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
21.80
2025/26
Mainstream classes
5
2025/26
Largest class group
27
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
121
5
24.20
29
0
2007/08
130
5
26.00
29
0
2008/09
126
5
25.20
29
0
2009/10
124
5
24.80
30
1
2010/11
124
5
24.80
27
0
2011/12
130
5
26.00
34
1
2012/13
127
5
25.40
30
1
2013/14
124
5
24.80
29
0
2014/15
128
5
25.60
33
1
2015/16
123
5
24.60
26
0
2016/17
120
5
24.00
25
0
2017/18
118
5
23.60
32
1
2019/20
114
5
22.80
27
0
2020/21
117
5
23.40
25
0
2021/22
108
5
21.60
25
0
2022/23
115
5
23.00
25
0
2023/24
119
5
23.80
33
1
2024/25
113
5
22.60
27
0
2025/26
109
5
21.80
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 93 in 1983/84 → 134, +41 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1998/99: 150 in 1997/98 → 136, -14 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2022/23 (10 → 16, +6).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2021/22 (16 → 10, -6).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2022/23 (15 → 17, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2021/22 (13 → 10, -3).
Overall: 53 (1974/75) → 109 (2025/26), 56.
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
8
16
13.8
6
Senior Infants
13
16
14.8
6
1st Class
10
17
14.7
6
2nd Class
10
18
13.5
6
3rd Class
10
18
14.0
6
4th Class
11
15
13.3
6
5th Class
11
17
14.0
6
6th Class
12
18
15.3
6
Total
53
155
116.6
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).