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
25.44
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
2025/26
Largest class group
31
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
2
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
145
5
29.00
33
2
2007/08
146
6
24.33
32
2
2008/09
146
6
24.33
30
1
2009/10
162
6
27.00
32
4
2010/11
171
6
28.50
34
2
2011/12
178
6
29.67
36
3
2012/13
187
7
26.71
30
2
2013/14
217
8
27.12
33
2
2014/15
215
8
26.88
32
3
2015/16
218
8
27.25
31
3
2016/17
226
8
28.25
31
4
2017/18
228
8
28.50
31
4
2019/20
227
9
25.22
30
4
2020/21
229
9
25.44
30
1
2021/22
239
9
26.56
33
2
2022/23
245
9
27.22
34
3
2023/24
240
10
24.00
30
2
2024/25
228
10
22.80
30
2
2025/26
229
9
25.44
31
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2006/07: 110 in 2005/06 → 145, +35 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1994/95: 134 in 1993/94 → 115, -19 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2025/26 (27 → 39, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2023/24 (35 → 25, -10).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2021/22 (31 → 33, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2024/25 (29 → 27, -2).
Overall: 67 (1974/75) → 229 (2025/26), 162.
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
22
38
27.7
6
Senior Infants
24
39
29.3
6
1st Class
24
38
29.2
6
2nd Class
24
38
29.7
6
3rd Class
24
39
29.8
6
4th Class
24
33
29.0
6
5th Class
25
35
30.3
6
6th Class
25
35
30.0
6
Total
67
245
151.4
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).