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
21.56
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
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
153
6
25.50
34
1
2007/08
163
6
27.17
31
2
2008/09
191
7
27.29
33
3
2009/10
199
7
28.43
33
4
2010/11
218
7
31.14
36
5
2011/12
241
8
30.12
33
6
2012/13
249
10
24.90
31
2
2013/14
277
10
27.70
31
3
2014/15
286
10
28.60
30
4
2015/16
281
11
25.55
32
3
2016/17
287
11
26.09
35
3
2017/18
299
12
24.92
33
3
2019/20
297
12
24.75
30
1
2020/21
289
14
20.64
29
0
2021/22
277
13
21.31
30
2
2022/23
255
12
21.25
29
0
2023/24
236
11
21.45
28
0
2024/25
218
10
21.80
28
0
2025/26
194
9
21.56
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1975/76: 292 in 1974/75 → 388, +96 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 532 in 1983/84 → 295, -237 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2024/25 (20 → 33, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2022/23 (43 → 22, -21).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2023/24 (22 → 27, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2022/23 (39 → 35, -4).
Overall: 292 (1974/75) → 200 (2025/26), -92.
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
12
34
22.0
6
Senior Infants
18
33
24.0
6
1st Class
16
41
26.8
6
2nd Class
22
43
30.8
6
3rd Class
25
42
33.5
6
4th Class
25
44
35.0
6
5th Class
25
45
37.3
6
6th Class
36
43
39.3
6
Total
153
546
292.3
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).