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
24.90
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
33
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
237
8
29.62
35
4
2007/08
251
9
27.89
34
3
2008/09
258
9
28.67
35
3
2009/10
264
9
29.33
35
3
2010/11
260
10
26.00
32
2
2011/12
254
10
25.40
33
4
2012/13
260
9
28.89
34
4
2013/14
258
10
25.80
32
2
2014/15
254
9
28.22
34
4
2015/16
237
9
26.33
33
5
2016/17
240
9
26.67
33
4
2017/18
232
9
25.78
34
4
2019/20
227
8
28.38
34
3
2020/21
221
9
24.56
33
1
2021/22
228
9
25.33
31
2
2022/23
231
9
25.67
34
3
2023/24
233
10
23.30
34
2
2024/25
241
10
24.10
34
1
2025/26
249
10
24.90
33
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 147 in 1983/84 → 199, +52 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1997/98: 192 in 1996/97 → 173, -19 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2025/26 (29 → 42, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (41 → 28, -13).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (27 → 31, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (27 → 24, -3).
Overall: 90 (1975/76) → 261 (2025/26), 171.
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
26
41
32.8
6
Senior Infants
24
42
32.3
6
1st Class
24
41
30.7
6
2nd Class
24
42
30.8
6
3rd Class
25
33
28.8
6
4th Class
25
34
28.8
6
5th Class
24
31
28.3
6
6th Class
23
32
28.2
6
Total
90
264
201.1
42
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).