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
24.75
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
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
180
7
25.71
29
0
2007/08
181
7
25.86
30
1
2008/09
183
7
26.14
31
1
2009/10
185
7
26.43
34
2
2010/11
184
7
26.29
32
1
2011/12
213
8
26.62
31
1
2012/13
214
8
26.75
30
1
2013/14
217
8
27.12
30
1
2014/15
208
8
26.00
30
1
2015/16
207
8
25.88
30
1
2016/17
214
8
26.75
32
1
2017/18
214
8
26.75
32
1
2019/20
212
8
26.50
30
1
2020/21
211
9
23.44
28
0
2021/22
207
8
25.88
29
0
2022/23
209
8
26.12
30
1
2023/24
201
8
25.12
27
0
2024/25
199
8
24.88
28
0
2025/26
198
8
24.75
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2011/12: 184 in 2010/11 → 213, +29 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2014/15: 217 in 2013/14 → 208, -9 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2025/26 (23 → 29, +6).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2025/26 (25 → 18, -7).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2025/26 (26 → 29, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2023/24 (25 → 22, -3).
Overall: 88 (1974/75) → 198 (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
18
26
22.2
6
Senior Infants
18
28
24.8
6
1st Class
22
28
24.8
6
2nd Class
23
29
25.7
6
3rd Class
25
27
26.2
6
4th Class
25
29
27.0
6
5th Class
24
29
27.0
6
6th Class
24
30
26.5
6
Total
88
217
167.3
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).