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
15.64
2025/26
Mainstream classes
11
2025/26
Largest class group
21
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
277
14
19.79
22
0
2007/08
285
14
20.36
22
0
2008/09
288
14
20.57
22
0
2009/10
297
14
21.21
22
0
2010/11
295
14
21.07
23
0
2011/12
296
14
21.14
22
0
2012/13
293
14
20.93
22
0
2013/14
290
14
20.71
23
0
2014/15
292
14
20.86
23
0
2015/16
293
14
20.93
23
0
2016/17
281
14
20.07
23
0
2017/18
288
15
19.20
23
0
2019/20
260
15
17.33
23
0
2020/21
249
13
19.15
23
0
2021/22
231
13
17.77
23
0
2022/23
206
13
15.85
20
0
2023/24
190
12
15.83
19
0
2024/25
189
11
17.18
20
0
2025/26
172
11
15.64
21
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1979/80: 42 in 1978/79 → 491, +449 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 548 in 1983/84 → 354, -194 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2022/23 (50 → 62, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2023/24 (62 → 39, -23).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2025/26 (47 → 52, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (67 → 0, -67).
Overall: 42 (1978/79) → 184 (2025/26), 142.
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
39
59
50.0
6
Senior Infants
39
62
51.3
6
1st Class
38
69
52.5
6
2nd Class
40
67
55.3
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
42
661
298.7
39
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).