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
23.19
2025/26
Mainstream classes
16
2025/26
Largest class group
27
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
322
12
26.83
35
4
2007/08
355
14
25.36
34
3
2008/09
382
14
27.29
33
5
2009/10
409
15
27.27
32
3
2010/11
420
15
28.00
33
6
2011/12
436
15
29.07
33
6
2012/13
447
15
29.80
33
9
2013/14
461
16
28.81
31
8
2014/15
447
17
26.29
30
6
2015/16
438
16
27.38
31
1
2016/17
457
16
28.56
33
4
2017/18
425
17
25.00
29
0
2019/20
411
16
25.69
30
2
2020/21
408
16
25.50
30
1
2021/22
398
16
24.88
29
0
2022/23
395
16
24.69
29
0
2023/24
393
16
24.56
28
0
2024/25
382
16
23.88
27
0
2025/26
371
16
23.19
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 334 in 1983/84 → 516, +182 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1994/95: 516 in 1993/94 → 465, -51 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2025/26 (38 → 53, +15).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (54 → 39, -15).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2025/26 (46 → 53, +7).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2021/22 (55 → 48, -7).
Overall: 58 (1978/79) → 383 (2025/26), 325.
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
55
49.3
6
Senior Infants
44
53
48.3
6
1st Class
40
53
46.7
6
2nd Class
36
54
46.5
6
3rd Class
36
59
49.7
6
4th Class
38
58
51.0
6
5th Class
44
56
51.0
6
6th Class
46
56
51.5
6
Total
58
516
357.2
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).