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
26.71
2025/26
Mainstream classes
7
2025/26
Largest class group
32
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
124
5
24.80
32
1
2007/08
143
5
28.60
35
2
2008/09
146
5
29.20
31
3
2009/10
141
6
23.50
27
0
2010/11
154
5
30.80
35
4
2011/12
161
6
26.83
30
1
2012/13
167
6
27.83
35
2
2013/14
176
6
29.33
34
2
2014/15
198
7
28.29
35
2
2015/16
192
7
27.43
31
2
2016/17
204
7
29.14
36
3
2017/18
207
8
25.88
31
1
2019/20
201
8
25.12
31
1
2020/21
203
8
25.38
31
1
2021/22
208
8
26.00
31
3
2022/23
208
8
26.00
31
2
2023/24
195
8
24.38
31
1
2024/25
182
8
22.75
31
1
2025/26
187
7
26.71
32
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2014/15: 176 in 2013/14 → 198, +22 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2023/24: 208 in 2022/23 → 195, -13 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (15 → 28, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2024/25 (31 → 22, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2022/23 (23 → 25, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2023/24 (24 → 22, -2).
Overall: 112 (1975/76) → 187 (2025/26), 75.
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
30
23.3
6
Senior Infants
16
31
23.0
6
1st Class
21
31
24.5
6
2nd Class
23
31
25.0
6
3rd Class
22
31
24.7
6
4th Class
22
29
24.2
6
5th Class
22
31
25.8
6
6th Class
22
31
26.7
6
Total
101
208
148.4
41
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).