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
19.55
2025/26
Mainstream classes
11
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
220
9
24.44
29
0
2007/08
260
11
23.64
33
3
2008/09
282
12
23.50
33
3
2009/10
307
12
25.58
33
3
2010/11
315
12
26.25
34
3
2011/12
356
13
27.38
34
5
2012/13
399
16
24.94
34
3
2013/14
434
16
27.12
31
5
2014/15
460
17
27.06
34
5
2015/16
487
18
27.06
34
4
2016/17
505
18
28.06
35
5
2017/18
475
19
25.00
34
2
2019/20
467
18
25.94
36
5
2020/21
432
19
22.74
30
1
2021/22
388
17
22.82
30
1
2022/23
352
15
23.47
30
2
2023/24
287
13
22.08
29
0
2024/25
244
12
20.33
28
0
2025/26
215
11
19.55
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2012/13: 356 in 2011/12 → 399, +43 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2023/24: 370 in 2022/23 → 305, -65 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (68 → 89, +21).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2021/22 (87 → 43, -44).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2025/26 (17 → 24, +7).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (39 → 35, -4).
Overall: 199 (1975/76) → 245 (2025/26), 46.
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
17
40
24.3
6
Senior Infants
21
40
27.0
6
1st Class
19
50
31.0
6
2nd Class
22
53
35.7
6
3rd Class
25
57
39.0
6
4th Class
34
87
50.3
6
5th Class
33
86
55.5
6
6th Class
47
89
63.3
6
Total
194
505
305.4
41
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).