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
24.33
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
338
12
28.17
34
4
2007/08
323
12
26.92
34
2
2008/09
325
12
27.08
32
2
2009/10
317
12
26.42
30
2
2010/11
324
12
27.00
31
3
2011/12
321
12
26.75
30
2
2012/13
321
12
26.75
31
2
2013/14
329
12
27.42
32
3
2014/15
321
12
26.75
31
3
2015/16
324
12
27.00
32
4
2016/17
321
12
26.75
32
3
2017/18
325
12
27.08
32
3
2019/20
320
12
26.67
32
3
2020/21
308
12
25.67
30
2
2021/22
306
12
25.50
30
1
2022/23
306
12
25.50
30
1
2023/24
300
12
25.00
29
0
2024/25
298
12
24.83
29
0
2025/26
292
12
24.33
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 243 in 1983/84 → 299, +56 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1983/84: 263 in 1982/83 → 243, -20 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2025/26 (28 → 51, +23).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2023/24 (52 → 25, -27).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2024/25 (41 → 46, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2025/26 (51 → 46, -5).
Overall: 264 (1974/75) → 292 (2025/26), 28.
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
25
52
36.5
6
Senior Infants
25
51
37.2
6
1st Class
25
51
36.8
6
2nd Class
28
51
41.3
6
3rd Class
27
50
38.7
6
4th Class
29
51
39.0
6
5th Class
29
50
38.3
6
6th Class
26
49
33.8
6
Total
243
338
296.7
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).