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
24.33
2025/26
Mainstream classes
6
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
128
5
25.60
31
1
2007/08
130
5
26.00
34
1
2008/09
149
5
29.80
32
3
2009/10
147
6
24.50
32
1
2010/11
147
6
24.50
29
0
2011/12
145
6
24.17
30
1
2012/13
145
6
24.17
28
0
2013/14
131
6
21.83
25
0
2014/15
127
5
25.40
27
0
2015/16
125
5
25.00
28
0
2016/17
124
5
24.80
28
0
2017/18
119
5
23.80
28
0
2019/20
113
5
22.60
28
0
2020/21
115
5
23.00
25
0
2021/22
128
5
25.60
30
1
2022/23
127
5
25.40
32
1
2023/24
138
6
23.00
26
0
2024/25
137
6
22.83
26
0
2025/26
146
6
24.33
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 144 in 1983/84 → 201, +57 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1997/98: 178 in 1996/97 → 152, -26 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2024/25 (16 → 27, +11).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2022/23 (24 → 16, -8).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2023/24 (11 → 14, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (24 → 22, -2).
Overall: 185 (1974/75) → 155 (2025/26), -30.
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
15
26
19.5
6
Senior Infants
14
27
18.8
6
1st Class
15
27
19.0
6
2nd Class
12
24
17.0
6
3rd Class
11
22
16.3
6
4th Class
11
20
15.2
6
5th Class
14
20
16.2
6
6th Class
11
21
15.3
6
Total
113
201
145.6
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).