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
14.40
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
17
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
150
8
18.75
27
0
2007/08
159
9
17.67
23
0
2008/09
175
10
17.50
22
0
2009/10
200
11
18.18
21
0
2010/11
192
10
19.20
22
0
2011/12
193
10
19.30
22
0
2012/13
177
9
19.67
24
0
2013/14
167
9
18.56
22
0
2014/15
150
9
16.67
23
0
2015/16
142
9
15.78
20
0
2016/17
157
9
17.44
22
0
2017/18
177
10
17.70
24
0
2019/20
176
10
17.60
23
0
2020/21
170
10
17.00
22
0
2021/22
147
10
14.70
20
0
2022/23
161
10
16.10
19
0
2023/24
148
10
14.80
20
0
2024/25
144
10
14.40
18
0
2025/26
144
10
14.40
17
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1977/78: 709 in 1976/77 → 780, +71 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 538 in 1982/83 → 299, -239 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2022/23 (26 → 38, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2021/22 (40 → 26, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2022/23 (26 → 34, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2021/22 (31 → 26, -5).
Overall: 685 (1974/75) → 155 (2025/26), -530.
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
0
0
0.0
1
Senior Infants
0
0
0.0
1
1st Class
0
0
0.0
1
2nd Class
22
30
24.8
6
3rd Class
26
32
28.3
6
4th Class
26
35
31.0
6
5th Class
26
40
34.5
6
6th Class
28
43
35.8
6
Total
146
780
297.6
42
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).