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
25.88
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
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
141
5
28.20
32
2
2007/08
157
6
26.17
29
0
2008/09
168
6
28.00
30
1
2009/10
166
6
27.67
30
1
2010/11
156
6
26.00
28
0
2011/12
154
6
25.67
28
0
2012/13
148
6
24.67
27
0
2013/14
151
6
25.17
29
0
2014/15
150
6
25.00
27
0
2015/16
148
6
24.67
30
1
2016/17
162
6
27.00
33
1
2017/18
182
7
26.00
30
1
2019/20
202
7
28.86
34
3
2020/21
215
8
26.88
30
2
2021/22
215
8
26.88
30
1
2022/23
213
8
26.62
30
1
2023/24
215
8
26.88
30
1
2024/25
209
8
26.12
30
1
2025/26
207
8
25.88
30
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2000/01: 105 in 1999/00 → 126, +21 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1997/98: 108 in 1996/97 → 95, -13 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (19 → 28, +9).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2024/25 (27 → 19, -8).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (26 → 28, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (30 → 27, -3).
Overall: 77 (1974/75) → 207 (2025/26), 130.
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
19
30
26.7
6
Senior Infants
18
30
25.8
6
1st Class
24
30
27.2
6
2nd Class
25
30
27.8
6
3rd Class
25
30
27.5
6
4th Class
25
27
26.2
6
5th Class
25
28
26.3
6
6th Class
18
28
24.8
6
Total
73
215
137.5
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).