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
18.69
2025/26
Mainstream classes
13
2025/26
Largest class group
28
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
331
16
20.69
26
0
2007/08
326
16
20.38
25
0
2008/09
311
15
20.73
25
0
2009/10
288
15
19.20
26
0
2010/11
279
14
19.93
33
1
2011/12
273
13
21.00
33
2
2012/13
277
13
21.31
32
2
2013/14
273
13
21.00
32
1
2014/15
289
13
22.23
33
1
2015/16
304
14
21.71
33
1
2016/17
324
14
23.14
33
2
2017/18
313
15
20.87
32
1
2019/20
308
15
20.53
28
0
2020/21
287
14
20.50
30
1
2021/22
274
14
19.57
29
0
2022/23
254
14
18.14
27
0
2023/24
254
13
19.54
27
0
2024/25
248
14
17.71
28
0
2025/26
243
13
18.69
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1976/77: 918 in 1975/76 → 973, +55 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 662 in 1983/84 → 383, -279 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2024/25 (26 → 39, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2021/22 (45 → 29, -16).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2025/26 (27 → 32, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2021/22 (45 → 42, -3).
Overall: 1035 (1974/75) → 249 (2025/26), -786.
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
24
36
29.0
6
Senior Infants
24
39
30.2
6
1st Class
23
38
31.2
6
2nd Class
25
39
31.3
6
3rd Class
25
45
33.0
6
4th Class
27
42
33.5
6
5th Class
27
45
35.5
6
6th Class
28
45
37.3
6
Total
249
1035
460.2
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).