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
16.11
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
2025/26
Largest class group
22
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
153
9
17.00
21
0
2007/08
151
8
18.88
25
0
2008/09
159
8
19.88
25
0
2009/10
142
8
17.75
29
0
2010/11
130
8
16.25
20
0
2011/12
139
8
17.38
19
0
2012/13
129
8
16.12
19
0
2013/14
131
8
16.38
21
0
2014/15
134
7
19.14
25
0
2015/16
134
8
16.75
20
0
2016/17
142
8
17.75
25
0
2017/18
138
8
17.25
22
0
2019/20
131
8
16.38
23
0
2020/21
141
7
20.14
29
0
2021/22
133
8
16.62
21
0
2022/23
150
8
18.75
23
0
2023/24
155
9
17.22
22
0
2024/25
155
9
17.22
23
0
2025/26
145
9
16.11
22
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1976/77: 861 in 1975/76 → 885, +24 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 549 in 1983/84 → 368, -181 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2022/23 (15 → 26, +11).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2024/25 (19 → 11, -8).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2022/23 (15 → 19, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2025/26 (24 → 21, -3).
Overall: 875 (1974/75) → 151 (2025/26), -724.
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
20.3
6
Senior Infants
14
25
20.2
6
1st Class
13
24
18.2
6
2nd Class
12
21
18.2
6
3rd Class
11
23
18.5
6
4th Class
13
22
18.3
6
5th Class
15
22
18.5
6
6th Class
14
21
18.3
6
Total
131
885
324.2
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).