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
22.45
2025/26
Mainstream classes
11
2025/26
Largest class group
30
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
210
9
23.33
29
0
2007/08
222
8
27.75
36
4
2008/09
246
9
27.33
30
2
2009/10
247
9
27.44
32
5
2010/11
261
9
29.00
34
6
2011/12
267
10
26.70
35
2
2012/13
276
10
27.60
34
3
2013/14
304
11
27.64
33
3
2014/15
315
11
28.64
33
5
2015/16
324
12
27.00
32
3
2016/17
315
12
26.25
30
2
2017/18
318
12
26.50
32
3
2019/20
311
12
25.92
30
4
2020/21
302
12
25.17
33
3
2021/22
282
12
23.50
29
0
2022/23
259
11
23.55
29
0
2023/24
248
11
22.55
31
1
2024/25
257
10
25.70
32
2
2025/26
247
11
22.45
30
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2006/07: 182 in 2005/06 → 212, +30 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2022/23: 285 in 2021/22 → 263, -22 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2023/24 (26 → 37, +11).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2022/23 (41 → 29, -12).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2024/25 (34 → 37, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2022/23 (29 → 26, -3).
Overall: 137 (1974/75) → 254 (2025/26), 117.
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
24
36
29.8
6
Senior Infants
26
35
32.0
6
1st Class
27
37
32.0
6
2nd Class
30
37
33.0
6
3rd Class
29
38
33.3
6
4th Class
26
40
32.5
6
5th Class
29
50
35.8
6
6th Class
31
47
38.5
6
Total
137
324
227.3
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).