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
23.27
2025/26
Mainstream classes
11
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
235
8
29.38
34
6
2007/08
237
9
26.33
34
4
2008/09
244
9
27.11
34
5
2009/10
243
9
27.00
34
5
2010/11
242
9
26.89
34
5
2011/12
239
9
26.56
35
5
2012/13
254
9
28.22
35
4
2013/14
259
9
28.78
35
4
2014/15
260
10
26.00
35
4
2015/16
277
10
27.70
35
3
2016/17
274
10
27.40
35
2
2017/18
276
10
27.60
35
3
2019/20
274
10
27.40
34
5
2020/21
258
10
25.80
34
5
2021/22
255
10
25.50
34
5
2022/23
254
10
25.40
34
4
2023/24
248
10
24.80
34
4
2024/25
259
10
25.90
34
3
2025/26
256
11
23.27
32
3
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1980/81: 150 in 1979/80 → 245, +95 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1979/80: 236 in 1978/79 → 150, -86 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2025/26 (28 → 44, +16).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (43 → 31, -12).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2025/26 (26 → 28, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2024/25 (31 → 28, -3).
Overall: 120 (1974/75) → 262 (2025/26), 142.
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
25
43
32.3
6
Senior Infants
24
44
31.8
6
1st Class
25
36
30.3
6
2nd Class
26
36
31.7
6
3rd Class
26
36
31.5
6
4th Class
28
38
32.3
6
5th Class
30
38
32.7
6
6th Class
30
38
33.8
6
Total
120
277
230.0
42
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).