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
23.43
2025/26
Mainstream classes
7
2025/26
Largest class group
28
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
118
5
23.60
27
0
2007/08
129
5
25.80
31
1
2008/09
128
5
25.60
31
2
2009/10
133
5
26.60
30
2
2010/11
134
6
22.33
27
0
2011/12
137
5
27.40
29
0
2012/13
133
5
26.60
30
1
2013/14
145
6
24.17
28
0
2014/15
156
6
26.00
28
0
2015/16
159
6
26.50
29
0
2016/17
151
6
25.17
27
0
2017/18
154
6
25.67
30
1
2019/20
156
6
26.00
28
0
2020/21
165
7
23.57
29
0
2021/22
171
7
24.43
28
0
2022/23
173
7
24.71
28
0
2023/24
170
8
21.25
26
0
2024/25
160
7
22.86
27
0
2025/26
164
7
23.43
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2006/07: 97 in 2005/06 → 118, +21 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 161 in 1983/84 → 114, -47 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (12 → 28, +16).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2023/24 (24 → 15, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2025/26 (12 → 18, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2024/25 (23 → 21, -2).
Overall: 242 (1974/75) → 182 (2025/26), -60.
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
28
19.7
6
Senior Infants
15
24
19.2
6
1st Class
17
24
20.3
6
2nd Class
17
24
20.7
6
3rd Class
18
25
20.7
6
4th Class
20
25
21.7
6
5th Class
22
26
23.7
6
6th Class
19
28
24.3
6
Total
67
242
146.5
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).