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
23.29
2025/26
Mainstream classes
7
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
149
5
29.80
35
3
2007/08
152
6
25.33
29
0
2008/09
159
6
26.50
37
1
2009/10
158
6
26.33
36
1
2010/11
149
6
24.83
34
1
2011/12
146
6
24.33
27
0
2012/13
150
6
25.00
31
1
2013/14
150
6
25.00
31
1
2014/15
153
6
25.50
29
0
2015/16
162
6
27.00
28
0
2016/17
155
6
25.83
30
1
2017/18
167
6
27.83
32
2
2019/20
165
6
27.50
32
3
2020/21
151
6
25.17
32
2
2021/22
150
6
25.00
29
0
2022/23
149
6
24.83
32
1
2023/24
161
6
26.83
30
1
2024/25
164
6
27.33
32
2
2025/26
163
7
23.29
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 154 in 1982/83 → 180, +26 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1996/97: 162 in 1995/96 → 143, -19 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2023/24 (21 → 30, +9).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2025/26 (32 → 23, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2023/24 (21 → 29, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2021/22 (30 → 14, -16).
Overall: 121 (1975/76) → 163 (2025/26), 42.
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
21
32
27.0
6
Senior Infants
23
32
28.2
6
1st Class
25
33
29.3
6
2nd Class
13
21
15.5
6
3rd Class
11
21
15.2
6
4th Class
12
19
14.3
6
5th Class
12
15
13.3
6
6th Class
9
16
13.5
6
Total
116
180
148.0
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).