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
18.35
2025/26
Mainstream classes
17
2025/26
Largest class group
21
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
301
16
18.81
24
0
2007/08
298
17
17.53
23
0
2008/09
302
18
16.78
21
0
2009/10
315
19
16.58
21
0
2010/11
334
20
16.70
21
0
2011/12
393
21
18.71
24
0
2012/13
401
21
19.10
23
0
2013/14
409
21
19.48
23
0
2014/15
405
21
19.29
22
0
2015/16
400
19
21.05
25
0
2016/17
393
19
20.68
24
0
2017/18
389
19
20.47
23
0
2019/20
372
18
20.67
24
0
2020/21
358
17
21.06
23
0
2021/22
325
17
19.12
21
0
2022/23
344
17
20.24
23
0
2023/24
349
17
20.53
23
0
2024/25
347
17
20.41
23
0
2025/26
312
17
18.35
21
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1993/94: 384 in 1983/84 → 631, +247 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1999/00: 512 in 1998/99 → 456, -56 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2023/24 (76 → 98, +22).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2021/22 (109 → 84, -25).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2023/24 (76 → 80, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2021/22 (91 → 84, -7).
Overall: 384 (1983/84) → 331 (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
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
75
102
87.2
6
4th Class
72
99
87.5
6
5th Class
76
98
88.7
6
6th Class
80
109
92.7
6
Total
331
631
433.4
34
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).