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
25.86
2025/26
Mainstream classes
7
2025/26
Largest class group
34
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
140
6
23.33
29
0
2007/08
140
6
23.33
27
0
2008/09
139
6
23.17
25
0
2009/10
135
6
22.50
27
0
2010/11
131
6
21.83
24
0
2011/12
128
5
25.60
29
0
2012/13
122
5
24.40
32
1
2013/14
127
5
25.40
29
0
2014/15
142
5
28.40
30
2
2015/16
156
6
26.00
28
0
2016/17
156
7
22.29
28
0
2017/18
142
7
20.29
25
0
2019/20
127
6
21.17
23
0
2020/21
135
6
22.50
25
0
2021/22
140
6
23.33
26
0
2022/23
142
6
23.67
27
0
2023/24
147
6
24.50
32
1
2024/25
160
7
22.86
32
1
2025/26
181
7
25.86
34
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2000/01: 138 in 1999/00 → 162, +24 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 243 in 1983/84 → 148, -95 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (25 → 38, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2024/25 (42 → 24, -18).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2025/26 (20 → 24, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2021/22 (38 → 0, -38).
Overall: 236 (1974/75) → 200 (2025/26), -36.
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
48
33.3
6
Senior Infants
20
51
35.2
6
1st Class
24
50
37.7
6
2nd Class
25
34
29.0
4
3rd Class
26
34
30.7
3
4th Class
25
29
27.0
2
5th Class
25
25
25.0
1
6th Class
0
0
0.0
1
Total
129
249
170.2
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).