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
26.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
17
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
513
18
28.50
34
10
2007/08
496
19
26.11
31
4
2008/09
491
19
25.84
32
4
2009/10
486
18
27.00
30
3
2010/11
480
18
26.67
29
0
2011/12
487
18
27.06
31
2
2012/13
484
18
26.89
30
1
2013/14
515
18
28.61
30
2
2014/15
515
18
28.61
30
3
2015/16
522
18
29.00
30
6
2016/17
507
18
28.17
30
3
2017/18
497
18
27.61
30
2
2019/20
498
18
27.67
30
3
2020/21
493
18
27.39
29
0
2021/22
460
18
25.56
29
0
2022/23
435
18
24.17
29
0
2023/24
431
17
25.35
28
0
2024/25
441
17
25.94
28
0
2025/26
442
17
26.00
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2013/14: 491 in 2012/13 → 522, +31 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2021/22: 500 in 2020/21 → 467, -33 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Senior Infants in 2024/25 (49 → 62, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2021/22 (77 → 58, -19).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (58 → 66, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2025/26 (62 → 58, -4).
Overall: 612 (1993/94) → 449 (2025/26), -163.
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
50
60
54.5
6
Senior Infants
49
62
55.2
6
1st Class
51
58
54.5
6
2nd Class
51
58
54.8
6
3rd Class
51
58
55.2
6
4th Class
52
66
56.5
6
5th Class
54
77
60.3
6
6th Class
55
84
63.2
6
Total
438
629
516.2
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).