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
16.75
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
2025/26
Largest class group
20
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
69
4
17.25
28
0
2007/08
77
4
19.25
25
0
2008/09
77
4
19.25
24
0
2009/10
71
5
14.20
17
0
2010/11
74
5
14.80
19
0
2011/12
87
5
17.40
23
0
2012/13
85
5
17.00
20
0
2013/14
91
5
18.20
26
0
2014/15
107
5
21.40
30
1
2015/16
122
5
24.40
27
0
2016/17
140
6
23.33
27
0
2017/18
147
7
21.00
26
0
2019/20
162
8
20.25
26
0
2020/21
149
8
18.62
24
0
2021/22
137
7
19.57
23
0
2022/23
150
7
21.43
26
0
2023/24
153
8
19.12
23
0
2024/25
148
8
18.50
21
0
2025/26
134
8
16.75
20
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2005/06: 54 in 2004/05 → 73, +19 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1999/00: 80 in 1998/99 → 66, -14 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2022/23 (14 → 21, +7).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2025/26 (21 → 13, -8).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2022/23 (14 → 21, +7).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2025/26 (18 → 15, -3).
Overall: 102 (1993/94) → 134 (2025/26), 32.
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
13
21
16.8
6
Senior Infants
14
19
16.3
6
1st Class
13
21
17.5
6
2nd Class
16
19
17.3
6
3rd Class
14
20
17.7
6
4th Class
15
23
19.7
6
5th Class
18
21
19.2
6
6th Class
18
24
20.7
6
Total
52
162
101.2
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).