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
24.91
2025/26
Mainstream classes
11
2025/26
Largest class group
34
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
224
8
28.00
29
0
2007/08
230
8
28.75
32
2
2008/09
230
8
28.75
32
2
2009/10
230
8
28.75
32
4
2010/11
225
8
28.12
30
4
2011/12
211
8
26.38
29
0
2012/13
220
8
27.50
29
0
2013/14
214
8
26.75
30
1
2014/15
217
8
27.12
30
1
2015/16
232
8
29.00
34
5
2016/17
225
9
25.00
32
2
2017/18
210
8
26.25
32
2
2019/20
211
8
26.38
32
2
2020/21
224
8
28.00
32
1
2021/22
231
9
25.67
32
1
2022/23
256
10
25.60
31
3
2023/24
241
10
24.10
32
1
2024/25
266
11
24.18
33
1
2025/26
274
11
24.91
34
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 107 in 1982/83 → 212, +105 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2017/18: 225 in 2016/17 → 210, -15 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (27 → 44, +17).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2021/22 (43 → 22, -21).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2022/23 (32 → 37, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (38 → 36, -2).
Overall: 53 (1974/75) → 274 (2025/26), 221.
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
41
34.3
6
Senior Infants
27
41
33.8
6
1st Class
27
38
32.7
6
2nd Class
18
38
30.2
6
3rd Class
19
40
29.5
6
4th Class
21
43
30.3
6
5th Class
21
44
29.2
6
6th Class
23
44
28.7
6
Total
53
274
189.6
42
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).