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
23.86
2025/26
Mainstream classes
7
2025/26
Largest class group
33
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
2
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
145
5
29.00
39
2
2007/08
151
6
25.17
29
0
2008/09
179
7
25.57
37
1
2009/10
194
7
27.71
31
2
2010/11
190
7
27.14
29
0
2011/12
217
8
27.12
37
4
2012/13
222
8
27.75
35
1
2013/14
227
8
28.38
35
1
2014/15
241
8
30.12
37
3
2015/16
234
9
26.00
33
2
2016/17
221
9
24.56
32
1
2017/18
219
8
27.38
31
1
2019/20
206
8
25.75
31
3
2020/21
197
9
21.89
30
3
2021/22
187
8
23.38
30
2
2022/23
182
7
26.00
33
2
2023/24
186
7
26.57
30
2
2024/25
168
7
24.00
31
1
2025/26
167
7
23.86
33
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2008/09: 151 in 2007/08 → 179, +28 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 181 in 1983/84 → 111, -70 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2023/24 (13 → 26, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2021/22 (24 → 15, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2023/24 (24 → 28, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2021/22 (24 → 22, -2).
Overall: 147 (1974/75) → 173 (2025/26), 26.
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
15
26
20.5
6
Senior Infants
14
28
19.3
6
1st Class
14
26
19.8
6
2nd Class
13
28
21.8
6
3rd Class
15
30
23.2
6
4th Class
15
30
25.3
6
5th Class
16
30
25.7
6
6th Class
21
30
26.5
6
Total
94
241
163.3
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).