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
24.40
2025/26
Mainstream classes
30
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
454
16
28.38
33
9
2007/08
497
17
29.24
33
9
2008/09
520
18
28.89
33
9
2009/10
535
19
28.16
33
7
2010/11
546
19
28.74
36
8
2011/12
548
20
27.40
35
7
2012/13
580
20
29.00
35
7
2013/14
590
21
28.10
35
4
2014/15
607
22
27.59
35
4
2015/16
612
22
27.82
35
4
2016/17
613
23
26.65
32
2
2017/18
632
23
27.48
32
4
2019/20
652
24
27.17
31
3
2020/21
643
24
26.79
31
3
2021/22
641
24
26.71
30
3
2022/23
643
25
25.72
28
0
2023/24
659
26
25.35
29
0
2024/25
702
28
25.07
29
0
2025/26
732
30
24.40
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1977/78: 338 in 1976/77 → 387, +49 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 399 in 1983/84 → 325, -74 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2025/26 (81 → 98, +17).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2023/24 (95 → 79, -16).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2024/25 (80 → 93, +13).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (81 → 80, -1).
Overall: 281 (1974/75) → 744 (2025/26), 463.
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
74
99
82.3
6
Senior Infants
76
93
83.2
6
1st Class
80
98
83.7
6
2nd Class
77
87
82.7
6
3rd Class
75
89
81.7
6
4th Class
76
97
87.0
6
5th Class
76
98
88.2
6
6th Class
79
98
88.2
6
Total
281
744
475.7
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).