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
25.17
2025/26
Mainstream classes
6
2025/26
Largest class group
33
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
1
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
213
8
26.62
35
3
2007/08
200
8
25.00
35
2
2008/09
194
7
27.71
37
3
2009/10
198
7
28.29
32
2
2010/11
193
7
27.57
32
3
2011/12
180
7
25.71
32
1
2012/13
156
7
22.29
29
0
2013/14
151
7
21.57
28
0
2014/15
145
6
24.17
32
1
2015/16
141
6
23.50
34
1
2016/17
136
5
27.20
38
2
2017/18
148
5
29.60
34
2
2019/20
145
6
24.17
30
1
2020/21
144
6
24.00
32
1
2021/22
139
6
23.17
31
2
2022/23
137
6
22.83
33
1
2023/24
159
6
26.50
35
2
2024/25
156
6
26.00
33
2
2025/26
151
6
25.17
33
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Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2004/05: 191 in 2003/04 → 223, +32 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2012/13: 180 in 2011/12 → 156, -24 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: Junior Infants in 2022/23 (15 → 24, +9).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2022/23 (29 → 14, -15).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2023/24 (16 → 20, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2025/26 (22 → 20, -2).
Overall: 179 (1999/00) → 151 (2025/26), -28.
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
11
24
18.0
6
Senior Infants
13
25
18.8
6
1st Class
12
25
19.3
6
2nd Class
12
26
18.5
6
3rd Class
14
20
17.0
6
4th Class
12
23
16.3
6
5th Class
13
26
18.3
6
6th Class
14
29
21.3
6
Total
136
223
170.5
27
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).