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
22.25
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
2025/26
Largest class group
32
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
1
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
269
10
26.90
32
3
2007/08
261
10
26.10
33
3
2008/09
289
11
26.27
32
3
2009/10
294
11
26.73
33
5
2010/11
261
12
21.75
33
2
2011/12
271
10
27.10
34
3
2012/13
297
12
24.75
34
3
2013/14
322
13
24.77
33
2
2014/15
348
14
24.86
33
2
2015/16
340
14
24.29
30
1
2016/17
353
15
23.53
30
1
2017/18
349
15
23.27
28
0
2019/20
352
15
23.47
30
1
2020/21
308
14
22.00
26
0
2021/22
288
13
22.15
28
0
2022/23
258
12
21.50
27
0
2023/24
230
11
20.91
24
0
2024/25
199
10
19.90
26
0
2025/26
178
8
22.25
32
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 230 in 1983/84 → 312, +82 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2020/21: 352 in 2019/20 → 314, -38 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2021/22 (26 → 41, +15).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (47 → 22, -25).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2025/26 (17 → 25, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2021/22 (47 → 41, -6).
Overall: 229 (1974/75) → 193 (2025/26), -36.
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
16
28
21.3
6
Senior Infants
18
47
26.8
6
1st Class
19
41
25.7
6
2nd Class
21
42
28.8
6
3rd Class
21
42
31.5
6
4th Class
24
42
33.7
6
5th Class
25
50
39.0
6
6th Class
23
51
39.5
6
Total
184
361
270.6
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).