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
23.60
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
31
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
2
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
227
9
25.22
34
2
2007/08
232
10
23.20
31
1
2008/09
230
10
23.00
26
0
2009/10
230
10
23.00
25
0
2010/11
232
10
23.20
26
0
2011/12
226
10
22.60
26
0
2012/13
224
9
24.89
29
0
2013/14
210
9
23.33
29
0
2014/15
213
8
26.62
30
1
2015/16
214
8
26.75
32
4
2016/17
219
8
27.38
35
4
2017/18
229
9
25.44
35
1
2019/20
252
10
25.20
29
0
2020/21
255
10
25.50
30
1
2021/22
240
10
24.00
28
0
2022/23
253
10
25.30
30
2
2023/24
257
10
25.70
32
3
2024/25
241
11
21.91
28
0
2025/26
236
10
23.60
31
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1976/77: 379 in 1974/75 → 397, +18 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 375 in 1983/84 → 330, -45 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2025/26 (8 → 42, +34).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2024/25 (42 → 28, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2025/26 (36 → 42, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2021/22 (59 → 56, -3).
Overall: 379 (1974/75) → 248 (2025/26), -131.
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
26
34
32.0
4
Senior Infants
28
36
33.0
3
1st Class
31
36
33.5
2
2nd Class
8
45
29.0
6
3rd Class
9
59
33.3
6
4th Class
22
56
41.7
6
5th Class
30
59
48.0
6
6th Class
45
63
51.8
6
Total
212
397
272.7
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).