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
24.80
2025/26
Mainstream classes
5
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
85
4
21.25
23
0
2007/08
83
4
20.75
23
0
2008/09
89
4
22.25
27
0
2009/10
89
4
22.25
26
0
2010/11
86
4
21.50
27
0
2011/12
89
4
22.25
27
0
2012/13
90
4
22.50
25
0
2013/14
99
4
24.75
26
0
2014/15
103
4
25.75
30
1
2015/16
97
4
24.25
26
0
2016/17
106
4
26.50
28
0
2017/18
124
5
24.80
28
0
2019/20
125
5
25.00
28
0
2020/21
123
5
24.60
30
2
2021/22
114
5
22.80
28
0
2022/23
125
5
25.00
30
1
2023/24
120
5
24.00
28
0
2024/25
118
5
23.60
26
0
2025/26
124
5
24.80
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2017/18: 106 in 2016/17 → 124, +18 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1977/78: 171 in 1976/77 → 156, -15 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2022/23 (9 → 16, +7).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2021/22 (28 → 20, -8).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2025/26 (16 → 22, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (28 → 15, -13).
Overall: 157 (1974/75) → 136 (2025/26), -21.
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
17
23
19.0
6
Senior Infants
16
22
18.5
6
1st Class
16
22
19.3
6
2nd Class
17
28
20.7
6
3rd Class
7
15
11.7
6
4th Class
7
16
11.0
6
5th Class
7
15
10.7
6
6th Class
7
16
11.8
6
Total
82
173
124.4
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).