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
16.00
2025/26
Mainstream classes
11
2025/26
Largest class group
26
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
236
11
21.45
30
1
2007/08
221
11
20.09
28
0
2008/09
233
11
21.18
31
1
2009/10
219
11
19.91
31
1
2010/11
198
10
19.80
26
0
2011/12
180
9
20.00
27
0
2012/13
160
8
20.00
25
0
2013/14
178
8
22.25
33
1
2014/15
163
8
20.38
30
1
2015/16
175
7
25.00
31
1
2016/17
165
8
20.62
29
0
2017/18
175
9
19.44
25
0
2019/20
168
9
18.67
26
0
2020/21
168
9
18.67
26
0
2021/22
172
9
19.11
25
0
2022/23
183
10
18.30
24
0
2023/24
183
11
16.64
25
0
2024/25
183
11
16.64
24
0
2025/26
176
11
16.00
26
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2013/14: 160 in 2012/13 → 178, +18 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1995/96: 320 in 1994/95 → 299, -21 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (18 → 31, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2025/26 (24 → 14, -10).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2022/23 (15 → 21, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2023/24 (21 → 18, -3).
Overall: 336 (1993/94) → 182 (2025/26), -154.
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
14
26
19.3
6
Senior Infants
20
26
22.7
6
1st Class
18
26
22.3
6
2nd Class
18
25
21.8
6
3rd Class
18
27
22.3
6
4th Class
18
30
24.0
6
5th Class
16
30
24.0
6
6th Class
17
31
23.0
6
Total
160
336
220.8
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).