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
23.22
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
137
5
27.40
31
1
2007/08
136
5
27.20
31
3
2008/09
149
5
29.80
35
3
2009/10
162
6
27.00
33
2
2010/11
174
6
29.00
33
3
2011/12
197
7
28.14
34
3
2012/13
200
7
28.57
34
3
2013/14
192
7
27.43
33
3
2014/15
199
7
28.43
34
3
2015/16
211
7
30.14
36
4
2016/17
215
8
26.88
33
2
2017/18
223
8
27.88
33
2
2019/20
227
8
28.38
31
3
2020/21
223
9
24.78
32
3
2021/22
232
9
25.78
33
4
2022/23
235
9
26.11
32
4
2023/24
222
10
22.20
32
3
2024/25
218
9
24.22
32
2
2025/26
209
9
23.22
31
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1982/83: 90 in 1981/82 → 175, +85 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1981/82: 131 in 1980/81 → 90, -41 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2024/25 (18 → 28, +10).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2023/24 (33 → 18, -15).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2021/22 (22 → 24, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2021/22 (27 → 24, -3).
Overall: 138 (1975/76) → 215 (2025/26), 77.
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
18
33
25.5
6
Senior Infants
17
32
26.3
6
1st Class
19
33
27.2
6
2nd Class
24
33
29.2
6
3rd Class
24
31
28.8
6
4th Class
25
33
28.8
6
5th Class
27
32
29.5
6
6th Class
22
32
28.8
6
Total
90
240
168.4
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).