 → 197, +29 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2021/22: 231 in 2020/21 → 222, -9 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (19 → 26, +7).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2024/25 (26 → 19, -7).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2023/24 (26 → 28, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2023/24 (29 → 24, -5).
Overall: 67 (1974/75) → 209 (2025/26), 142.
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
19
28
24.8
6
Senior Infants
20
28
25.3
6
1st Class
26
28
27.2
6
2nd Class
25
28
27.3
6
3rd Class
26
31
28.0
6
4th Class
26
30
27.8
6
5th Class
27
31
29.2
6
6th Class
24
29
27.0
6
Total
67
231
185.3
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).