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
21.60
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
33
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
182
7
26.00
34
2
2007/08
194
7
27.71
36
3
2008/09
204
8
25.50
31
1
2009/10
226
9
25.11
28
0
2010/11
227
9
25.22
30
1
2011/12
243
9
27.00
35
2
2012/13
250
10
25.00
28
0
2013/14
272
10
27.20
35
1
2014/15
291
11
26.45
33
1
2015/16
276
12
23.00
28
0
2016/17
301
12
25.08
28
0
2017/18
282
12
23.50
29
0
2019/20
250
11
22.73
32
1
2020/21
239
10
23.90
37
2
2021/22
231
10
23.10
33
2
2022/23
229
10
22.90
35
2
2023/24
224
10
22.40
35
1
2024/25
219
10
21.90
34
1
2025/26
216
10
21.60
33
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2016/17: 298 in 2015/16 → 326, +28 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 502 in 1982/83 → 367, -135 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2024/25 (35 → 53, +18).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2024/25 (47 → 34, -13).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2025/26 (0 → 32, +32).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2025/26 (5 → 3, -2).
Overall: 472 (1975/76) → 246 (2025/26), -226.
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
0
6
3.0
4
Senior Infants
1
3
2.0
2
1st Class
23
37
30.3
6
2nd Class
30
41
34.5
6
3rd Class
33
44
37.0
6
4th Class
33
47
39.0
6
5th Class
35
49
42.7
6
6th Class
35
56
46.3
6
Total
188
502
304.6
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).