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
25.66
2025/26
Mainstream classes
29
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
724
24
30.17
32
18
2007/08
717
24
29.88
32
16
2008/09
702
24
29.25
32
13
2009/10
703
24
29.29
31
11
2010/11
681
24
28.38
31
5
2011/12
690
24
28.75
31
9
2012/13
704
24
29.33
31
10
2013/14
696
25
27.84
31
2
2014/15
713
26
27.42
31
3
2015/16
709
26
27.27
29
0
2016/17
744
27
27.56
29
0
2017/18
756
27
28.00
30
1
2019/20
796
29
27.45
31
2
2020/21
802
29
27.66
31
2
2021/22
795
29
27.41
30
1
2022/23
782
29
26.97
30
2
2023/24
768
29
26.48
29
0
2024/25
757
29
26.10
29
0
2025/26
744
29
25.66
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 477 in 1983/84 → 810, +333 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1996/97: 778 in 1995/96 → 752, -26 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2021/22 (195 → 207, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2025/26 (201 → 183, -18).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (196 → 201, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2021/22 (199 → 194, -5).
Overall: 402 (1982/83) → 744 (2025/26), 342.
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
180
199
189.7
6
4th Class
178
202
191.3
6
5th Class
183
206
196.2
6
6th Class
191
207
197.5
6
Total
402
810
729.4
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).