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
23.47
2025/26
Mainstream classes
15
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
438
16
27.38
30
3
2007/08
446
16
27.88
31
4
2008/09
439
16
27.44
31
5
2009/10
441
16
27.56
31
2
2010/11
435
16
27.19
31
2
2011/12
410
16
25.62
29
0
2012/13
425
16
26.56
31
4
2013/14
430
16
26.88
30
3
2014/15
435
16
27.19
30
3
2015/16
428
16
26.75
30
2
2016/17
423
16
26.44
31
2
2017/18
421
16
26.31
31
2
2019/20
435
16
27.19
31
2
2020/21
425
16
26.56
30
1
2021/22
406
16
25.38
30
1
2022/23
386
16
24.12
28
0
2023/24
374
16
23.38
27
0
2024/25
353
16
22.06
27
0
2025/26
352
15
23.47
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 338 in 1982/83 → 380, +42 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1976/77: 598 in 1975/76 → 548, -50 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (34 → 52, +18).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2024/25 (53 → 40, -13).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (51 → 54, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2025/26 (34 → 28, -6).
Overall: 646 (1974/75) → 352 (2025/26), -294.
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
34
52
42.8
6
Senior Infants
28
55
42.8
6
1st Class
40
55
46.8
6
2nd Class
40
53
47.8
6
3rd Class
40
54
48.8
6
4th Class
48
54
50.2
6
5th Class
45
59
51.2
6
6th Class
46
59
52.2
6
Total
338
646
434.4
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).