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
26.42
2025/26
Mainstream classes
12
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
340
12
28.33
32
6
2007/08
354
12
29.50
32
7
2008/09
349
12
29.08
30
5
2009/10
345
12
28.75
30
4
2010/11
338
12
28.17
31
4
2011/12
328
12
27.33
30
1
2012/13
320
12
26.67
28
0
2013/14
326
12
27.17
29
0
2014/15
324
12
27.00
29
0
2015/16
332
12
27.67
29
0
2016/17
331
12
27.58
30
2
2017/18
329
12
27.42
30
1
2019/20
331
12
27.58
29
0
2020/21
320
12
26.67
29
0
2021/22
317
12
26.42
28
0
2022/23
318
12
26.50
28
0
2023/24
319
12
26.58
28
0
2024/25
318
12
26.50
28
0
2025/26
317
12
26.42
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1978/79: 584 in 1977/78 → 628, +44 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 517 in 1982/83 → 354, -163 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2022/23 (76 → 79, +3).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2021/22 (82 → 76, -6).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2021/22 (80 → 82, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2021/22 (81 → 76, -5).
Overall: 643 (1974/75) → 317 (2025/26), -326.
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
0
0
0.0
1
3rd Class
80
82
80.8
6
4th Class
79
82
80.5
6
5th Class
76
82
79.3
6
6th Class
76
79
77.5
6
Total
312
643
385.5
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).