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
14.83
2025/26
Mainstream classes
12
2025/26
Largest class group
20
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
240
10
24.00
30
1
2007/08
235
10
23.50
27
0
2008/09
237
10
23.70
26
0
2009/10
241
10
24.10
29
0
2010/11
225
10
22.50
28
0
2011/12
215
9
23.89
27
0
2012/13
214
9
23.78
25
0
2013/14
223
9
24.78
28
0
2014/15
220
9
24.44
30
1
2015/16
217
9
24.11
29
0
2016/17
205
9
22.78
25
0
2017/18
221
10
22.10
24
0
2019/20
248
12
20.67
24
0
2020/21
221
12
18.42
23
0
2021/22
179
12
14.92
20
0
2022/23
173
11
15.73
19
0
2023/24
188
11
17.09
20
0
2024/25
194
12
16.17
19
0
2025/26
178
12
14.83
20
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2017/18: 205 in 2016/17 → 221, +16 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1978/79: 655 in 1977/78 → 570, -85 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2023/24 (51 → 69, +18).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (80 → 51, -29).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2022/23 (51 → 56, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2021/22 (89 → 0, -89).
Overall: 792 (1974/75) → 178 (2025/26), -614.
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
49
70
58.3
6
Senior Infants
51
80
63.0
6
1st Class
49
89
67.5
6
2nd Class
0
0
0.0
1
3rd Class
0
0
0.0
1
4th Class
0
0
0.0
1
5th Class
0
0
0.0
1
6th Class
0
0
0.0
1
Total
173
792
341.8
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).