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
16.33
2025/26
Mainstream classes
15
2025/26
Largest class group
19
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
302
15
20.13
24
0
2007/08
290
15
19.33
23
0
2008/09
309
15
20.60
25
0
2009/10
319
16
19.94
23
0
2010/11
330
16
20.62
25
0
2011/12
328
18
18.22
20
0
2012/13
323
17
19.00
21
0
2013/14
321
17
18.88
21
0
2014/15
291
17
17.12
21
0
2015/16
294
16
18.38
22
0
2016/17
294
15
19.60
21
0
2017/18
284
15
18.93
21
0
2019/20
305
16
19.06
21
0
2020/21
285
16
17.81
21
0
2021/22
270
15
18.00
21
0
2022/23
253
15
16.87
20
0
2023/24
239
15
15.93
19
0
2024/25
244
15
16.27
19
0
2025/26
245
15
16.33
19
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1978/79: 241 in 1977/78 → 371, +130 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 699 in 1983/84 → 403, -296 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2025/26 (56 → 77, +21).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (76 → 53, -23).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2025/26 (69 → 77, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (78 → 0, -78).
Overall: 43 (1975/76) → 261 (2025/26), 218.
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
54
69
62.7
6
Senior Infants
53
77
65.3
6
1st Class
56
79
65.5
6
2nd Class
59
78
69.7
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
43
699
334.0
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).