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
21.53
2025/26
Mainstream classes
17
2025/26
Largest class group
31
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
2
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
191
7
27.29
32
2
2007/08
226
9
25.11
32
1
2008/09
253
10
25.30
31
2
2009/10
267
10
26.70
33
2
2010/11
285
11
25.91
37
3
2011/12
302
12
25.17
35
2
2012/13
332
12
27.67
34
2
2013/14
380
14
27.14
33
4
2014/15
431
16
26.94
32
4
2015/16
464
17
27.29
35
4
2016/17
458
17
26.94
33
3
2017/18
481
17
28.29
33
6
2019/20
511
20
25.55
31
5
2020/21
474
19
24.95
30
2
2021/22
456
19
24.00
30
1
2022/23
410
19
21.58
30
1
2023/24
408
17
24.00
30
5
2024/25
383
17
22.53
31
4
2025/26
366
17
21.53
31
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2014/15: 380 in 2013/14 → 431, +51 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2022/23: 468 in 2021/22 → 422, -46 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (27 → 52, +25).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2024/25 (58 → 27, -31).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2025/26 (53 → 58, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2024/25 (58 → 53, -5).
Overall: 166 (1975/76) → 396 (2025/26), 230.
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
27
58
43.0
6
Senior Infants
29
58
43.3
6
1st Class
35
59
49.0
6
2nd Class
38
59
50.5
6
3rd Class
37
63
54.3
6
4th Class
37
61
54.7
6
5th Class
56
82
63.0
6
6th Class
56
83
65.3
6
Total
156
522
285.7
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).