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
20.60
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
24
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
178
8
22.25
27
0
2007/08
166
8
20.75
23
0
2008/09
152
8
19.00
23
0
2009/10
170
7
24.29
34
1
2010/11
169
8
21.12
26
0
2011/12
167
8
20.88
26
0
2012/13
172
8
21.50
26
0
2013/14
152
8
19.00
23
0
2014/15
151
7
21.57
23
0
2015/16
145
7
20.71
24
0
2016/17
153
9
17.00
19
0
2017/18
181
8
22.62
27
0
2019/20
236
10
23.60
27
0
2020/21
242
10
24.20
30
1
2021/22
213
11
19.36
24
0
2022/23
215
10
21.50
26
0
2023/24
205
10
20.50
26
0
2024/25
208
10
20.80
25
0
2025/26
206
10
20.60
24
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2019/20: 192 in 2018/19 → 236, +44 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 354 in 1982/83 → 307, -47 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (49 → 63, +14).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2024/25 (59 → 43, -16).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (46 → 51, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2021/22 (59 → 54, -5).
Overall: 410 (1974/75) → 212 (2025/26), -198.
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
0
0
0.0
1
3rd Class
43
59
52.2
6
4th Class
46
69
55.7
6
5th Class
46
64
55.7
6
6th Class
49
63
55.5
6
Total
145
410
243.9
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).