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
27.33
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
2025/26
Largest class group
36
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
5
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
87
4
21.75
28
0
2007/08
87
4
21.75
28
0
2008/09
87
4
21.75
27
0
2009/10
90
4
22.50
26
0
2010/11
91
4
22.75
28
0
2011/12
82
4
20.50
22
0
2012/13
88
4
22.00
26
0
2013/14
90
4
22.50
25
0
2014/15
105
4
26.25
33
1
2015/16
107
4
26.75
30
1
2016/17
113
5
22.60
28
0
2017/18
125
5
25.00
29
0
2019/20
160
6
26.67
33
2
2020/21
167
7
23.86
29
0
2021/22
195
7
27.86
33
4
2022/23
207
8
25.88
32
4
2023/24
230
8
28.75
34
5
2024/25
247
9
27.44
35
4
2025/26
246
9
27.33
36
5
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2021/22: 193 in 2020/21 → 225, +32 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 37 in 1983/84 → 28, -9 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2023/24 (18 → 34, +16).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (35 → 27, -8).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2025/26 (27 → 35, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2024/25 (30 → 27, -3).
Overall: 44 (1974/75) → 276 (2025/26), 232.
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
27
35
30.3
6
Senior Infants
22
40
30.5
6
1st Class
21
35
29.3
6
2nd Class
24
37
29.2
6
3rd Class
16
37
28.2
6
4th Class
12
37
25.0
6
5th Class
16
34
24.7
6
6th Class
16
33
23.2
6
Total
28
276
97.2
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).