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
24.53
2025/26
Mainstream classes
15
2025/26
Largest class group
30
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
3
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
264
10
26.40
30
2
2007/08
262
10
26.20
29
0
2008/09
241
10
24.10
29
0
2009/10
224
9
24.89
29
0
2010/11
226
8
28.25
29
0
2011/12
224
8
28.00
29
0
2012/13
226
8
28.25
30
1
2013/14
234
8
29.25
33
2
2014/15
244
9
27.11
34
4
2015/16
267
9
29.67
34
3
2016/17
288
10
28.80
34
3
2017/18
312
11
28.36
34
2
2019/20
331
13
25.46
29
0
2020/21
357
13
27.46
30
1
2021/22
366
14
26.14
30
1
2022/23
369
15
24.60
29
0
2023/24
372
15
24.80
31
2
2024/25
359
16
22.44
25
0
2025/26
368
15
24.53
30
3
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 354 in 1983/84 → 492, +138 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1994/95: 492 in 1993/94 → 435, -57 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2022/23 (87 → 106, +19).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2021/22 (102 → 84, -18).
Largest cohort-step gain: 4th → 5th in 2025/26 (96 → 108, +12).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2023/24 (106 → 101, -5).
Overall: 129 (1981/82) → 381 (2025/26), 252.
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
77
102
89.0
6
4th Class
81
103
90.7
6
5th Class
86
108
94.3
6
6th Class
83
101
93.7
6
Total
129
492
306.1
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).