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
20.44
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
2025/26
Largest class group
30
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
1
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
212
12
17.67
25
0
2007/08
199
12
16.58
22
0
2008/09
200
12
16.67
24
0
2009/10
196
12
16.33
20
0
2010/11
192
11
17.45
21
0
2011/12
197
9
21.89
27
0
2012/13
212
10
21.20
26
0
2013/14
216
11
19.64
25
0
2014/15
210
11
19.09
24
0
2015/16
222
11
20.18
30
1
2016/17
215
11
19.55
27
0
2017/18
212
11
19.27
25
0
2019/20
208
10
20.80
26
0
2020/21
201
10
20.10
26
0
2021/22
208
10
20.80
27
0
2022/23
195
10
19.50
24
0
2023/24
191
10
19.10
26
0
2024/25
170
10
17.00
21
0
2025/26
184
9
20.44
30
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1980/81: 207 in 1979/80 → 322, +115 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2002/03: 326 in 2001/02 → 279, -47 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2025/26 (26 → 64, +38).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2023/24 (66 → 37, -29).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2025/26 (49 → 63, +14).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (65 → 59, -6).
Overall: 207 (1979/80) → 204 (2025/26), -3.
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
26
66
50.0
6
4th Class
33
66
47.2
6
5th Class
36
65
53.5
6
6th Class
44
59
51.8
6
Total
192
494
288.5
38
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).