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
24.11
2025/26
Mainstream classes
18
2025/26
Largest class group
31
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
4
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
413
14
29.50
31
10
2007/08
412
14
29.43
31
10
2008/09
409
14
29.21
31
8
2009/10
418
15
27.87
31
4
2010/11
416
15
27.73
30
3
2011/12
411
15
27.40
29
0
2012/13
426
15
28.40
30
3
2013/14
464
16
29.00
31
8
2014/15
467
17
27.47
31
8
2015/16
466
17
27.41
31
6
2016/17
464
17
27.29
31
6
2017/18
464
17
27.29
30
6
2019/20
474
18
26.33
30
9
2020/21
473
18
26.28
30
8
2021/22
469
18
26.06
30
7
2022/23
467
19
24.58
31
7
2023/24
456
19
24.00
32
6
2024/25
440
19
23.16
30
1
2025/26
434
18
24.11
31
4
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 315 in 1983/84 → 372, +57 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1975/76: 492 in 1974/75 → 433, -59 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2025/26 (62 → 68, +6).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2025/26 (55 → 39, -16).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2025/26 (59 → 65, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2024/25 (45 → 39, -6).
Overall: 492 (1974/75) → 434 (2025/26), -58.
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
45
60
50.8
6
Senior Infants
39
60
51.7
6
1st Class
39
60
55.2
6
2nd Class
55
60
58.2
6
3rd Class
57
61
59.7
6
4th Class
59
60
59.5
6
5th Class
59
65
61.8
6
6th Class
55
68
59.7
6
Total
315
492
407.6
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).