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
16.43
2025/26
Mainstream classes
14
2025/26
Largest class group
24
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
359
15
23.93
30
2
2007/08
369
17
21.71
28
0
2008/09
387
18
21.50
26
0
2009/10
364
16
22.75
28
0
2010/11
359
15
23.93
29
0
2011/12
358
15
23.87
28
0
2012/13
364
14
26.00
31
1
2013/14
357
14
25.50
31
1
2014/15
349
14
24.93
31
3
2015/16
339
14
24.21
31
3
2016/17
308
14
22.00
28
0
2017/18
301
12
25.08
34
2
2019/20
299
12
24.92
30
1
2020/21
280
12
23.33
30
1
2021/22
273
12
22.75
30
1
2022/23
271
15
18.07
28
0
2023/24
266
15
17.73
24
0
2024/25
251
15
16.73
23
0
2025/26
230
14
16.43
24
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 444 in 1983/84 → 533, +89 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2002/03: 474 in 2001/02 → 421, -53 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (31 → 42, +11).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2025/26 (41 → 28, -13).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2023/24 (43 → 49, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2024/25 (49 → 24, -25).
Overall: 515 (1974/75) → 249 (2025/26), -266.
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
31
46
40.8
6
Senior Infants
28
48
41.7
6
1st Class
43
49
45.8
6
2nd Class
19
27
23.7
6
3rd Class
26
31
28.3
6
4th Class
27
31
28.8
6
5th Class
28
35
30.0
6
6th Class
28
35
30.5
6
Total
249
533
412.0
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).