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
22.11
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
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
236
9
26.22
30
2
2007/08
226
9
25.11
30
1
2008/09
220
8
27.50
31
2
2009/10
220
8
27.50
35
2
2010/11
214
8
26.75
31
2
2011/12
203
8
25.38
29
0
2012/13
195
7
27.86
32
3
2013/14
193
7
27.57
29
0
2014/15
192
7
27.43
34
2
2015/16
186
7
26.57
32
3
2016/17
199
7
28.43
32
3
2017/18
195
7
27.86
29
0
2019/20
195
8
24.38
27
0
2020/21
191
7
27.29
30
2
2021/22
170
7
24.29
30
1
2022/23
157
8
19.62
23
0
2023/24
162
8
20.25
26
0
2024/25
171
8
21.38
28
0
2025/26
199
9
22.11
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2025/26: 171 in 2024/25 → 199, +28 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 358 in 1983/84 → 321, -37 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2025/26 (28 → 48, +20).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2022/23 (39 → 23, -16).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2023/24 (31 → 38, +7).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2021/22 (42 → 39, -3).
Overall: 364 (1974/75) → 199 (2025/26), -165.
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
0
0
0.0
1
Senior Infants
0
0
0.0
1
1st Class
0
0
0.0
1
2nd Class
25
42
32.8
6
3rd Class
24
42
33.5
6
4th Class
23
42
35.3
6
5th Class
24
48
36.0
6
6th Class
25
50
37.3
6
Total
157
391
253.8
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).