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
16.38
2025/26
Mainstream classes
13
2025/26
Largest class group
18
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
279
14
19.93
23
0
2007/08
266
14
19.00
23
0
2008/09
264
14
18.86
24
0
2009/10
273
15
18.20
25
0
2010/11
253
14
18.07
23
0
2011/12
268
14
19.14
25
0
2012/13
280
14
20.00
24
0
2013/14
280
14
20.00
22
0
2014/15
300
15
20.00
22
0
2015/16
287
15
19.13
22
0
2016/17
285
15
19.00
21
0
2017/18
281
16
17.56
21
0
2019/20
279
15
18.60
22
0
2020/21
263
15
17.53
21
0
2021/22
261
15
17.40
21
0
2022/23
243
15
16.20
21
0
2023/24
237
15
15.80
21
0
2024/25
229
15
15.27
20
0
2025/26
213
13
16.38
18
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1978/79: 228 in 1977/78 → 486, +258 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 610 in 1983/84 → 321, -289 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2021/22 (61 → 77, +16).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2022/23 (70 → 56, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2024/25 (62 → 66, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (77 → 0, -77).
Overall: 228 (1977/78) → 231 (2025/26), 3.
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
51
60
57.3
6
Senior Infants
50
68
58.5
6
1st Class
54
76
64.0
6
2nd Class
55
77
64.2
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
228
621
322.2
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).