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
19.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
11
2025/26
Largest class group
28
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
123
6
20.50
26
0
2007/08
144
6
24.00
29
0
2008/09
165
7
23.57
27
0
2009/10
163
7
23.29
29
0
2010/11
179
7
25.57
29
0
2011/12
188
8
23.50
27
0
2012/13
186
8
23.25
28
0
2013/14
197
8
24.62
28
0
2014/15
192
8
24.00
28
0
2015/16
189
8
23.62
28
0
2016/17
215
9
23.89
28
0
2017/18
210
10
21.00
26
0
2019/20
233
11
21.18
26
0
2020/21
232
11
21.09
26
0
2021/22
231
11
21.00
24
0
2022/23
224
11
20.36
23
0
2023/24
213
11
19.36
24
0
2024/25
205
11
18.64
24
0
2025/26
209
11
19.00
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1981/82: 367 in 1980/81 → 447, +80 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 441 in 1983/84 → 359, -82 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2021/22 (55 → 64, +9).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2024/25 (70 → 48, -22).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (48 → 53, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2025/26 (52 → 49, -3).
Overall: 271 (1977/78) → 209 (2025/26), -62.
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
46
63
52.5
6
4th Class
45
66
54.7
6
5th Class
47
66
55.8
6
6th Class
48
70
56.0
6
Total
129
447
233.2
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).