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
24.56
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
2025/26
Largest class group
32
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
183
8
22.88
28
0
2007/08
188
8
23.50
28
0
2008/09
188
8
23.50
28
0
2009/10
201
8
25.12
29
0
2010/11
190
8
23.75
28
0
2011/12
188
8
23.50
28
0
2012/13
203
7
29.00
32
4
2013/14
205
7
29.29
33
4
2014/15
207
8
25.88
33
1
2015/16
215
8
26.88
33
3
2016/17
212
8
26.50
34
3
2017/18
202
8
25.25
35
3
2019/20
216
8
27.00
35
3
2020/21
207
8
25.88
32
2
2021/22
203
8
25.38
32
1
2022/23
206
8
25.75
31
1
2023/24
228
9
25.33
32
2
2024/25
228
9
25.33
32
2
2025/26
221
9
24.56
32
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2023/24: 206 in 2022/23 → 228, +22 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 256 in 1983/84 → 204, -52 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2023/24 (23 → 31, +8).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2021/22 (32 → 22, -10).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2023/24 (23 → 31, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (26 → 23, -3).
Overall: 241 (1981/82) → 221 (2025/26), -20.
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
20
31
25.0
6
Senior Infants
21
33
27.2
6
1st Class
23
34
27.5
6
2nd Class
23
29
26.5
6
3rd Class
21
29
25.7
6
4th Class
22
32
26.7
6
5th Class
23
32
27.7
6
6th Class
25
32
29.3
6
Total
180
257
203.2
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).