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
21.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
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
226
12
18.83
22
0
2007/08
242
12
20.17
22
0
2008/09
265
13
20.38
24
0
2009/10
263
13
20.23
23
0
2010/11
270
13
20.77
24
0
2011/12
259
13
19.92
24
0
2012/13
265
13
20.38
24
0
2013/14
282
13
21.69
25
0
2014/15
287
13
22.08
26
0
2015/16
289
13
22.23
26
0
2016/17
274
13
21.08
24
0
2017/18
293
13
22.54
28
0
2019/20
268
13
20.62
23
0
2020/21
264
12
22.00
26
0
2021/22
233
12
19.42
22
0
2022/23
227
11
20.64
24
0
2023/24
219
11
19.91
24
0
2024/25
206
10
20.60
25
0
2025/26
210
10
21.00
25
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1981/82: 454 in 1980/81 → 530, +76 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 574 in 1983/84 → 429, -145 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2025/26 (44 → 62, +18).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2021/22 (65 → 49, -16).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2025/26 (61 → 62, +1).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2022/23 (63 → 58, -5).
Overall: 400 (1977/78) → 213 (2025/26), -187.
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
0
0
0.0
1
Senior Infants
0
0
0.0
1
1st Class
0
0
0.0
1
2nd Class
0
0
0.0
1
3rd Class
47
65
54.8
6
4th Class
47
63
56.2
6
5th Class
46
61
56.7
6
6th Class
44
76
59.8
6
Total
209
574
320.9
40
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).