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
25.88
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
2025/26
Largest class group
30
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
1
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
180
7
25.71
27
0
2007/08
192
7
27.43
29
0
2008/09
195
7
27.86
31
1
2009/10
200
8
25.00
29
0
2010/11
206
8
25.75
28
0
2011/12
217
8
27.12
30
1
2012/13
224
8
28.00
31
3
2013/14
214
8
26.75
30
2
2014/15
216
8
27.00
30
1
2015/16
219
8
27.38
30
3
2016/17
215
8
26.88
31
2
2017/18
212
8
26.50
30
2
2019/20
205
8
25.62
29
0
2020/21
205
8
25.62
29
0
2021/22
204
8
25.50
29
0
2022/23
194
8
24.25
27
0
2023/24
202
8
25.25
31
1
2024/25
202
8
25.25
30
1
2025/26
207
8
25.88
30
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2005/06: 145 in 2004/05 → 170, +25 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2013/14: 224 in 2012/13 → 214, -10 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2025/26 (16 → 29, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2022/23 (25 → 16, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2025/26 (26 → 29, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (27 → 25, -2).
Overall: 88 (1993/94) → 207 (2025/26), 119.
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
17
31
25.3
6
Senior Infants
16
30
25.7
6
1st Class
17
30
25.0
6
2nd Class
16
29
24.8
6
3rd Class
16
27
23.8
6
4th Class
23
28
25.5
6
5th Class
24
29
26.3
6
6th Class
21
29
25.8
6
Total
88
224
171.6
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).