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
23.31
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
418
15
27.87
31
5
2007/08
379
16
23.69
29
0
2008/09
362
14
25.86
30
2
2009/10
340
13
26.15
30
1
2010/11
360
13
27.69
30
1
2011/12
373
14
26.64
30
2
2012/13
373
14
26.64
32
3
2013/14
365
14
26.07
32
3
2014/15
341
13
26.23
28
0
2015/16
322
13
24.77
30
1
2016/17
329
12
27.42
32
2
2017/18
350
13
26.92
32
3
2019/20
354
15
23.60
30
1
2020/21
376
16
23.50
28
0
2021/22
371
15
24.73
30
2
2022/23
363
15
24.20
29
0
2023/24
372
15
24.80
28
0
2024/25
370
15
24.67
30
1
2025/26
373
16
23.31
26
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1980/81: 384 in 1979/80 → 505, +121 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2000/01: 544 in 1999/00 → 493, -51 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2023/24 (83 → 101, +18).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2022/23 (102 → 83, -19).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2025/26 (100 → 105, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2022/23 (90 → 83, -7).
Overall: 188 (1977/78) → 388 (2025/26), 200.
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
87
106
95.0
6
4th Class
83
102
93.0
6
5th Class
84
100
92.5
6
6th Class
84
105
93.0
6
Total
188
635
432.2
40
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).