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
27.62
2025/26
Mainstream classes
8
2025/26
Largest class group
28
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
241
8
30.12
32
6
2007/08
238
8
29.75
31
6
2008/09
239
8
29.88
32
6
2009/10
240
8
30.00
32
6
2010/11
240
8
30.00
33
5
2011/12
239
8
29.88
32
6
2012/13
239
8
29.88
32
6
2013/14
236
8
29.50
32
6
2014/15
235
8
29.38
32
6
2015/16
242
8
30.25
32
5
2016/17
236
8
29.50
31
5
2017/18
236
8
29.50
31
3
2019/20
232
8
29.00
31
4
2020/21
230
8
28.75
30
3
2021/22
232
8
29.00
30
4
2022/23
222
8
27.75
29
0
2023/24
220
8
27.50
29
0
2024/25
220
8
27.50
28
0
2025/26
221
8
27.62
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1995/96: 204 in 1994/95 → 232, +28 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1999/00: 255 in 1998/99 → 243, -12 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2021/22 (27 → 30, +3).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2022/23 (30 → 26, -4).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2024/25 (26 → 28, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (28 → 26, -2).
Overall: 177 (1993/94) → 221 (2025/26), 44.
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
26
28
27.7
6
Senior Infants
28
28
28.0
6
1st Class
28
29
28.2
6
2nd Class
26
30
27.7
6
3rd Class
26
30
28.2
6
4th Class
26
30
28.2
6
5th Class
27
30
28.5
6
6th Class
26
30
27.8
6
Total
177
255
235.5
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).