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
22.50
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
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
108
4
27.00
28
0
2007/08
119
5
23.80
29
0
2008/09
124
5
24.80
30
1
2009/10
161
6
26.83
33
1
2010/11
185
7
26.43
30
1
2011/12
200
7
28.57
33
3
2012/13
227
8
28.38
33
4
2013/14
238
8
29.75
33
4
2014/15
239
8
29.88
34
4
2015/16
237
9
26.33
35
2
2016/17
214
9
23.78
29
0
2017/18
217
9
24.11
30
1
2019/20
201
8
25.12
31
1
2020/21
194
8
24.25
29
0
2021/22
186
8
23.25
31
1
2022/23
192
8
24.00
32
1
2023/24
193
9
21.44
27
0
2024/25
187
9
20.78
30
1
2025/26
180
8
22.50
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2009/10: 130 in 2008/09 → 167, +37 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 179 in 1983/84 → 147, -32 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2025/26 (18 → 33, +15).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2024/25 (29 → 18, -11).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (22 → 27, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (32 → 29, -3).
Overall: 100 (1974/75) → 191 (2025/26), 91.
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
17
29
21.7
6
Senior Infants
16
31
21.2
6
1st Class
16
33
22.0
6
2nd Class
18
29
22.3
6
3rd Class
19
29
23.7
6
4th Class
18
32
25.0
6
5th Class
23
32
27.0
6
6th Class
22
31
27.7
6
Total
83
239
154.6
43
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).