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
22.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
16
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
398
14
28.43
35
6
2007/08
418
15
27.87
32
5
2008/09
421
15
28.07
32
3
2009/10
420
15
28.00
34
6
2010/11
402
15
26.80
32
3
2011/12
372
15
24.80
32
2
2012/13
406
15
27.07
31
3
2013/14
394
15
26.27
31
6
2014/15
396
16
24.75
31
4
2015/16
394
16
24.62
31
2
2016/17
401
17
23.59
29
0
2017/18
418
17
24.59
31
1
2019/20
460
19
24.21
30
2
2020/21
439
19
23.11
26
0
2021/22
429
19
22.58
27
0
2022/23
438
18
24.33
33
2
2023/24
411
18
22.83
27
0
2024/25
391
17
23.00
29
0
2025/26
352
16
22.00
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1977/78: 456 in 1976/77 → 549, +93 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 813 in 1982/83 → 651, -162 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2024/25 (27 → 53, +26).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2024/25 (52 → 29, -23).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (54 → 62, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2023/24 (33 → 27, -6).
Overall: 418 (1975/76) → 352 (2025/26), -66.
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
22
49
37.2
6
Senior Infants
33
66
44.5
6
1st Class
27
62
46.0
6
2nd Class
29
67
50.8
6
3rd Class
29
70
53.8
6
4th Class
51
72
61.2
6
5th Class
48
70
60.2
6
6th Class
37
70
56.3
6
Total
352
813
479.6
41
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).