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
23.44
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
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
248
9
27.56
36
3
2007/08
261
9
29.00
36
5
2008/09
252
9
28.00
36
3
2009/10
241
9
26.78
34
2
2010/11
234
9
26.00
31
2
2011/12
226
9
25.11
29
0
2012/13
223
8
27.88
34
2
2013/14
224
8
28.00
36
2
2014/15
215
8
26.88
31
1
2015/16
208
8
26.00
30
1
2016/17
201
8
25.12
30
1
2017/18
214
8
26.75
34
3
2019/20
218
8
27.25
33
2
2020/21
215
8
26.88
32
2
2021/22
215
8
26.88
32
2
2022/23
218
8
27.25
32
4
2023/24
225
9
25.00
32
4
2024/25
220
9
24.44
32
3
2025/26
211
9
23.44
31
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2002/03: 190 in 2001/02 → 218, +28 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1975/76: 88 in 1974/75 → 71, -17 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2023/24 (20 → 30, +10).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2023/24 (30 → 21, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2023/24 (27 → 30, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (27 → 25, -2).
Overall: 88 (1974/75) → 211 (2025/26), 123.
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
21
30
25.0
6
Senior Infants
22
30
26.5
6
1st Class
21
30
26.3
6
2nd Class
25
32
28.5
6
3rd Class
25
32
28.5
6
4th Class
22
32
28.5
6
5th Class
21
32
27.7
6
6th Class
20
30
26.3
6
Total
71
261
176.7
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).