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
23.50
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
32
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
2
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
176
7
25.14
29
0
2007/08
174
7
24.86
28
0
2008/09
182
7
26.00
29
0
2009/10
183
7
26.14
30
1
2010/11
186
7
26.57
31
1
2011/12
203
7
29.00
32
4
2012/13
205
7
29.29
32
5
2013/14
200
8
25.00
30
2
2014/15
206
8
25.75
29
0
2015/16
217
8
27.12
31
1
2016/17
224
9
24.89
29
0
2017/18
230
9
25.56
31
1
2019/20
234
9
26.00
33
2
2020/21
231
9
25.67
30
2
2021/22
224
9
24.89
30
2
2022/23
229
9
25.44
31
1
2023/24
225
10
22.50
30
2
2024/25
235
10
23.50
32
3
2025/26
235
10
23.50
32
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 188 in 1983/84 → 215, +27 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1999/00: 195 in 1998/99 → 184, -11 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2025/26 (21 → 42, +21).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2023/24 (38 → 23, -15).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2022/23 (21 → 28, +7).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (29 → 24, -5).
Overall: 167 (1981/82) → 247 (2025/26), 80.
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
19
38
29.0
6
Senior Infants
19
38
29.7
6
1st Class
20
39
26.8
6
2nd Class
21
42
28.0
6
3rd Class
22
30
27.3
6
4th Class
28
34
30.3
6
5th Class
24
37
30.3
6
6th Class
27
37
31.0
6
Total
167
247
207.4
36
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).