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
23.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
20
2025/26
Largest class group
27
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
607
22
27.59
31
5
2007/08
608
23
26.43
31
2
2008/09
610
23
26.52
30
4
2009/10
570
22
25.91
30
2
2010/11
550
21
26.19
32
5
2011/12
497
20
24.85
30
2
2012/13
489
18
27.17
32
2
2013/14
469
18
26.06
30
1
2014/15
460
17
27.06
32
6
2015/16
442
17
26.00
31
5
2016/17
438
16
27.38
31
5
2017/18
485
18
26.94
30
4
2019/20
518
19
27.26
31
3
2020/21
487
20
24.35
30
1
2021/22
483
19
25.42
34
2
2022/23
504
19
26.53
29
0
2023/24
501
21
23.86
28
0
2024/25
498
21
23.71
28
0
2025/26
460
20
23.00
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2017/18: 438 in 2016/17 → 485, +47 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2011/12: 553 in 2010/11 → 497, -56 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2022/23 (58 → 84, +26).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2025/26 (77 → 50, -27).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2023/24 (49 → 68, +19).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2024/25 (55 → 52, -3).
Overall: 507 (1974/75) → 460 (2025/26), -47.
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
32
47
41.0
6
Senior Infants
33
56
46.8
6
1st Class
52
68
59.2
6
2nd Class
53
76
64.7
6
3rd Class
52
76
63.7
6
4th Class
50
84
70.5
6
5th Class
57
83
72.8
6
6th Class
56
85
70.2
6
Total
438
612
522.0
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).