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
25.08
2025/26
Mainstream classes
24
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
111
4
27.75
30
2
2007/08
163
6
27.17
29
0
2008/09
199
7
28.43
30
1
2009/10
243
9
27.00
30
1
2010/11
273
10
27.30
32
1
2011/12
351
13
27.00
33
4
2012/13
433
15
28.87
33
8
2013/14
496
18
27.56
34
7
2014/15
521
20
26.05
31
5
2015/16
541
21
25.76
31
3
2016/17
599
23
26.04
32
3
2017/18
616
24
25.67
30
1
2019/20
600
24
25.00
32
2
2020/21
588
24
24.50
28
0
2021/22
585
24
24.38
29
0
2022/23
570
24
23.75
28
0
2023/24
567
24
23.62
29
0
2024/25
517
24
21.54
27
0
2025/26
602
24
25.08
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2025/26: 517 in 2024/25 → 602, +85 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2024/25: 567 in 2023/24 → 517, -50 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2023/24 (74 → 100, +26).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2021/22 (98 → 75, -23).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2025/26 (55 → 75, +20).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (82 → 78, -4).
Overall: 50 (1974/75) → 602 (2025/26), 552.
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
45
73
58.0
6
Senior Infants
52
77
61.3
6
1st Class
56
75
65.0
6
2nd Class
57
79
68.7
6
3rd Class
55
98
75.5
6
4th Class
72
95
79.5
6
5th Class
75
96
80.7
6
6th Class
74
100
82.8
6
Total
48
631
265.4
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).