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
15.30
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
18
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
254
18
14.11
16
0
2007/08
253
18
14.06
15
0
2008/09
231
17
13.59
15
0
2009/10
233
16
14.56
17
0
2010/11
228
16
14.25
16
0
2011/12
226
16
14.12
17
0
2012/13
211
14
15.07
17
0
2013/14
208
14
14.86
17
0
2014/15
194
13
14.92
18
0
2015/16
211
13
16.23
19
0
2016/17
215
13
16.54
19
0
2017/18
208
13
16.00
20
0
2019/20
213
15
14.20
16
0
2020/21
199
14
14.21
15
0
2021/22
187
14
13.36
16
0
2022/23
167
13
12.85
16
0
2023/24
153
12
12.75
16
0
2024/25
153
11
13.91
17
0
2025/26
153
10
15.30
18
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1978/79: 772 in 1977/78 → 930, +158 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 816 in 1982/83 → 438, -378 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2024/25 (34 → 50, +16).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2023/24 (54 → 37, -17).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2025/26 (33 → 38, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (57 → 0, -57).
Overall: 787 (1975/76) → 159 (2025/26), -628.
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
33
47
38.5
6
Senior Infants
34
55
42.3
6
1st Class
35
58
44.7
6
2nd Class
35
57
44.2
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
159
930
370.3
41
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).