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
17.60
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
20
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
182
9
20.22
26
0
2007/08
195
9
21.67
24
0
2008/09
187
9
20.78
24
0
2009/10
190
9
21.11
25
0
2010/11
183
9
20.33
24
0
2011/12
175
8
21.88
32
1
2012/13
165
8
20.62
24
0
2013/14
155
8
19.38
24
0
2014/15
165
8
20.62
24
0
2015/16
169
8
21.12
26
0
2016/17
179
8
22.38
27
0
2017/18
195
9
21.67
26
0
2019/20
202
10
20.20
27
0
2020/21
215
10
21.50
26
0
2021/22
207
10
20.70
26
0
2022/23
189
10
18.90
25
0
2023/24
195
10
19.50
24
0
2024/25
185
10
18.50
24
0
2025/26
176
10
17.60
20
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2005/06: 175 in 2004/05 → 191, +16 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 331 in 1982/83 → 179, -152 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2021/22 (32 → 50, +18).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2021/22 (47 → 32, -15).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (31 → 34, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2022/23 (48 → 45, -3).
Overall: 453 (1974/75) → 176 (2025/26), -277.
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
1
2nd Class
31
47
35.5
6
3rd Class
31
52
39.3
6
4th Class
32
50
39.3
6
5th Class
31
47
39.3
6
6th Class
32
48
41.0
6
Total
155
453
227.8
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).