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
21.94
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
361
13
27.77
29
0
2007/08
373
14
26.64
29
0
2008/09
405
15
27.00
29
0
2009/10
397
15
26.47
28
0
2010/11
387
15
25.80
28
0
2011/12
368
15
24.53
29
0
2012/13
384
15
25.60
30
1
2013/14
396
15
26.40
30
2
2014/15
413
15
27.53
30
4
2015/16
403
15
26.87
30
3
2016/17
403
15
26.87
29
0
2017/18
395
15
26.33
29
0
2019/20
407
16
25.44
29
0
2020/21
384
16
24.00
27
0
2021/22
384
16
24.00
27
0
2022/23
370
16
23.12
26
0
2023/24
376
16
23.50
26
0
2024/25
382
16
23.88
26
0
2025/26
351
16
21.94
26
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1976/77: 316 in 1975/76 → 551, +235 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 621 in 1983/84 → 497, -124 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2024/25 (84 → 98, +14).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2021/22 (105 → 86, -19).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2024/25 (97 → 98, +1).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (105 → 0, -105).
Overall: 130 (1974/75) → 357 (2025/26), 227.
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
72
103
93.0
6
Senior Infants
87
101
95.0
6
1st Class
86
105
96.2
6
2nd Class
84
105
94.5
6
3rd Class
0
0
0.0
1
4th Class
0
0
0.0
1
5th Class
0
0
0.0
1
6th Class
0
0
0.0
1
Total
130
676
434.3
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).