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
26.38
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
2025/26
Largest class group
28
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
237
9
26.33
32
5
2007/08
234
9
26.00
31
5
2008/09
235
9
26.11
30
3
2009/10
236
9
26.22
31
3
2010/11
233
8
29.12
30
4
2011/12
236
8
29.50
30
5
2012/13
234
8
29.25
31
3
2013/14
234
9
26.00
32
3
2014/15
233
9
25.89
31
3
2015/16
233
9
25.89
32
3
2016/17
229
8
28.62
31
2
2017/18
231
9
25.67
30
2
2019/20
228
9
25.33
30
2
2020/21
229
9
25.44
29
0
2021/22
229
9
25.44
30
1
2022/23
222
9
24.67
29
0
2023/24
219
9
24.33
29
0
2024/25
219
8
27.38
29
0
2025/26
211
8
26.38
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1982/83: 80 in 1981/82 → 149, +69 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1999/00: 264 in 1998/99 → 255, -9 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2025/26 (26 → 30, +4).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2021/22 (29 → 27, -2).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (28 → 30, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2022/23 (29 → 27, -2).
Overall: 80 (1981/82) → 223 (2025/26), 143.
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
26
30
27.8
6
Senior Infants
28
29
28.7
6
1st Class
27
29
28.5
6
2nd Class
27
29
28.2
6
3rd Class
26
30
27.7
6
4th Class
26
29
27.3
6
5th Class
26
29
27.8
6
6th Class
27
29
27.8
6
Total
80
277
236.5
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).