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
21.57
2025/26
Mainstream classes
7
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
144
5
28.80
38
1
2007/08
144
6
24.00
28
0
2008/09
145
6
24.17
28
0
2009/10
144
6
24.00
28
0
2010/11
152
5
30.40
32
4
2011/12
155
6
25.83
30
1
2012/13
159
6
26.50
30
2
2013/14
155
6
25.83
31
2
2014/15
158
7
22.57
30
1
2015/16
171
6
28.50
34
3
2016/17
159
6
26.50
30
1
2017/18
170
6
28.33
32
2
2019/20
156
7
22.29
30
1
2020/21
150
7
21.43
27
0
2021/22
140
7
20.00
26
0
2022/23
145
6
24.17
26
0
2023/24
151
6
25.17
28
0
2024/25
147
7
21.00
27
0
2025/26
151
7
21.57
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1979/80: 89 in 1978/79 → 172, +83 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1999/00: 170 in 1998/99 → 157, -13 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2025/26 (15 → 32, +17).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (26 → 12, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2025/26 (26 → 32, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2023/24 (24 → 20, -4).
Overall: 74 (1975/76) → 169 (2025/26), 95.
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
12
26
19.2
6
Senior Infants
12
26
19.0
6
1st Class
13
26
18.0
6
2nd Class
13
25
18.8
6
3rd Class
12
27
17.2
6
4th Class
13
27
19.8
6
5th Class
13
32
21.3
6
6th Class
13
26
19.8
6
Total
74
208
153.9
41
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).