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
23.76
2025/26
Mainstream classes
17
2025/26
Largest class group
28
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
407
15
27.13
30
1
2007/08
435
16
27.19
31
2
2008/09
406
15
27.07
31
3
2009/10
421
16
26.31
32
4
2010/11
434
16
27.12
31
3
2011/12
454
17
26.71
30
2
2012/13
457
17
26.88
29
0
2013/14
430
16
26.88
29
0
2014/15
429
16
26.81
29
0
2015/16
429
16
26.81
28
0
2016/17
433
16
27.06
30
3
2017/18
444
16
27.75
30
1
2019/20
450
18
25.00
29
0
2020/21
431
17
25.35
29
0
2021/22
417
17
24.53
28
0
2022/23
412
17
24.24
27
0
2023/24
412
17
24.24
28
0
2024/25
416
17
24.47
27
0
2025/26
404
17
23.76
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2006/07: 357 in 2005/06 → 432, +75 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 312 in 1983/84 → 271, -41 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2022/23 (99 → 109, +10).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2021/22 (111 → 99, -12).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2022/23 (104 → 109, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2021/22 (103 → 99, -4).
Overall: 206 (1974/75) → 422 (2025/26), 216.
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
103
107
105.2
6
4th Class
102
109
105.2
6
5th Class
99
111
106.3
6
6th Class
100
114
107.0
6
Total
206
475
358.2
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).