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
23.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
27
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
513
18
28.50
33
7
2007/08
532
20
26.60
33
5
2008/09
537
20
26.85
33
3
2009/10
528
20
26.40
32
4
2010/11
512
19
26.95
30
1
2011/12
510
19
26.84
31
6
2012/13
543
20
27.15
31
5
2013/14
530
20
26.50
31
1
2014/15
515
19
27.11
35
3
2015/16
498
19
26.21
30
1
2016/17
488
18
27.11
33
3
2017/18
478
18
26.56
32
4
2019/20
410
16
25.62
31
2
2020/21
340
16
21.25
28
0
2021/22
293
14
20.93
25
0
2022/23
248
12
20.67
26
0
2023/24
237
10
23.70
29
0
2024/25
258
10
25.80
31
2
2025/26
230
10
23.00
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 510 in 1983/84 → 658, +148 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2020/21: 410 in 2019/20 → 340, -70 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2024/25 (25 → 43, +18).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2025/26 (50 → 27, -23).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2025/26 (31 → 38, +7).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2022/23 (34 → 31, -3).
Overall: 287 (1974/75) → 240 (2025/26), -47.
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
15
43
24.7
6
Senior Infants
15
44
27.2
6
1st Class
18
34
25.2
6
2nd Class
24
45
29.3
6
3rd Class
25
51
33.7
6
4th Class
24
50
36.2
6
5th Class
30
64
45.2
6
6th Class
27
62
48.0
6
Total
237
698
465.0
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).