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
24.69
2025/26
Mainstream classes
13
2025/26
Largest class group
28
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
58
3
19.33
21
0
2007/08
73
3
24.33
29
0
2008/09
194
8
24.25
28
0
2009/10
287
10
28.70
30
3
2010/11
324
12
27.00
29
0
2011/12
346
13
26.62
30
2
2012/13
384
14
27.43
31
6
2013/14
390
15
26.00
31
2
2014/15
427
16
26.69
30
2
2015/16
405
16
25.31
29
0
2016/17
417
15
27.80
32
5
2017/18
413
16
25.81
30
1
2019/20
391
16
24.44
30
1
2020/21
384
15
25.60
28
0
2021/22
378
15
25.20
29
0
2022/23
370
16
23.12
29
0
2023/24
351
16
21.94
25
0
2024/25
316
14
22.57
27
0
2025/26
321
13
24.69
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2008/09: 73 in 2007/08 → 194, +121 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2024/25: 363 in 2023/24 → 334, -29 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2025/26 (24 → 52, +28).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2024/25 (45 → 24, -21).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2025/26 (40 → 52, +12).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (61 → 53, -8).
Overall: 9 (1974/75) → 339 (2025/26), 330.
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
38
29.3
6
Senior Infants
23
44
34.0
6
1st Class
24
52
38.0
6
2nd Class
24
57
46.3
6
3rd Class
32
60
47.8
6
4th Class
45
62
54.3
6
5th Class
50
64
55.7
6
6th Class
46
75
55.5
6
Total
9
427
172.2
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).