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
22.86
2025/26
Mainstream classes
7
2025/26
Largest class group
26
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
133
5
26.60
28
0
2007/08
118
5
23.60
27
0
2008/09
115
5
23.00
26
0
2009/10
117
5
23.40
27
0
2010/11
98
5
19.60
21
0
2011/12
97
4
24.25
27
0
2012/13
94
4
23.50
29
0
2013/14
96
4
24.00
28
0
2014/15
103
4
25.75
33
1
2015/16
101
4
25.25
33
1
2016/17
105
4
26.25
33
2
2017/18
111
4
27.75
34
2
2019/20
128
5
25.60
28
0
2020/21
152
6
25.33
30
1
2021/22
160
6
26.67
30
3
2022/23
160
6
26.67
31
3
2023/24
170
7
24.29
32
2
2024/25
166
7
23.71
29
0
2025/26
160
7
22.86
26
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2020/21: 128 in 2019/20 → 152, +24 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2010/11: 117 in 2009/10 → 98, -19 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2025/26 (20 → 27, +7).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2024/25 (23 → 16, -7).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (19 → 22, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2022/23 (24 → 21, -3).
Overall: 156 (1974/75) → 166 (2025/26), 10.
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
18
24
19.7
6
Senior Infants
16
23
19.5
6
1st Class
18
23
20.5
6
2nd Class
15
25
21.0
6
3rd Class
16
27
21.5
6
4th Class
17
23
20.2
6
5th Class
19
23
20.5
6
6th Class
15
23
20.0
6
Total
94
208
141.6
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).