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
22.67
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
2025/26
Largest class group
33
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
216
8
27.00
34
1
2007/08
214
8
26.75
31
1
2008/09
197
8
24.62
30
1
2009/10
210
8
26.25
30
1
2010/11
208
8
26.00
31
1
2011/12
212
8
26.50
31
2
2012/13
219
8
27.38
31
2
2013/14
227
8
28.38
33
2
2014/15
220
8
27.50
30
1
2015/16
226
8
28.25
32
3
2016/17
222
8
27.75
30
1
2017/18
221
8
27.62
31
1
2019/20
209
8
26.12
30
2
2020/21
199
8
24.88
30
2
2021/22
180
8
22.50
29
0
2022/23
200
8
25.00
30
1
2023/24
205
8
25.62
32
1
2024/25
221
10
22.10
33
1
2025/26
204
9
22.67
33
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1975/76: 99 in 1974/75 → 196, +97 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2021/22: 199 in 2020/21 → 180, -19 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2022/23 (16 → 25, +9).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (38 → 21, -17).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2022/23 (14 → 19, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2025/26 (38 → 34, -4).
Overall: 99 (1974/75) → 204 (2025/26), 105.
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
16
38
24.7
6
Senior Infants
14
34
24.7
6
1st Class
17
33
23.5
6
2nd Class
17
24
22.2
6
3rd Class
16
27
23.7
6
4th Class
23
29
26.3
6
5th Class
26
30
28.0
6
6th Class
25
30
28.5
6
Total
99
227
192.8
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).