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
22.22
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
2025/26
Largest class group
28
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
230
9
25.56
30
1
2007/08
232
9
25.78
31
1
2008/09
226
9
25.11
28
0
2009/10
238
9
26.44
30
1
2010/11
233
9
25.89
29
0
2011/12
233
9
25.89
30
2
2012/13
242
9
26.89
29
0
2013/14
233
9
25.89
29
0
2014/15
233
9
25.89
29
0
2015/16
234
9
26.00
31
2
2016/17
234
9
26.00
31
2
2017/18
230
9
25.56
30
3
2019/20
226
9
25.11
29
0
2020/21
220
9
24.44
29
0
2021/22
233
9
25.89
30
2
2022/23
227
9
25.22
30
1
2023/24
227
9
25.22
29
0
2024/25
226
9
25.11
28
0
2025/26
200
9
22.22
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1976/77: 125 in 1975/76 → 386, +261 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 658 in 1982/83 → 354, -304 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2024/25 (58 → 70, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2023/24 (65 → 52, -13).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2021/22 (53 → 58, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (70 → 0, -70).
Overall: 125 (1975/76) → 206 (2025/26), 81.
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
45
63
53.3
6
Senior Infants
49
65
55.2
6
1st Class
53
66
57.3
6
2nd Class
54
70
59.0
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
125
809
312.3
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).