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
22.50
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
2025/26
Largest class group
26
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
94
4
23.50
26
0
2007/08
108
5
21.60
30
1
2008/09
127
5
25.40
27
0
2009/10
142
5
28.40
32
2
2010/11
137
5
27.40
32
1
2011/12
136
5
27.20
28
0
2012/13
136
5
27.20
36
2
2013/14
129
5
25.80
30
1
2014/15
131
5
26.20
35
1
2015/16
150
6
25.00
36
2
2016/17
165
6
27.50
30
2
2017/18
187
7
26.71
31
4
2019/20
211
8
26.38
31
2
2020/21
202
8
25.25
30
2
2021/22
202
8
25.25
29
0
2022/23
194
8
24.25
29
0
2023/24
193
8
24.12
27
0
2024/25
190
8
23.75
27
0
2025/26
180
8
22.50
26
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2017/18: 165 in 2016/17 → 187, +22 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 298 in 1983/84 → 211, -87 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2021/22 (22 → 28, +6).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2025/26 (26 → 18, -8).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (23 → 25, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (21 → 18, -3).
Overall: 365 (1974/75) → 180 (2025/26), -185.
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
20
24
21.3
6
Senior Infants
20
24
22.0
6
1st Class
20
29
24.2
6
2nd Class
21
29
24.7
6
3rd Class
18
29
24.2
6
4th Class
24
30
25.5
6
5th Class
22
30
26.0
6
6th Class
22
28
25.7
6
Total
94
365
199.7
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).