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
18.55
2025/26
Mainstream classes
11
2025/26
Largest class group
23
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
255
13
19.62
28
0
2007/08
255
13
19.62
25
0
2008/09
254
13
19.54
25
0
2009/10
242
13
18.62
23
0
2010/11
261
12
21.75
27
0
2011/12
278
13
21.38
27
0
2012/13
294
13
22.62
30
1
2013/14
307
14
21.93
30
1
2014/15
324
14
23.14
33
2
2015/16
299
14
21.36
31
2
2016/17
305
14
21.79
31
2
2017/18
290
14
20.71
30
3
2019/20
279
13
21.46
30
1
2020/21
244
13
18.77
29
0
2021/22
233
12
19.42
29
0
2022/23
227
12
18.92
28
0
2023/24
216
12
18.00
27
0
2024/25
206
12
17.17
24
0
2025/26
204
11
18.55
23
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1977/78: 635 in 1976/77 → 679, +44 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 500 in 1982/83 → 343, -157 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2025/26 (12 → 24, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (46 → 31, -15).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (20 → 24, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2022/23 (43 → 23, -20).
Overall: 754 (1974/75) → 210 (2025/26), -544.
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
30
44
37.5
6
Senior Infants
31
46
36.3
6
1st Class
29
43
35.0
6
2nd Class
12
27
20.7
6
3rd Class
12
28
22.3
6
4th Class
14
29
22.0
6
5th Class
20
29
25.0
6
6th Class
21
28
24.5
6
Total
210
754
348.6
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).