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
15.50
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
2025/26
Largest class group
21
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
181
9
20.11
27
0
2007/08
179
8
22.38
27
0
2008/09
173
8
21.62
28
0
2009/10
170
7
24.29
34
1
2010/11
164
7
23.43
29
0
2011/12
170
7
24.29
31
3
2012/13
155
7
22.14
30
1
2013/14
159
7
22.71
34
1
2014/15
146
7
20.86
27
0
2015/16
151
7
21.57
32
1
2016/17
148
7
21.14
30
1
2017/18
148
7
21.14
29
0
2019/20
157
7
22.43
33
3
2020/21
157
9
17.44
33
1
2021/22
160
7
22.86
32
3
2022/23
165
9
18.33
31
1
2023/24
157
9
17.44
22
0
2024/25
137
8
17.12
20
0
2025/26
124
8
15.50
21
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 145 in 1982/83 → 219, +74 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1981/82: 215 in 1980/81 → 178, -37 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2025/26 (13 → 21, +8).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2024/25 (33 → 21, -12).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 2nd in 2023/24 (0 → 23, +23).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2024/25 (23 → 21, -2).
Overall: 364 (1974/75) → 136 (2025/26), -228.
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
0
1
0.5
2
Senior Infants
0
0
0.0
1
1st Class
6
6
6.0
1
2nd Class
13
37
26.5
6
3rd Class
13
37
27.7
6
4th Class
22
38
31.7
6
5th Class
30
38
33.5
6
6th Class
30
36
32.3
6
Total
136
364
194.5
42
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).