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
22.67
2025/26
Mainstream classes
12
2025/26
Largest class group
31
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
243
9
27.00
34
6
2007/08
250
9
27.78
33
6
2008/09
248
9
27.56
33
6
2009/10
249
9
27.67
34
6
2010/11
253
9
28.11
34
6
2011/12
248
9
27.56
33
6
2012/13
254
9
28.22
32
5
2013/14
264
9
29.33
36
4
2014/15
270
10
27.00
31
3
2015/16
282
10
28.20
34
4
2016/17
286
11
26.00
33
1
2017/18
304
11
27.64
34
3
2019/20
315
12
26.25
31
2
2020/21
318
12
26.50
31
3
2021/22
317
16
19.81
31
1
2022/23
318
13
24.46
29
0
2023/24
306
13
23.54
32
2
2024/25
283
13
21.77
30
1
2025/26
272
12
22.67
31
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1979/80: 177 in 1978/79 → 203, +26 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2024/25: 317 in 2023/24 → 291, -26 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (33 → 41, +8).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2024/25 (44 → 30, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2025/26 (43 → 46, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (47 → 41, -6).
Overall: 155 (1975/76) → 284 (2025/26), 129.
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
26
44
33.7
6
Senior Infants
27
44
35.0
6
1st Class
32
47
38.3
6
2nd Class
30
46
40.3
6
3rd Class
31
47
41.7
6
4th Class
40
47
43.5
6
5th Class
35
43
40.0
6
6th Class
29
43
38.0
6
Total
155
324
256.7
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).