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
23.12
2025/26
Mainstream classes
17
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
255
8
31.88
35
7
2007/08
293
11
26.64
31
3
2008/09
298
11
27.09
34
5
2009/10
336
12
28.00
34
7
2010/11
337
12
28.08
34
3
2011/12
363
13
27.92
33
5
2012/13
389
14
27.79
33
3
2013/14
415
15
27.67
34
5
2014/15
441
16
27.56
35
6
2015/16
454
17
26.71
32
7
2016/17
465
17
27.35
33
4
2017/18
486
18
27.00
33
5
2019/20
492
19
25.89
33
5
2020/21
490
19
25.79
36
2
2021/22
458
19
24.11
29
0
2022/23
441
19
23.21
28
0
2023/24
414
20
20.70
32
1
2024/25
417
19
21.95
28
0
2025/26
393
17
23.12
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 150 in 1983/84 → 216, +66 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2021/22: 494 in 2020/21 → 466, -28 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2024/25 (33 → 54, +21).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2021/22 (63 → 47, -16).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2025/26 (47 → 54, +7).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2025/26 (51 → 47, -4).
Overall: 124 (1974/75) → 411 (2025/26), 287.
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
33
63
47.2
6
Senior Infants
33
63
50.7
6
1st Class
37
64
51.5
6
2nd Class
52
62
56.2
6
3rd Class
49
61
56.5
6
4th Class
49
67
57.8
6
5th Class
51
66
58.7
6
6th Class
47
74
60.2
6
Total
124
497
284.7
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).