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
24.43
2025/26
Mainstream classes
14
2025/26
Largest class group
32
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
2
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
448
15
29.87
32
12
2007/08
452
16
28.25
32
8
2008/09
451
16
28.19
33
8
2009/10
446
15
29.73
33
10
2010/11
433
15
28.87
33
7
2011/12
442
16
27.62
30
4
2012/13
430
16
26.88
30
2
2013/14
444
16
27.75
31
4
2014/15
452
16
28.25
33
5
2015/16
437
16
27.31
33
3
2016/17
421
16
26.31
28
0
2017/18
415
16
25.94
28
0
2019/20
371
16
23.19
28
0
2020/21
347
14
24.79
31
2
2021/22
341
14
24.36
33
2
2022/23
336
14
24.00
34
2
2023/24
330
14
23.57
33
2
2024/25
343
14
24.50
29
0
2025/26
342
14
24.43
32
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2005/06: 412 in 2004/05 → 439, +27 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1998/99: 568 in 1997/98 → 525, -43 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2024/25 (57 → 71, +14).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2022/23 (72 → 61, -11).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (57 → 65, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2023/24 (68 → 65, -3).
Overall: 647 (1993/94) → 342 (2025/26), -305.
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
54
70
61.7
6
3rd Class
57
72
64.3
6
4th Class
65
77
70.0
6
5th Class
67
75
70.8
6
6th Class
65
78
73.0
6
Total
330
647
446.3
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).