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
22.30
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
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
248
9
27.56
35
5
2007/08
239
9
26.56
34
4
2008/09
262
10
26.20
34
4
2009/10
283
10
28.30
35
3
2010/11
286
11
26.00
31
2
2011/12
294
11
26.73
30
1
2012/13
277
11
25.18
29
0
2013/14
259
10
25.90
30
1
2014/15
259
10
25.90
30
1
2015/16
270
10
27.00
34
2
2016/17
259
10
25.90
32
1
2017/18
261
10
26.10
31
2
2019/20
243
10
24.30
31
1
2020/21
254
10
25.40
31
4
2021/22
240
10
24.00
34
1
2022/23
265
10
26.50
28
0
2023/24
242
11
22.00
26
0
2024/25
241
10
24.10
28
0
2025/26
223
10
22.30
28
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2008/09: 243 in 2007/08 → 268, +25 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2023/24: 277 in 2022/23 → 254, -23 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2021/22 (22 → 46, +24).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2021/22 (37 → 18, -19).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2022/23 (31 → 37, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: JI → SI in 2021/22 (37 → 31, -6).
Overall: 230 (1995/96) → 235 (2025/26), 5.
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
16
37
25.5
6
Senior Infants
19
32
27.2
6
1st Class
23
37
31.0
6
2nd Class
24
36
31.2
6
3rd Class
23
35
30.5
6
4th Class
27
43
34.5
6
5th Class
22
46
33.3
6
6th Class
22
46
33.5
6
Total
206
294
248.2
31
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).