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
24.33
2025/26
Mainstream classes
15
2025/26
Largest class group
27
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
337
12
28.08
29
0
2007/08
358
13
27.54
29
0
2008/09
389
14
27.79
30
1
2009/10
388
14
27.71
32
4
2010/11
375
14
26.79
31
2
2011/12
372
14
26.57
30
4
2012/13
395
14
28.21
30
1
2013/14
412
15
27.47
29
0
2014/15
417
15
27.80
29
0
2015/16
450
15
30.00
31
14
2016/17
432
15
28.80
30
7
2017/18
422
15
28.13
30
4
2019/20
410
15
27.33
28
0
2020/21
401
15
26.73
28
0
2021/22
396
15
26.40
28
0
2022/23
389
15
25.93
28
0
2023/24
381
15
25.40
28
0
2024/25
376
15
25.07
26
0
2025/26
365
15
24.33
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 297 in 1983/84 → 383, +86 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1975/76: 475 in 1974/75 → 377, -98 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2022/23 (131 → 137, +6).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (127 → 105, -22).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2025/26 (123 → 131, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2021/22 (137 → 0, -137).
Overall: 475 (1974/75) → 365 (2025/26), -110.
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
105
135
123.2
6
Senior Infants
123
137
129.7
6
1st Class
126
137
131.8
6
2nd Class
0
0
0.0
1
3rd Class
0
0
0.0
1
4th Class
0
0
0.0
1
5th Class
0
0
0.0
1
6th Class
0
0
0.0
1
Total
297
475
377.6
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).