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
23.11
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
2025/26
Largest class group
25
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
260
10
26.00
27
0
2007/08
279
11
25.36
31
1
2008/09
259
11
23.55
30
1
2009/10
301
10
30.10
34
5
2010/11
305
12
25.42
29
0
2011/12
316
12
26.33
30
2
2012/13
317
12
26.42
30
1
2013/14
274
12
22.83
27
0
2014/15
295
11
26.82
30
1
2015/16
293
11
26.64
30
2
2016/17
289
11
26.27
30
2
2017/18
282
11
25.64
29
0
2019/20
236
10
23.60
28
0
2020/21
243
10
24.30
29
0
2021/22
225
10
22.50
26
0
2022/23
232
10
23.20
27
0
2023/24
239
11
21.73
24
0
2024/25
227
10
22.70
25
0
2025/26
208
9
23.11
25
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1976/77: 357 in 1975/76 → 433, +76 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 455 in 1983/84 → 320, -135 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2023/24 (75 → 94, +19).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2024/25 (94 → 74, -20).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2023/24 (77 → 94, +17).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2025/26 (89 → 0, -89).
Overall: 370 (1974/75) → 208 (2025/26), -162.
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
64
91
74.7
6
Senior Infants
61
94
76.7
6
1st Class
68
89
77.7
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
208
471
311.3
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).