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
23.85
2025/26
Mainstream classes
13
2025/26
Largest class group
28
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
233
9
25.89
35
2
2007/08
258
10
25.80
35
3
2008/09
286
11
26.00
34
4
2009/10
288
11
26.18
35
3
2010/11
312
12
26.00
35
3
2011/12
329
12
27.42
34
7
2012/13
353
13
27.15
34
2
2013/14
344
13
26.46
33
4
2014/15
351
13
27.00
33
4
2015/16
369
14
26.36
33
2
2016/17
356
14
25.43
31
1
2017/18
365
14
26.07
33
3
2019/20
364
14
26.00
33
3
2020/21
358
14
25.57
31
2
2021/22
365
15
24.33
30
1
2022/23
344
15
22.93
31
1
2023/24
330
14
23.57
30
2
2024/25
324
14
23.14
28
0
2025/26
310
13
23.85
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2008/09: 265 in 2007/08 → 292, +27 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2022/23: 365 in 2021/22 → 344, -21 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2021/22 (36 → 51, +15).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2025/26 (47 → 27, -20).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2022/23 (44 → 46, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (44 → 41, -3).
Overall: 133 (1975/76) → 316 (2025/26), 183.
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
30
50
37.8
6
Senior Infants
30
50
39.2
6
1st Class
28
49
40.3
6
2nd Class
27
49
43.2
6
3rd Class
39
48
45.5
6
4th Class
39
49
44.7
6
5th Class
37
51
44.8
6
6th Class
36
51
44.0
6
Total
128
369
239.1
41
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).