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
23.60
2025/26
Mainstream classes
15
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
359
14
25.64
32
3
2007/08
358
14
25.57
30
1
2008/09
354
14
25.29
28
0
2009/10
357
13
27.46
31
3
2010/11
360
14
25.71
31
2
2011/12
379
14
27.07
31
4
2012/13
404
14
28.86
34
8
2013/14
415
15
27.67
31
3
2014/15
422
15
28.13
31
6
2015/16
413
16
25.81
31
4
2016/17
415
16
25.94
30
2
2017/18
417
16
26.06
32
4
2019/20
414
16
25.88
30
1
2020/21
406
16
25.38
29
0
2021/22
399
16
24.94
29
0
2022/23
391
16
24.44
29
0
2023/24
365
16
22.81
30
1
2024/25
368
15
24.53
28
0
2025/26
354
15
23.60
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 374 in 1983/84 → 510, +136 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1978/79: 581 in 1977/78 → 448, -133 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2025/26 (54 → 73, +19).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2022/23 (82 → 63, -19).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2021/22 (0 → 82, +82).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2021/22 (78 → 70, -8).
Overall: 532 (1974/75) → 360 (2025/26), -172.
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
0
0
0.0
1
Senior Infants
0
0
0.0
1
1st Class
0
0
0.0
2
2nd Class
52
82
67.3
6
3rd Class
54
85
72.3
6
4th Class
61
87
75.5
6
5th Class
73
87
82.5
6
6th Class
76
90
83.8
6
Total
360
586
421.4
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).