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
24.75
2025/26
Mainstream classes
16
2025/26
Largest class group
29
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
480
17
28.24
31
9
2007/08
474
17
27.88
30
7
2008/09
463
17
27.24
30
3
2009/10
444
16
27.75
30
1
2010/11
444
16
27.75
30
1
2011/12
440
16
27.50
30
1
2012/13
440
16
27.50
30
1
2013/14
439
16
27.44
30
2
2014/15
438
16
27.38
30
2
2015/16
436
16
27.25
28
0
2016/17
429
16
26.81
29
0
2017/18
435
16
27.19
29
0
2019/20
427
16
26.69
29
0
2020/21
420
16
26.25
30
1
2021/22
405
16
25.31
29
0
2022/23
406
16
25.38
28
0
2023/24
423
16
26.44
29
0
2024/25
415
16
25.94
29
0
2025/26
396
16
24.75
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 453 in 1983/84 → 544, +91 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1999/00: 540 in 1998/99 → 510, -30 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2022/23 (40 → 48, +8).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2021/22 (49 → 40, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2025/26 (49 → 56, +7).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (54 → 50, -4).
Overall: 482 (1974/75) → 396 (2025/26), -86.
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
30
49
42.3
6
Senior Infants
41
50
47.5
6
1st Class
48
53
50.5
6
2nd Class
48
56
52.2
6
3rd Class
48
56
52.5
6
4th Class
52
57
54.0
6
5th Class
53
58
55.8
6
6th Class
54
58
56.0
6
Total
396
561
466.6
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).