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
20.45
2025/26
Mainstream classes
11
2025/26
Largest class group
26
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
288
12
24.00
26
0
2007/08
298
12
24.83
27
0
2008/09
304
12
25.33
27
0
2009/10
305
12
25.42
28
0
2010/11
306
12
25.50
28
0
2011/12
314
12
26.17
29
0
2012/13
326
12
27.17
30
1
2013/14
303
14
21.64
25
0
2014/15
279
14
19.93
22
0
2015/16
272
13
20.92
27
0
2016/17
270
13
20.77
26
0
2017/18
288
12
24.00
26
0
2019/20
305
13
23.46
25
0
2020/21
300
13
23.08
25
0
2021/22
285
13
21.92
25
0
2022/23
282
13
21.69
24
0
2023/24
245
12
20.42
24
0
2024/25
223
12
18.58
21
0
2025/26
225
11
20.45
26
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1983/84: 267 in 1982/83 → 326, +59 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1998/99: 314 in 1997/98 → 276, -38 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (72 → 86, +14).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2021/22 (86 → 69, -17).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2025/26 (52 → 55, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (55 → 52, -3).
Overall: 267 (1982/83) → 231 (2025/26), -36.
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
0
0
0.0
1
Senior Infants
0
0
0.0
1
1st Class
0
0
0.0
1
2nd Class
0
0
0.0
1
3rd Class
50
67
60.2
6
4th Class
50
86
63.8
6
5th Class
55
83
67.0
6
6th Class
63
86
71.3
6
Total
227
387
293.1
35
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).