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
23.36
2025/26
Mainstream classes
11
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
251
9
27.89
33
4
2007/08
225
9
25.00
31
2
2008/09
218
8
27.25
32
1
2009/10
223
8
27.88
34
3
2010/11
248
9
27.56
33
4
2011/12
249
9
27.67
34
3
2012/13
254
9
28.22
34
4
2013/14
281
10
28.10
34
3
2014/15
308
11
28.00
34
4
2015/16
329
12
27.42
34
5
2016/17
348
13
26.77
35
3
2017/18
338
13
26.00
33
3
2019/20
333
13
25.62
32
3
2020/21
341
14
24.36
31
2
2021/22
309
14
22.07
29
0
2022/23
315
13
24.23
30
2
2023/24
303
13
23.31
29
0
2024/25
265
12
22.08
29
0
2025/26
257
11
23.36
26
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1979/80: 81 in 1978/79 → 351, +270 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1978/79: 213 in 1977/78 → 81, -132 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2023/24 (30 → 51, +21).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2024/25 (51 → 25, -26).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2022/23 (39 → 45, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2023/24 (47 → 43, -4).
Overall: 139 (1976/77) → 275 (2025/26), 136.
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
24
48
33.2
6
Senior Infants
25
46
34.0
6
1st Class
27
47
37.2
6
2nd Class
25
51
36.5
6
3rd Class
27
48
37.7
6
4th Class
28
50
39.3
6
5th Class
28
49
39.0
6
6th Class
27
52
44.5
6
Total
81
685
339.3
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).