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
21.36
2025/26
Mainstream classes
11
2025/26
Largest class group
31
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
2
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
169
6
28.17
30
3
2007/08
175
6
29.17
34
4
2008/09
187
7
26.71
32
3
2009/10
192
7
27.43
31
3
2010/11
199
7
28.43
33
3
2011/12
212
7
30.29
35
4
2012/13
220
8
27.50
34
3
2013/14
233
8
29.12
34
3
2014/15
239
8
29.88
34
4
2015/16
242
8
30.25
35
6
2016/17
254
8
31.75
36
7
2017/18
250
8
31.25
36
6
2019/20
247
9
27.44
34
4
2020/21
242
9
26.89
33
5
2021/22
240
10
24.00
33
4
2022/23
261
11
23.73
34
4
2023/24
254
11
23.09
33
3
2024/25
255
11
23.18
35
4
2025/26
235
11
21.36
31
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2022/23: 250 in 2021/22 → 273, +23 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2025/26: 265 in 2024/25 → 246, -19 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2022/23 (26 → 34, +8).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (34 → 23, -11).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2022/23 (24 → 30, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2023/24 (35 → 31, -4).
Overall: 151 (1974/75) → 246 (2025/26), 95.
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
23
35
30.7
6
Senior Infants
27
35
31.5
6
1st Class
30
34
31.8
6
2nd Class
26
35
32.0
6
3rd Class
30
33
31.8
6
4th Class
26
34
30.8
6
5th Class
24
33
29.8
6
6th Class
29
33
31.2
6
Total
122
273
189.3
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).