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
19.55
2025/26
Mainstream classes
11
2025/26
Largest class group
29
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
205
8
25.62
28
0
2007/08
193
8
24.12
27
0
2008/09
192
8
24.00
28
0
2009/10
182
8
22.75
27
0
2010/11
174
8
21.75
25
0
2011/12
221
8
27.62
30
2
2012/13
224
8
28.00
30
1
2013/14
213
8
26.62
29
0
2014/15
224
8
28.00
29
0
2015/16
215
8
26.88
30
1
2016/17
216
8
27.00
31
1
2017/18
212
10
21.20
28
0
2019/20
214
10
21.40
27
0
2020/21
208
10
20.80
29
0
2021/22
212
10
21.20
27
0
2022/23
217
11
19.73
27
0
2023/24
220
11
20.00
28
0
2024/25
219
11
19.91
26
0
2025/26
215
11
19.55
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2014/15: 213 in 2013/14 → 224, +11 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1999/00: 266 in 1998/99 → 252, -14 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2022/23 (21 → 31, +10).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2022/23 (29 → 20, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (20 → 26, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2023/24 (30 → 28, -2).
Overall: 268 (1993/94) → 215 (2025/26), -53.
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
28
24.8
6
Senior Infants
21
31
27.2
6
1st Class
20
30
27.2
6
2nd Class
26
30
28.2
6
3rd Class
26
30
27.7
6
4th Class
25
29
27.2
6
5th Class
26
29
27.2
6
6th Class
24
28
25.8
6
Total
208
268
231.3
33
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).