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
22.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
16
2025/26
Largest class group
25
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
334
12
27.83
29
0
2007/08
322
12
26.83
29
0
2008/09
317
12
26.42
29
0
2009/10
325
12
27.08
30
1
2010/11
324
12
27.00
28
0
2011/12
317
12
26.42
30
1
2012/13
318
12
26.50
30
1
2013/14
331
12
27.58
30
4
2014/15
336
13
25.85
30
3
2015/16
368
13
28.31
30
2
2016/17
387
14
27.64
30
1
2017/18
405
15
27.00
29
0
2019/20
398
16
24.88
27
0
2020/21
402
16
25.12
28
0
2021/22
385
16
24.06
26
0
2022/23
380
16
23.75
25
0
2023/24
377
16
23.56
25
0
2024/25
363
16
22.69
25
0
2025/26
352
16
22.00
25
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1979/80: 44 in 1978/79 → 636, +592 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1978/79: 682 in 1977/78 → 44, -638 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2025/26 (95 → 101, +6).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2021/22 (109 → 93, -16).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2025/26 (78 → 90, +12).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (109 → 0, -109).
Overall: 678 (1975/76) → 365 (2025/26), -313.
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
78
102
91.0
6
Senior Infants
90
99
94.8
6
1st Class
94
97
96.0
6
2nd Class
92
109
97.2
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
44
682
378.5
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).