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
22.60
2025/26
Mainstream classes
5
2025/26
Largest class group
32
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
1
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
65
3
21.67
32
1
2007/08
60
3
20.00
25
0
2008/09
65
3
21.67
23
0
2009/10
64
3
21.33
26
0
2010/11
68
3
22.67
25
0
2011/12
68
3
22.67
29
0
2012/13
74
3
24.67
34
1
2013/14
80
3
26.67
30
1
2014/15
85
3
28.33
34
1
2015/16
87
4
21.75
28
0
2016/17
84
4
21.00
23
0
2017/18
92
4
23.00
28
0
2019/20
99
4
24.75
29
0
2020/21
99
4
24.75
27
0
2021/22
103
4
25.75
33
1
2022/23
105
5
21.00
27
0
2023/24
106
4
26.50
34
1
2024/25
110
4
27.50
32
2
2025/26
113
5
22.60
32
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 80 in 1982/83 → 118, +38 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1976/77: 107 in 1975/76 → 70, -37 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2024/25 (12 → 19, +7).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2024/25 (20 → 12, -8).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2021/22 (14 → 15, +1).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2025/26 (19 → 17, -2).
Overall: 102 (1974/75) → 113 (2025/26), 11.
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
12
19
15.0
6
Senior Infants
11
19
14.3
6
1st Class
11
20
13.5
6
2nd Class
11
20
13.3
6
3rd Class
10
20
13.7
6
4th Class
10
15
12.5
6
5th Class
10
15
11.5
6
6th Class
10
15
12.2
6
Total
60
120
88.2
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).