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
23.40
2025/26
Mainstream classes
5
2025/26
Largest class group
29
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
115
4
28.75
35
2
2007/08
114
5
22.80
26
0
2008/09
122
5
24.40
28
0
2009/10
116
5
23.20
27
0
2010/11
123
5
24.60
28
0
2011/12
122
5
24.40
28
0
2012/13
117
5
23.40
26
0
2013/14
116
5
23.20
25
0
2014/15
112
5
22.40
26
0
2015/16
105
5
21.00
26
0
2016/17
96
4
24.00
28
0
2017/18
96
4
24.00
31
1
2019/20
103
4
25.75
31
1
2020/21
98
4
24.50
28
0
2021/22
100
4
25.00
31
1
2022/23
119
5
23.80
29
0
2023/24
118
5
23.60
27
0
2024/25
116
5
23.20
28
0
2025/26
117
5
23.40
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1977/78: 144 in 1976/77 → 173, +29 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 241 in 1983/84 → 173, -68 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (9 → 17, +8).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2024/25 (20 → 13, -7).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2023/24 (17 → 20, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2025/26 (15 → 13, -2).
Overall: 125 (1974/75) → 117 (2025/26), -8.
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
12
16
13.7
6
Senior Infants
11
16
13.8
6
1st Class
12
16
14.3
6
2nd Class
11
17
14.3
6
3rd Class
10
20
14.0
6
4th Class
11
19
14.3
6
5th Class
9
20
14.0
6
6th Class
9
17
12.8
6
Total
94
241
134.9
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).