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
16.50
2025/26
Mainstream classes
12
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
541
23
23.52
25
0
2007/08
542
23
23.57
25
0
2008/09
540
23
23.48
25
0
2009/10
547
23
23.78
25
0
2010/11
542
23
23.57
25
0
2011/12
566
24
23.58
26
0
2012/13
581
24
24.21
26
0
2013/14
556
24
23.17
27
0
2014/15
531
23
23.09
28
0
2015/16
523
22
23.77
26
0
2016/17
444
20
22.20
25
0
2017/18
406
17
23.88
28
0
2019/20
312
14
22.29
28
0
2020/21
281
13
21.62
27
0
2021/22
258
12
21.50
28
0
2022/23
241
14
17.21
20
0
2023/24
225
14
16.07
21
0
2024/25
213
13
16.38
21
0
2025/26
198
12
16.50
21
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1996/97: 339 in 1995/96 → 416, +77 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2004/05: 668 in 2003/04 → 476, -192 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2023/24 (45 → 58, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (76 → 47, -29).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2024/25 (50 → 58, +8).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2023/24 (87 → 0, -87).
Overall: 330 (1993/94) → 204 (2025/26), -126.
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
39
58
48.2
6
Senior Infants
46
76
55.8
6
1st Class
54
82
65.7
6
2nd Class
50
87
67.3
6
3rd Class
0
0
0.0
1
4th Class
0
0
0.0
1
5th Class
0
0
0.0
1
6th Class
0
0
0.0
1
Total
204
668
443.7
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).