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
21.69
2025/26
Mainstream classes
13
2025/26
Largest class group
32
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
3
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
232
9
25.78
32
3
2007/08
228
9
25.33
30
2
2008/09
237
9
26.33
31
4
2009/10
243
9
27.00
31
4
2010/11
253
9
28.11
33
5
2011/12
261
10
26.10
34
5
2012/13
262
10
26.20
32
3
2013/14
262
10
26.20
33
4
2014/15
257
10
25.70
32
3
2015/16
268
10
26.80
34
2
2016/17
283
11
25.73
36
4
2017/18
293
11
26.64
34
4
2019/20
285
12
23.75
28
0
2020/21
296
12
24.67
32
1
2021/22
289
13
22.23
27
0
2022/23
286
13
22.00
27
0
2023/24
287
13
22.08
29
0
2024/25
288
13
22.15
30
1
2025/26
282
13
21.69
32
3
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2016/17: 286 in 2015/16 → 306, +20 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1976/77: 200 in 1975/76 → 186, -14 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2025/26 (32 → 44, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2022/23 (41 → 27, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2025/26 (40 → 44, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2022/23 (29 → 27, -2).
Overall: 199 (1974/75) → 306 (2025/26), 107.
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
29
41
36.3
6
Senior Infants
27
41
35.3
6
1st Class
29
42
35.0
6
2nd Class
31
40
34.8
6
3rd Class
29
42
35.8
6
4th Class
32
44
38.7
6
5th Class
33
43
37.3
6
6th Class
35
44
38.7
6
Total
186
319
243.8
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).