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
25.38
2025/26
Mainstream classes
16
2025/26
Largest class group
28
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
459
16
28.69
32
4
2007/08
459
16
28.69
31
6
2008/09
467
16
29.19
32
8
2009/10
470
16
29.38
32
8
2010/11
467
16
29.19
32
8
2011/12
474
16
29.62
33
7
2012/13
484
16
30.25
34
11
2013/14
489
16
30.56
34
11
2014/15
500
16
31.25
34
12
2015/16
513
16
32.06
34
13
2016/17
508
16
31.75
34
13
2017/18
502
16
31.38
34
12
2019/20
484
16
30.25
32
13
2020/21
458
17
26.94
31
5
2021/22
452
18
25.11
30
2
2022/23
441
16
27.56
31
5
2023/24
420
16
26.25
30
1
2024/25
409
16
25.56
28
0
2025/26
406
16
25.38
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 395 in 1983/84 → 516, +121 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1998/99: 509 in 1997/98 → 479, -30 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (51 → 61, +10).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2024/25 (52 → 41, -11).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2025/26 (41 → 45, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (56 → 47, -9).
Overall: 428 (1974/75) → 406 (2025/26), -22.
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
41
60
53.0
6
Senior Infants
45
61
54.3
6
1st Class
51
61
56.0
6
2nd Class
49
58
54.7
6
3rd Class
47
57
50.8
6
4th Class
45
60
53.5
6
5th Class
48
61
55.2
6
6th Class
46
59
53.5
6
Total
395
531
466.2
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).