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
24.06
2025/26
Mainstream classes
16
2025/26
Largest class group
26
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
248
9
27.56
32
5
2007/08
260
9
28.89
33
5
2008/09
287
10
28.70
34
4
2009/10
328
11
29.82
34
5
2010/11
353
13
27.15
31
6
2011/12
345
13
26.54
31
4
2012/13
334
13
25.69
29
0
2013/14
322
12
26.83
31
2
2014/15
323
12
26.92
30
1
2015/16
335
12
27.92
31
4
2016/17
344
13
26.46
31
3
2017/18
354
13
27.23
30
6
2019/20
369
14
26.36
30
2
2020/21
382
14
27.29
30
1
2021/22
389
15
25.93
30
1
2022/23
396
16
24.75
27
0
2023/24
389
16
24.31
26
0
2024/25
389
16
24.31
26
0
2025/26
385
16
24.06
26
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2009/10: 287 in 2008/09 → 328, +41 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 517 in 1982/83 → 358, -159 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (84 → 102, +18).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2022/23 (103 → 92, -11).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2025/26 (98 → 103, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2021/22 (106 → 101, -5).
Overall: 727 (1974/75) → 397 (2025/26), -330.
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
0
0
0.0
1
Senior Infants
0
0
0.0
1
1st Class
0
0
0.0
1
2nd Class
0
0
0.0
1
3rd Class
92
103
97.3
6
4th Class
95
106
100.0
6
5th Class
85
101
96.7
6
6th Class
84
103
96.8
6
Total
229
727
389.3
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).