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
21.38
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
2025/26
Largest class group
27
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
68
4
17.00
22
0
2007/08
71
4
17.75
23
0
2008/09
83
4
20.75
31
1
2009/10
85
5
17.00
22
0
2010/11
98
5
19.60
23
0
2011/12
97
5
19.40
27
0
2012/13
127
6
21.17
25
0
2013/14
180
7
25.71
31
1
2014/15
203
7
29.00
31
5
2015/16
245
10
24.50
35
2
2016/17
233
10
23.30
28
0
2017/18
252
10
25.20
30
1
2019/20
254
10
25.40
30
1
2020/21
229
10
22.90
34
1
2021/22
211
9
23.44
34
1
2022/23
219
10
21.90
31
1
2023/24
200
9
22.22
29
0
2024/25
187
8
23.38
30
1
2025/26
171
8
21.38
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2013/14: 127 in 2012/13 → 180, +53 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2020/21: 254 in 2019/20 → 229, -25 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2022/23 (22 → 29, +7).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2021/22 (35 → 25, -10).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2025/26 (20 → 25, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (26 → 21, -5).
Overall: 120 (1993/94) → 176 (2025/26), 56.
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
15
29
21.3
6
Senior Infants
17
27
21.5
6
1st Class
19
26
22.5
6
2nd Class
19
35
25.5
6
3rd Class
20
34
25.8
6
4th Class
24
35
28.5
6
5th Class
25
30
28.5
6
6th Class
27
34
30.0
6
Total
61
255
139.5
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).