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
22.33
2025/26
Mainstream classes
6
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
88
4
22.00
26
0
2007/08
90
4
22.50
27
0
2008/09
101
4
25.25
28
0
2009/10
102
4
25.50
29
0
2010/11
103
4
25.75
27
0
2011/12
116
4
29.00
31
2
2012/13
116
5
23.20
28
0
2013/14
115
5
23.00
27
0
2014/15
127
5
25.40
28
0
2015/16
135
5
27.00
30
1
2016/17
153
6
25.50
30
1
2017/18
153
6
25.50
31
2
2019/20
169
6
28.17
32
3
2020/21
157
6
26.17
29
0
2021/22
153
6
25.50
30
1
2022/23
148
6
24.67
29
0
2023/24
138
6
23.00
29
0
2024/25
133
6
22.17
28
0
2025/26
134
6
22.33
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2016/17: 135 in 2015/16 → 153, +18 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 132 in 1983/84 → 66, -66 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2021/22 (17 → 29, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2022/23 (29 → 16, -13).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (21 → 23, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2025/26 (18 → 14, -4).
Overall: 114 (1974/75) → 134 (2025/26), 20.
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
19
15.3
6
Senior Infants
13
20
15.0
6
1st Class
13
22
16.3
6
2nd Class
13
21
17.0
6
3rd Class
15
29
19.7
6
4th Class
16
29
19.8
6
5th Class
15
28
20.7
6
6th Class
16
28
20.0
6
Total
52
169
108.7
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).