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
23.18
2025/26
Mainstream classes
11
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
242
9
26.89
30
2
2007/08
267
10
26.70
32
3
2008/09
250
10
25.00
31
2
2009/10
276
10
27.60
36
3
2010/11
286
10
28.60
38
4
2011/12
263
11
23.91
30
2
2012/13
253
10
25.30
33
2
2013/14
255
9
28.33
34
4
2014/15
291
10
29.10
36
4
2015/16
282
11
25.64
31
2
2016/17
276
12
23.00
29
0
2017/18
274
10
27.40
33
2
2019/20
261
10
26.10
32
2
2020/21
266
11
24.18
28
0
2021/22
258
11
23.45
29
0
2022/23
277
11
25.18
30
1
2023/24
272
11
24.73
31
2
2024/25
257
11
23.36
30
1
2025/26
255
11
23.18
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 422 in 1983/84 → 659, +237 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1994/95: 659 in 1993/94 → 589, -70 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2021/22 (56 → 81, +25).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (78 → 64, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (67 → 72, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2023/24 (79 → 0, -79).
Overall: 204 (1981/82) → 265 (2025/26), 61.
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
58
75
63.8
6
Senior Infants
56
78
66.5
6
1st Class
56
81
68.0
6
2nd Class
57
79
69.3
6
3rd Class
0
0
0.0
2
4th Class
0
0
0.0
1
5th Class
0
0
0.0
1
6th Class
0
0
0.0
1
Total
204
659
326.0
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).