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
13.60
2025/26
Mainstream classes
15
2025/26
Largest class group
19
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
445
25
17.80
29
0
2007/08
457
25
18.28
26
0
2008/09
453
25
18.12
26
0
2009/10
457
24
19.04
26
0
2010/11
414
24
17.25
26
0
2011/12
433
24
18.04
25
0
2012/13
416
23
18.09
26
0
2013/14
396
22
18.00
26
0
2014/15
385
21
18.33
22
0
2015/16
369
21
17.57
22
0
2016/17
357
20
17.85
28
0
2017/18
367
20
18.35
28
0
2019/20
331
20
16.55
23
0
2020/21
299
19
15.74
23
0
2021/22
287
18
15.94
22
0
2022/23
283
17
16.65
23
0
2023/24
260
17
15.29
23
0
2024/25
228
16
14.25
19
0
2025/26
204
15
13.60
19
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2017/18: 357 in 2016/17 → 367, +10 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 664 in 1982/83 → 621, -43 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2021/22 (45 → 52, +7).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2022/23 (52 → 30, -22).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2025/26 (25 → 32, +7).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2022/23 (30 → 26, -4).
Overall: 754 (1975/76) → 222 (2025/26), -532.
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
21
30
26.3
6
Senior Infants
18
37
26.3
6
1st Class
20
37
28.0
6
2nd Class
23
46
31.0
6
3rd Class
25
52
36.2
6
4th Class
30
50
38.2
6
5th Class
30
50
39.7
6
6th Class
33
50
40.2
6
Total
222
754
474.1
40
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).