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
20.62
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
2025/26
Largest class group
26
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
156
8
19.50
24
0
2007/08
160
8
20.00
29
0
2008/09
152
8
19.00
23
0
2009/10
156
8
19.50
25
0
2010/11
145
9
16.11
23
0
2011/12
146
8
18.25
24
0
2012/13
147
7
21.00
25
0
2013/14
128
7
18.29
25
0
2014/15
139
7
19.86
23
0
2015/16
142
8
17.75
23
0
2016/17
147
8
18.38
23
0
2017/18
160
8
20.00
24
0
2019/20
161
8
20.12
25
0
2020/21
159
8
19.88
24
0
2021/22
160
8
20.00
25
0
2022/23
154
8
19.25
25
0
2023/24
155
8
19.38
25
0
2024/25
165
8
20.62
26
0
2025/26
165
8
20.62
26
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 193 in 1982/83 → 274, +81 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1975/76: 405 in 1974/75 → 346, -59 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2021/22 (14 → 21, +7).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2021/22 (24 → 15, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (20 → 23, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2022/23 (17 → 16, -1).
Overall: 405 (1974/75) → 171 (2025/26), -234.
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
16
24
19.3
6
Senior Infants
15
22
17.8
6
1st Class
16
22
18.5
6
2nd Class
18
25
20.7
6
3rd Class
14
25
20.3
6
4th Class
15
25
21.3
6
5th Class
15
26
21.5
6
6th Class
15
26
21.5
6
Total
128
405
194.7
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).