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
15.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
20
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
324
17
19.06
22
0
2007/08
350
17
20.59
23
0
2008/09
345
17
20.29
23
0
2009/10
323
17
19.00
23
0
2010/11
290
16
18.12
21
0
2011/12
288
15
19.20
21
0
2012/13
274
14
19.57
22
0
2013/14
258
14
18.43
21
0
2014/15
248
14
17.71
20
0
2015/16
233
13
17.92
20
0
2016/17
228
12
19.00
24
0
2017/18
228
12
19.00
23
0
2019/20
204
12
17.00
20
0
2020/21
193
12
16.08
19
0
2021/22
181
11
16.45
19
0
2022/23
165
10
16.50
20
0
2023/24
167
10
16.70
20
0
2024/25
168
10
16.80
20
0
2025/26
150
10
15.00
20
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1978/79: 458 in 1977/78 → 749, +291 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 606 in 1983/84 → 343, -263 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2025/26 (38 → 46, +8).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2022/23 (51 → 40, -11).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2021/22 (48 → 51, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (55 → 0, -55).
Overall: 168 (1976/77) → 162 (2025/26), -6.
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
34
47
40.2
6
Senior Infants
38
48
43.0
6
1st Class
38
51
44.3
6
2nd Class
38
55
45.2
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
162
749
313.5
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).