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
21.57
2025/26
Mainstream classes
7
2025/26
Largest class group
29
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
160
6
26.67
35
1
2007/08
159
6
26.50
29
0
2008/09
180
6
30.00
34
3
2009/10
190
7
27.14
32
2
2010/11
182
7
26.00
31
1
2011/12
188
7
26.86
31
2
2012/13
181
7
25.86
29
0
2013/14
186
7
26.57
31
2
2014/15
173
7
24.71
31
3
2015/16
173
7
24.71
28
0
2016/17
164
7
23.43
30
2
2017/18
163
6
27.17
30
1
2019/20
156
6
26.00
29
0
2020/21
158
6
26.33
31
1
2021/22
156
6
26.00
28
0
2022/23
178
7
25.43
30
1
2023/24
177
7
25.29
29
0
2024/25
184
7
26.29
31
2
2025/26
151
7
21.57
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1977/78: 106 in 1976/77 → 139, +33 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2025/26: 184 in 2024/25 → 151, -33 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2023/24 (15 → 28, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2021/22 (24 → 15, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (17 → 22, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2025/26 (24 → 19, -5).
Overall: 78 (1975/76) → 151 (2025/26), 73.
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
15
24
20.0
6
Senior Infants
18
22
20.0
6
1st Class
16
24
19.2
6
2nd Class
17
25
21.2
6
3rd Class
17
25
22.2
6
4th Class
13
30
22.3
6
5th Class
13
27
21.0
6
6th Class
15
28
21.5
6
Total
78
190
157.9
41
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).