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
26.75
2025/26
Mainstream classes
24
2025/26
Largest class group
30
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
1
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
184
6
30.67
34
5
2007/08
211
8
26.38
33
2
2008/09
242
8
30.25
46
4
2009/10
328
12
27.33
38
3
2010/11
379
15
25.27
33
3
2011/12
453
17
26.65
34
5
2012/13
466
17
27.41
33
6
2013/14
476
17
28.00
35
7
2014/15
503
18
27.94
33
8
2015/16
597
23
25.96
33
5
2016/17
643
24
26.79
33
7
2017/18
683
25
27.32
33
5
2019/20
680
25
27.20
31
4
2020/21
687
25
27.48
30
3
2021/22
671
25
26.84
29
0
2022/23
694
25
27.76
29
0
2023/24
662
24
27.58
29
0
2024/25
649
24
27.04
29
0
2025/26
642
24
26.75
30
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2015/16: 527 in 2014/15 → 621, +94 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 131 in 1983/84 → 87, -44 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (77 → 112, +35).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2021/22 (112 → 83, -29).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2022/23 (78 → 85, +7).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2021/22 (88 → 83, -5).
Overall: 291 (1974/75) → 666 (2025/26), 375.
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
74
80
78.2
6
Senior Infants
78
84
81.0
6
1st Class
78
87
83.0
6
2nd Class
82
86
83.3
6
3rd Class
78
88
83.5
6
4th Class
81
112
87.3
6
5th Class
79
108
87.7
6
6th Class
77
112
87.5
6
Total
87
716
331.2
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).