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
24.50
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
35
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
3
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
212
8
26.50
31
2
2007/08
203
8
25.38
30
1
2008/09
194
8
24.25
28
0
2009/10
194
8
24.25
28
0
2010/11
191
8
23.88
30
1
2011/12
191
7
27.29
33
2
2012/13
201
7
28.71
38
2
2013/14
210
7
30.00
39
3
2014/15
223
8
27.88
34
4
2015/16
226
8
28.25
32
4
2016/17
213
8
26.62
31
2
2017/18
219
8
27.38
33
2
2019/20
250
9
27.78
33
4
2020/21
251
9
27.89
32
3
2021/22
254
10
25.40
32
4
2022/23
244
10
24.40
30
3
2023/24
245
10
24.50
31
2
2024/25
245
10
24.50
33
3
2025/26
245
10
24.50
35
3
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1995/96: 135 in 1994/95 → 165, +30 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2016/17: 226 in 2015/16 → 213, -13 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2021/22 (31 → 44, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2021/22 (44 → 27, -17).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2025/26 (33 → 35, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2022/23 (30 → 27, -3).
Overall: 107 (1993/94) → 245 (2025/26), 138.
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
27
33
29.2
6
Senior Infants
27
33
29.2
6
1st Class
26
44
31.7
6
2nd Class
25
44
30.7
6
3rd Class
26
44
31.7
6
4th Class
29
41
31.8
6
5th Class
28
40
31.7
6
6th Class
26
40
31.5
6
Total
107
254
211.6
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).