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
22.14
2025/26
Mainstream classes
14
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
250
9
27.78
31
4
2007/08
292
11
26.55
29
0
2008/09
318
12
26.50
29
0
2009/10
346
12
28.83
31
4
2010/11
346
13
26.62
31
3
2011/12
363
13
27.92
33
4
2012/13
372
13
28.62
33
6
2013/14
356
14
25.43
31
2
2014/15
353
14
25.21
30
1
2015/16
332
14
23.71
28
0
2016/17
344
13
26.46
31
2
2017/18
349
14
24.93
30
1
2019/20
347
14
24.79
30
1
2020/21
337
14
24.07
30
1
2021/22
332
14
23.71
28
0
2022/23
325
14
23.21
27
0
2023/24
325
14
23.21
27
0
2024/25
316
14
22.57
27
0
2025/26
310
14
22.14
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2007/08: 250 in 2006/07 → 292, +42 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2015/16: 370 in 2014/15 → 350, -20 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (35 → 50, +15).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2023/24 (51 → 32, -19).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2025/26 (37 → 43, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (34 → 32, -2).
Overall: 115 (1993/94) → 328 (2025/26), 213.
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
32
50
37.0
6
Senior Infants
34
43
37.0
6
1st Class
34
45
38.2
6
2nd Class
34
47
40.3
6
3rd Class
32
50
42.0
6
4th Class
32
51
43.3
6
5th Class
33
52
45.0
6
6th Class
35
52
44.3
6
Total
88
372
257.7
33
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).