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
20.25
2025/26
Mainstream classes
12
2025/26
Largest class group
25
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
345
12
28.75
30
4
2007/08
339
12
28.25
30
2
2008/09
326
12
27.17
29
0
2009/10
322
12
26.83
28
0
2010/11
333
12
27.75
29
0
2011/12
338
12
28.17
30
1
2012/13
346
12
28.83
30
2
2013/14
344
12
28.67
30
2
2014/15
342
12
28.50
30
3
2015/16
332
12
27.67
29
0
2016/17
337
12
28.08
30
1
2017/18
342
13
26.31
30
3
2019/20
348
13
26.77
30
4
2020/21
340
13
26.15
30
4
2021/22
332
13
25.54
30
3
2022/23
307
13
23.62
31
1
2023/24
280
13
21.54
27
0
2024/25
276
12
23.00
28
0
2025/26
243
12
20.25
25
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1975/76: 228 in 1974/75 → 280, +52 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 340 in 1983/84 → 293, -47 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2025/26 (62 → 76, +14).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (72 → 50, -22).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2025/26 (72 → 76, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (89 → 0, -89).
Overall: 228 (1974/75) → 249 (2025/26), 21.
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
50
79
67.3
6
Senior Infants
61
89
74.2
6
1st Class
61
88
75.8
6
2nd Class
60
89
80.0
6
3rd Class
0
0
0.0
1
4th Class
0
0
0.0
1
5th Class
0
0
0.0
1
6th Class
0
0
0.0
1
Total
228
380
331.1
43
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).