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
24.38
2025/26
Mainstream classes
16
2025/26
Largest class group
29
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
367
13
28.23
33
6
2007/08
422
15
28.13
32
4
2008/09
424
16
26.50
30
2
2009/10
452
16
28.25
38
7
2010/11
476
17
28.00
32
7
2011/12
472
17
27.76
31
6
2012/13
489
17
28.76
36
6
2013/14
493
18
27.39
35
4
2014/15
500
18
27.78
35
9
2015/16
510
18
28.33
32
8
2016/17
525
19
27.63
33
8
2017/18
511
19
26.89
33
8
2019/20
493
19
25.95
32
3
2020/21
468
19
24.63
32
3
2021/22
455
18
25.28
32
3
2022/23
450
18
25.00
30
2
2023/24
414
18
23.00
29
0
2024/25
389
17
22.88
29
0
2025/26
390
16
24.38
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2006/07: 311 in 2005/06 → 367, +56 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1977/78: 546 in 1976/77 → 496, -50 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (57 → 80, +23).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2021/22 (77 → 63, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2025/26 (40 → 46, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (58 → 56, -2).
Overall: 490 (1974/75) → 396 (2025/26), -94.
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
35
49
41.3
6
Senior Infants
39
54
44.3
6
1st Class
40
58
48.3
6
2nd Class
46
56
51.8
6
3rd Class
51
63
56.2
6
4th Class
53
77
60.5
6
5th Class
54
80
62.2
6
6th Class
56
80
64.0
6
Total
297
546
440.7
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).