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
22.25
2025/26
Mainstream classes
12
2025/26
Largest class group
29
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
244
10
24.40
29
0
2007/08
243
10
24.30
31
2
2008/09
270
11
24.55
29
0
2009/10
278
11
25.27
37
2
2010/11
283
11
25.73
36
2
2011/12
292
12
24.33
28
0
2012/13
320
12
26.67
37
3
2013/14
299
12
24.92
31
2
2014/15
307
11
27.91
37
3
2015/16
310
12
25.83
32
2
2016/17
303
12
25.25
36
2
2017/18
291
12
24.25
34
2
2019/20
296
12
24.67
33
2
2020/21
314
13
24.15
30
1
2021/22
319
13
24.54
28
0
2022/23
305
13
23.46
28
0
2023/24
268
13
20.62
27
0
2024/25
279
12
23.25
28
0
2025/26
267
12
22.25
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1975/76: 168 in 1974/75 → 208, +40 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 272 in 1983/84 → 214, -58 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2021/22 (40 → 57, +17).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2022/23 (57 → 39, -18).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2025/26 (39 → 43, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2025/26 (40 → 36, -4).
Overall: 168 (1974/75) → 278 (2025/26), 110.
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
23
40
31.7
6
Senior Infants
24
39
32.0
6
1st Class
23
39
32.8
6
2nd Class
29
40
35.8
6
3rd Class
31
42
38.2
6
4th Class
32
56
39.8
6
5th Class
34
57
41.0
6
6th Class
39
55
43.3
6
Total
168
329
256.8
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).