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
16.83
2025/26
Mainstream classes
12
2025/26
Largest class group
22
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
211
13
16.23
22
0
2007/08
221
13
17.00
23
0
2008/09
219
13
16.85
23
0
2009/10
221
14
15.79
22
0
2010/11
203
13
15.62
20
0
2011/12
194
13
14.92
23
0
2012/13
196
11
17.82
26
0
2013/14
192
11
17.45
25
0
2014/15
201
11
18.27
26
0
2015/16
205
12
17.08
26
0
2016/17
220
12
18.33
27
0
2017/18
219
12
18.25
22
0
2019/20
238
13
18.31
24
0
2020/21
225
13
17.31
22
0
2021/22
218
13
16.77
21
0
2022/23
214
12
17.83
24
0
2023/24
190
12
15.83
23
0
2024/25
206
13
15.85
24
0
2025/26
202
12
16.83
22
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2024/25: 196 in 2023/24 → 212, +16 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 512 in 1982/83 → 385, -127 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2025/26 (19 → 42, +23).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2023/24 (41 → 17, -24).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (33 → 41, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2023/24 (32 → 24, -8).
Overall: 747 (1974/75) → 208 (2025/26), -539.
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
20
32
26.0
6
Senior Infants
18
30
24.2
6
1st Class
20
38
26.0
6
2nd Class
17
37
24.8
6
3rd Class
17
41
25.2
6
4th Class
18
35
24.8
6
5th Class
18
41
27.8
6
6th Class
19
42
31.3
6
Total
192
747
333.7
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).