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
18.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
14
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
139
8
17.38
29
0
2007/08
156
9
17.33
29
0
2008/09
164
10
16.40
25
0
2009/10
185
11
16.82
25
0
2010/11
176
11
16.00
23
0
2011/12
181
10
18.10
30
1
2012/13
189
10
18.90
29
0
2013/14
196
10
19.60
31
1
2014/15
201
10
20.10
32
1
2015/16
213
11
19.36
28
0
2016/17
207
11
18.82
27
0
2017/18
203
11
18.45
27
0
2019/20
217
12
18.08
29
0
2020/21
217
13
16.69
28
0
2021/22
228
12
19.00
33
1
2022/23
237
13
18.23
33
1
2023/24
231
13
17.77
29
0
2024/25
238
13
18.31
29
0
2025/26
252
14
18.00
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2009/10: 164 in 2008/09 → 185, +21 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 179 in 1982/83 → 103, -76 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2025/26 (19 → 30, +11).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2021/22 (36 → 22, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2021/22 (25 → 31, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (24 → 21, -3).
Overall: 216 (1975/76) → 264 (2025/26), 48.
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
28
34
31.7
6
Senior Infants
25
35
30.5
6
1st Class
27
36
32.7
6
2nd Class
24
39
32.2
6
3rd Class
21
39
28.8
6
4th Class
22
37
29.7
6
5th Class
21
35
27.7
6
6th Class
19
35
27.7
6
Total
83
264
169.2
40
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).