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
25.06
2025/26
Mainstream classes
16
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
276
10
27.60
34
4
2007/08
285
10
28.50
35
3
2008/09
287
10
28.70
35
5
2009/10
312
11
28.36
36
5
2010/11
341
12
28.42
37
4
2011/12
351
13
27.00
33
5
2012/13
353
13
27.15
36
3
2013/14
382
14
27.29
33
4
2014/15
373
14
26.64
33
2
2015/16
399
15
26.60
32
2
2016/17
392
15
26.13
32
1
2017/18
403
15
26.87
32
1
2019/20
416
16
26.00
28
0
2020/21
417
16
26.06
28
0
2021/22
414
16
25.88
29
0
2022/23
406
16
25.38
28
0
2023/24
402
16
25.12
27
0
2024/25
402
16
25.12
27
0
2025/26
401
16
25.06
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 137 in 1983/84 → 228, +91 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2005/06: 268 in 2004/05 → 248, -20 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2025/26 (52 → 62, +10).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2021/22 (55 → 47, -8).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (54 → 62, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2021/22 (56 → 52, -4).
Overall: 87 (1974/75) → 413 (2025/26), 326.
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
44
56
51.0
6
Senior Infants
44
54
50.2
6
1st Class
50
53
50.7
6
2nd Class
47
55
51.5
6
3rd Class
45
62
52.0
6
4th Class
45
54
50.5
6
5th Class
48
56
52.3
6
6th Class
46
56
51.0
6
Total
87
426
276.5
42
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).