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
22.83
2025/26
Mainstream classes
23
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
270
10
27.00
32
2
2007/08
304
11
27.64
33
5
2008/09
345
13
26.54
33
5
2009/10
371
13
28.54
37
6
2010/11
388
14
27.71
32
5
2011/12
414
15
27.60
34
3
2012/13
418
15
27.87
32
4
2013/14
467
17
27.47
31
3
2014/15
494
18
27.44
30
2
2015/16
538
19
28.32
32
7
2016/17
564
21
26.86
32
5
2017/18
572
21
27.24
31
6
2019/20
601
23
26.13
32
3
2020/21
622
23
27.04
32
2
2021/22
609
24
25.38
32
2
2022/23
598
24
24.92
32
3
2023/24
554
24
23.08
27
0
2024/25
539
24
22.46
27
0
2025/26
525
23
22.83
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2013/14: 418 in 2012/13 → 467, +49 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 186 in 1983/84 → 129, -57 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2022/23 (59 → 73, +14).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2023/24 (97 → 74, -23).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2025/26 (56 → 62, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2023/24 (83 → 74, -9).
Overall: 115 (1974/75) → 543 (2025/26), 428.
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
55
72
61.7
6
Senior Infants
56
71
61.2
6
1st Class
59
81
67.5
6
2nd Class
60
82
71.7
6
3rd Class
62
84
75.3
6
4th Class
63
92
78.3
6
5th Class
69
94
81.8
6
6th Class
74
97
82.7
6
Total
112
622
317.2
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).