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
23.07
2025/26
Mainstream classes
14
2025/26
Largest class group
30
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
1
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
174
6
29.00
34
3
2007/08
193
7
27.57
31
3
2008/09
205
8
25.62
31
2
2009/10
231
8
28.88
33
4
2010/11
234
8
29.25
35
3
2011/12
239
9
26.56
31
1
2012/13
249
9
27.67
31
2
2013/14
252
9
28.00
31
2
2014/15
270
10
27.00
30
1
2015/16
273
10
27.30
30
2
2016/17
290
11
26.36
31
3
2017/18
296
11
26.91
31
2
2019/20
326
13
25.08
31
2
2020/21
341
14
24.36
30
2
2021/22
359
15
23.93
32
1
2022/23
348
15
23.20
30
1
2023/24
352
15
23.47
30
1
2024/25
338
15
22.53
29
0
2025/26
323
14
23.07
30
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 65 in 1983/84 → 109, +44 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2025/26: 344 in 2024/25 → 329, -15 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2021/22 (30 → 58, +28).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2022/23 (58 → 30, -28).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2025/26 (49 → 54, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (42 → 40, -2).
Overall: 43 (1974/75) → 329 (2025/26), 286.
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
27
48
36.5
6
Senior Infants
30
48
38.5
6
1st Class
31
49
40.8
6
2nd Class
36
54
45.5
6
3rd Class
39
54
46.5
6
4th Class
30
55
44.2
6
5th Class
32
57
47.0
6
6th Class
30
58
45.7
6
Total
38
365
184.3
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).