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
25.56
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
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
192
7
27.43
31
3
2007/08
219
8
27.38
33
3
2008/09
216
8
27.00
31
3
2009/10
220
8
27.50
34
1
2010/11
233
8
29.12
37
4
2011/12
234
9
26.00
32
3
2012/13
243
9
27.00
33
5
2013/14
244
9
27.11
35
4
2014/15
252
9
28.00
35
5
2015/16
238
9
26.44
35
3
2016/17
246
9
27.33
37
4
2017/18
237
9
26.33
35
3
2019/20
237
9
26.33
35
3
2020/21
234
10
23.40
33
1
2021/22
237
9
26.33
34
2
2022/23
227
9
25.22
34
2
2023/24
230
9
25.56
34
1
2024/25
220
9
24.44
30
1
2025/26
230
9
25.56
32
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2007/08: 192 in 2006/07 → 219, +27 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2015/16: 252 in 2014/15 → 238, -14 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2025/26 (28 → 43, +15).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2024/25 (41 → 25, -16).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2023/24 (19 → 21, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2022/23 (26 → 25, -1).
Overall: 58 (1974/75) → 230 (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
19
30
24.7
6
Senior Infants
21
37
26.5
6
1st Class
23
39
28.5
6
2nd Class
24
40
28.0
6
3rd Class
25
41
29.8
6
4th Class
26
41
30.7
6
5th Class
27
43
32.2
6
6th Class
25
34
29.3
6
Total
58
252
166.3
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).