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
27.25
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
2025/26
Largest class group
32
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
2
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
77
3
25.67
28
0
2007/08
82
4
20.50
27
0
2008/09
92
4
23.00
28
0
2009/10
88
4
22.00
29
0
2010/11
81
4
20.25
22
0
2011/12
96
4
24.00
29
0
2012/13
103
5
20.60
23
0
2013/14
107
4
26.75
36
2
2014/15
109
4
27.25
29
0
2015/16
146
5
29.20
37
3
2016/17
140
6
23.33
33
1
2017/18
158
6
26.33
36
2
2019/20
174
7
24.86
32
2
2020/21
172
7
24.57
28
0
2021/22
186
7
26.57
29
0
2022/23
201
8
25.12
27
0
2023/24
202
8
25.25
33
1
2024/25
213
8
26.62
32
2
2025/26
218
8
27.25
32
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2015/16: 109 in 2014/15 → 146, +37 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 110 in 1983/84 → 68, -42 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2022/23 (10 → 27, +17).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2021/22 (35 → 10, -25).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2023/24 (24 → 28, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (27 → 25, -2).
Overall: 81 (1974/75) → 218 (2025/26), 137.
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
33
26.8
6
Senior Infants
21
32
26.8
6
1st Class
21
32
25.2
6
2nd Class
22
27
24.3
6
3rd Class
10
27
22.8
6
4th Class
10
35
24.8
6
5th Class
13
36
24.5
6
6th Class
13
37
23.3
6
Total
60
218
106.0
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).