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
20.14
2025/26
Mainstream classes
7
2025/26
Largest class group
23
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
157
8
19.62
24
0
2007/08
163
8
20.38
23
0
2008/09
152
8
19.00
24
0
2009/10
166
8
20.75
25
0
2010/11
157
8
19.62
23
0
2011/12
159
7
22.71
28
0
2012/13
174
7
24.86
28
0
2013/14
186
8
23.25
28
0
2014/15
198
9
22.00
26
0
2015/16
194
9
21.56
26
0
2016/17
174
9
19.33
24
0
2017/18
160
8
20.00
25
0
2019/20
141
7
20.14
33
1
2020/21
156
8
19.50
24
0
2021/22
152
7
21.71
32
1
2022/23
152
7
21.71
35
1
2023/24
158
7
22.57
34
1
2024/25
147
8
18.38
24
0
2025/26
141
7
20.14
23
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1975/76: 149 in 1974/75 → 572, +423 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1980/81: 885 in 1978/79 → 498, -387 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2025/26 (30 → 49, +19).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2025/26 (47 → 30, -17).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2025/26 (30 → 38, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (34 → 30, -4).
Overall: 149 (1974/75) → 147 (2025/26), -2.
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
29
47
37.0
6
4th Class
30
47
38.5
6
5th Class
30
49
38.8
6
6th Class
32
45
38.7
6
Total
141
885
267.6
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).