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
24.31
2025/26
Mainstream classes
16
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
421
16
26.31
29
0
2007/08
425
16
26.56
30
1
2008/09
431
16
26.94
31
2
2009/10
424
16
26.50
31
2
2010/11
430
16
26.88
31
1
2011/12
433
16
27.06
31
3
2012/13
439
16
27.44
30
1
2013/14
438
16
27.38
30
1
2014/15
445
16
27.81
30
1
2015/16
432
16
27.00
30
1
2016/17
433
16
27.06
29
0
2017/18
417
16
26.06
28
0
2019/20
402
16
25.12
27
0
2020/21
391
16
24.44
26
0
2021/22
393
16
24.56
27
0
2022/23
386
16
24.12
26
0
2023/24
389
16
24.31
26
0
2024/25
383
16
23.94
27
0
2025/26
389
16
24.31
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1975/76: 579 in 1974/75 → 660, +81 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 759 in 1983/84 → 551, -208 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (40 → 48, +8).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2024/25 (49 → 40, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2025/26 (47 → 51, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2022/23 (51 → 47, -4).
Overall: 579 (1974/75) → 389 (2025/26), -190.
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
40
49
46.3
6
Senior Infants
40
48
46.3
6
1st Class
45
51
48.5
6
2nd Class
45
51
48.3
6
3rd Class
44
51
48.3
6
4th Class
46
52
50.3
6
5th Class
47
54
50.3
6
6th Class
47
55
50.0
6
Total
383
792
517.0
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).