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
17.50
2025/26
Mainstream classes
12
2025/26
Largest class group
23
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
261
12
21.75
26
0
2007/08
285
13
21.92
26
0
2008/09
282
13
21.69
29
0
2009/10
275
13
21.15
25
0
2010/11
254
13
19.54
24
0
2011/12
231
12
19.25
23
0
2012/13
200
11
18.18
23
0
2013/14
188
10
18.80
24
0
2014/15
182
9
20.22
27
0
2015/16
219
10
21.90
25
0
2016/17
196
10
19.60
25
0
2017/18
202
9
22.44
25
0
2019/20
189
9
21.00
26
0
2020/21
184
9
20.44
27
0
2021/22
193
9
21.44
26
0
2022/23
198
10
19.80
24
0
2023/24
210
11
19.09
21
0
2024/25
216
11
19.64
21
0
2025/26
210
12
17.50
23
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2015/16: 182 in 2014/15 → 219, +37 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 765 in 1983/84 → 386, -379 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2021/22 (26 → 49, +23).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2021/22 (52 → 26, -26).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2025/26 (41 → 50, +9).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2023/24 (43 → 40, -3).
Overall: 1121 (1974/75) → 222 (2025/26), -899.
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
0
0
0.0
1
Senior Infants
0
0
0.0
1
1st Class
0
0
0.0
1
2nd Class
37
47
41.3
6
3rd Class
33
46
40.0
6
4th Class
26
48
37.7
6
5th Class
26
54
43.3
6
6th Class
26
57
41.5
6
Total
182
1121
404.1
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).