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
24.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
20
2025/26
Largest class group
31
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
2
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
520
19
27.37
33
8
2007/08
509
19
26.79
32
6
2008/09
516
19
27.16
32
8
2009/10
528
20
26.40
32
7
2010/11
531
20
26.55
32
8
2011/12
550
20
27.50
36
7
2012/13
567
21
27.00
35
7
2013/14
571
21
27.19
34
7
2014/15
571
21
27.19
34
9
2015/16
579
22
26.32
34
5
2016/17
573
22
26.05
34
6
2017/18
549
21
26.14
34
5
2019/20
539
21
25.67
34
4
2020/21
509
21
24.24
34
5
2021/22
496
20
24.80
31
4
2022/23
502
20
25.10
30
1
2023/24
482
20
24.10
30
2
2024/25
499
20
24.95
31
2
2025/26
480
20
24.00
31
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 387 in 1983/84 → 540, +153 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2020/21: 539 in 2019/20 → 509, -30 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2023/24 (55 → 76, +21).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2021/22 (80 → 54, -26).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2024/25 (50 → 53, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2025/26 (55 → 53, -2).
Overall: 211 (1975/76) → 480 (2025/26), 269.
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
49
71
59.5
6
Senior Infants
48
72
59.5
6
1st Class
50
67
58.5
6
2nd Class
53
71
61.5
6
3rd Class
52
73
59.5
6
4th Class
53
80
64.0
6
5th Class
55
80
65.8
6
6th Class
56
80
66.3
6
Total
207
579
471.5
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).