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
23.83
2025/26
Mainstream classes
12
2025/26
Largest class group
27
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
337
13
25.92
29
0
2007/08
343
13
26.38
30
1
2008/09
359
14
25.64
35
1
2009/10
326
13
25.08
33
3
2010/11
319
12
26.58
32
2
2011/12
337
13
25.92
31
2
2012/13
339
13
26.08
30
1
2013/14
363
14
25.93
30
1
2014/15
380
14
27.14
31
1
2015/16
359
15
23.93
29
0
2016/17
367
15
24.47
32
2
2017/18
389
15
25.93
33
4
2019/20
362
15
24.13
30
2
2020/21
329
14
23.50
31
2
2021/22
306
14
21.86
30
3
2022/23
319
14
22.79
30
1
2023/24
291
13
22.38
32
1
2024/25
297
12
24.75
31
1
2025/26
286
12
23.83
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 366 in 1983/84 → 413, +47 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1978/79: 469 in 1977/78 → 347, -122 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2022/23 (41 → 54, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (56 → 41, -15).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2022/23 (41 → 50, +9).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2021/22 (70 → 30, -40).
Overall: 516 (1974/75) → 292 (2025/26), -224.
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
44
53
48.0
6
Senior Infants
41
56
50.5
6
1st Class
48
70
54.2
6
2nd Class
24
32
28.3
6
3rd Class
25
30
27.7
6
4th Class
27
32
29.3
6
5th Class
27
37
32.0
6
6th Class
31
41
35.7
6
Total
291
516
363.5
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).