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
23.12
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
2025/26
Largest class group
29
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
255
9
28.33
36
6
2007/08
254
9
28.22
34
6
2008/09
250
9
27.78
34
5
2009/10
250
9
27.78
36
4
2010/11
252
9
28.00
33
6
2011/12
253
9
28.11
34
6
2012/13
245
9
27.22
33
6
2013/14
236
9
26.22
32
5
2014/15
234
9
26.00
32
3
2015/16
236
8
29.50
33
4
2016/17
234
9
26.00
33
2
2017/18
230
8
28.75
31
4
2019/20
228
8
28.50
32
3
2020/21
225
8
28.12
32
3
2021/22
220
8
27.50
32
2
2022/23
201
8
25.12
29
0
2023/24
195
8
24.38
28
0
2024/25
189
8
23.62
29
0
2025/26
185
8
23.12
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 197 in 1983/84 → 290, +93 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2022/23: 220 in 2021/22 → 201, -19 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2021/22 (21 → 29, +8).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2021/22 (31 → 18, -13).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2024/25 (28 → 29, +1).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2022/23 (29 → 24, -5).
Overall: 37 (1977/78) → 185 (2025/26), 148.
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
18
31
24.2
6
Senior Infants
18
32
26.8
6
1st Class
18
32
26.2
6
2nd Class
16
30
25.5
6
3rd Class
16
29
25.3
6
4th Class
20
28
25.7
6
5th Class
19
29
25.3
6
6th Class
19
29
23.5
6
Total
37
290
223.9
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).