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
22.71
2025/26
Mainstream classes
24
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
647
23
28.13
30
5
2007/08
619
24
25.79
29
0
2008/09
651
24
27.12
31
3
2009/10
619
23
26.91
29
0
2010/11
632
23
27.48
29
0
2011/12
669
24
27.88
31
2
2012/13
694
25
27.76
29
0
2013/14
686
25
27.44
30
1
2014/15
720
26
27.69
30
2
2015/16
740
26
28.46
31
6
2016/17
721
26
27.73
32
5
2017/18
711
26
27.35
31
5
2019/20
652
25
26.08
28
0
2020/21
646
25
25.84
27
0
2021/22
611
24
25.46
27
0
2022/23
587
24
24.46
27
0
2023/24
577
24
24.04
27
0
2024/25
582
24
24.25
27
0
2025/26
545
24
22.71
26
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1976/77: 80 in 1975/76 → 597, +517 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 863 in 1982/83 → 573, -290 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2025/26 (140 → 150, +10).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (145 → 126, -19).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2024/25 (148 → 157, +9).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (180 → 0, -180).
Overall: 80 (1975/76) → 557 (2025/26), 477.
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
126
155
140.7
6
Senior Infants
135
154
146.0
6
1st Class
140
158
148.7
6
2nd Class
140
180
158.0
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
80
930
664.7
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).