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
20.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
6
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
140
5
28.00
31
3
2007/08
146
5
29.20
34
3
2008/09
155
6
25.83
32
1
2009/10
164
6
27.33
32
2
2010/11
163
6
27.17
30
1
2011/12
157
6
26.17
30
1
2012/13
147
6
24.50
27
0
2013/14
154
6
25.67
32
1
2014/15
159
6
26.50
31
1
2015/16
161
6
26.83
33
1
2016/17
147
8
18.38
25
0
2017/18
156
6
26.00
29
0
2019/20
175
6
29.17
31
3
2020/21
167
7
23.86
31
1
2021/22
157
7
22.43
29
0
2022/23
145
6
24.17
33
1
2023/24
143
6
23.83
30
1
2024/25
138
6
23.00
28
0
2025/26
120
6
20.00
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1999/00: 100 in 1998/99 → 111, +11 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 128 in 1983/84 → 94, -34 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2022/23 (15 → 27, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2025/26 (28 → 15, -13).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2022/23 (24 → 27, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2021/22 (17 → 16, -1).
Overall: 135 (1974/75) → 120 (2025/26), -15.
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
11
17
13.8
6
Senior Infants
12
27
16.2
6
1st Class
12
26
16.7
6
2nd Class
12
26
18.2
6
3rd Class
14
26
18.3
6
4th Class
15
27
19.2
6
5th Class
16
28
21.2
6
6th Class
15
28
21.5
6
Total
91
175
135.1
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).