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
26.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
30
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
2
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
8
28.75
31
3
2007/08
233
8
29.12
31
5
2008/09
264
9
29.33
31
5
2009/10
264
9
29.33
31
6
2010/11
267
9
29.67
31
6
2011/12
262
9
29.11
30
4
2012/13
262
9
29.11
30
5
2013/14
259
9
28.78
30
4
2014/15
262
9
29.11
31
5
2015/16
263
9
29.22
31
5
2016/17
236
8
29.50
31
7
2017/18
240
8
30.00
31
7
2019/20
266
9
29.56
31
6
2020/21
266
9
29.56
31
7
2021/22
263
9
29.22
31
5
2022/23
257
9
28.56
31
3
2023/24
262
10
26.20
31
2
2024/25
258
10
25.80
30
2
2025/26
260
10
26.00
30
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 225 in 1983/84 → 309, +84 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1995/96: 311 in 1994/95 → 278, -33 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2023/24 (28 → 53, +25).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2023/24 (54 → 27, -27).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2025/26 (26 → 28, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (29 → 27, -2).
Overall: 24 (1975/76) → 266 (2025/26), 242.
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
29
37
30.8
6
Senior Infants
29
55
35.2
6
1st Class
29
54
35.0
6
2nd Class
27
54
33.0
6
3rd Class
26
53
32.2
6
4th Class
28
52
32.8
6
5th Class
27
53
33.5
6
6th Class
27
31
29.8
6
Total
24
311
229.9
42
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).