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
24.35
2025/26
Mainstream classes
17
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
415
16
25.94
32
1
2007/08
421
16
26.31
32
2
2008/09
416
16
26.00
32
1
2009/10
413
16
25.81
32
1
2010/11
409
16
25.56
31
2
2011/12
438
16
27.38
33
4
2012/13
422
16
26.38
31
3
2013/14
453
16
28.31
35
6
2014/15
446
17
26.24
31
4
2015/16
438
16
27.38
34
4
2016/17
467
17
27.47
35
3
2017/18
468
17
27.53
33
4
2019/20
458
18
25.44
30
1
2020/21
462
17
27.18
33
5
2021/22
449
18
24.94
30
1
2022/23
432
18
24.00
30
1
2023/24
418
17
24.59
30
1
2024/25
409
17
24.06
28
0
2025/26
414
17
24.35
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1977/78: 508 in 1976/77 → 561, +53 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 600 in 1983/84 → 555, -45 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2025/26 (50 → 64, +14).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2022/23 (64 → 50, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2023/24 (49 → 54, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2024/25 (54 → 47, -7).
Overall: 521 (1974/75) → 432 (2025/26), -89.
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
48
60
52.7
6
Senior Infants
47
61
53.5
6
1st Class
47
61
52.2
6
2nd Class
50
61
53.3
6
3rd Class
51
66
55.8
6
4th Class
50
64
57.0
6
5th Class
50
63
55.8
6
6th Class
50
66
58.5
6
Total
425
600
481.3
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).