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
17.15
2025/26
Mainstream classes
13
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
377
16
23.56
26
0
2007/08
383
16
23.94
28
0
2008/09
375
17
22.06
26
0
2009/10
358
17
21.06
26
0
2010/11
348
16
21.75
25
0
2011/12
337
16
21.06
24
0
2012/13
331
16
20.69
24
0
2013/14
338
16
21.12
27
0
2014/15
338
16
21.12
27
0
2015/16
346
16
21.62
26
0
2016/17
354
16
22.12
26
0
2017/18
341
16
21.31
27
0
2019/20
337
16
21.06
26
0
2020/21
316
16
19.75
26
0
2021/22
308
15
20.53
30
1
2022/23
285
15
19.00
25
0
2023/24
262
15
17.47
24
0
2024/25
242
14
17.29
23
0
2025/26
223
13
17.15
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1994/95: 420 in 1993/94 → 437, +17 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 710 in 1983/84 → 420, -290 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2023/24 (34 → 42, +8).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2022/23 (49 → 33, -16).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2023/24 (32 → 35, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2023/24 (48 → 44, -4).
Overall: 1144 (1974/75) → 229 (2025/26), -915.
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
22
41
29.5
6
Senior Infants
22
40
30.3
6
1st Class
23
42
31.7
6
2nd Class
24
40
32.5
6
3rd Class
29
48
36.2
6
4th Class
30
49
37.7
6
5th Class
29
48
38.8
6
6th Class
29
48
39.8
6
Total
229
1144
498.6
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).