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
15.43
2025/26
Mainstream classes
7
2025/26
Largest class group
21
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
180
10
18.00
25
0
2007/08
194
10
19.40
22
0
2008/09
183
11
16.64
21
0
2009/10
188
10
18.80
23
0
2010/11
206
10
20.60
24
0
2011/12
195
9
21.67
26
0
2012/13
189
9
21.00
29
0
2013/14
174
9
19.33
28
0
2014/15
164
8
20.50
26
0
2015/16
154
8
19.25
26
0
2016/17
156
7
22.29
31
1
2017/18
164
8
20.50
25
0
2019/20
150
8
18.75
24
0
2020/21
158
7
22.57
26
0
2021/22
156
8
19.50
26
0
2022/23
144
8
18.00
26
0
2023/24
139
8
17.38
20
0
2024/25
123
7
17.57
21
0
2025/26
108
7
15.43
21
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1975/76: 518 in 1974/75 → 554, +36 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 369 in 1982/83 → 275, -94 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2025/26 (1 → 21, +20).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2022/23 (32 → 10, -22).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2022/23 (23 → 28, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (28 → 24, -4).
Overall: 518 (1974/75) → 120 (2025/26), -398.
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
14
25
17.5
4
Senior Infants
15
17
16.0
3
1st Class
18
18
18.0
2
2nd Class
1
35
19.8
5
3rd Class
2
36
20.4
5
4th Class
0
35
20.5
6
5th Class
13
41
28.3
6
6th Class
24
40
32.2
6
Total
120
554
249.0
42
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).