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
24.17
2025/26
Mainstream classes
12
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
292
12
24.33
29
0
2007/08
284
11
25.82
35
2
2008/09
272
10
27.20
31
3
2009/10
231
10
23.10
28
0
2010/11
235
8
29.38
33
4
2011/12
228
9
25.33
32
2
2012/13
214
8
26.75
31
2
2013/14
208
8
26.00
31
2
2014/15
207
8
25.88
30
2
2015/16
209
8
26.12
31
2
2016/17
234
9
26.00
29
0
2017/18
231
9
25.67
28
0
2019/20
254
10
25.40
29
0
2020/21
251
10
25.10
29
0
2021/22
263
10
26.30
30
1
2022/23
274
11
24.91
29
0
2023/24
272
11
24.73
29
0
2024/25
273
11
24.82
29
0
2025/26
290
12
24.17
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2016/17: 209 in 2015/16 → 236, +27 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2009/10: 272 in 2008/09 → 231, -41 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2025/26 (58 → 87, +29).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2023/24 (82 → 57, -25).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2025/26 (80 → 87, +7).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (82 → 80, -2).
Overall: 463 (1993/94) → 296 (2025/26), -167.
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
57
82
68.8
6
4th Class
57
82
68.3
6
5th Class
56
80
66.7
6
6th Class
54
87
67.7
6
Total
207
467
309.3
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).