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
22.22
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
2025/26
Largest class group
30
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
214
8
26.75
31
2
2007/08
211
8
26.38
30
2
2008/09
216
8
27.00
33
1
2009/10
234
8
29.25
34
3
2010/11
239
9
26.56
35
1
2011/12
250
9
27.78
32
4
2012/13
251
9
27.89
34
3
2013/14
249
9
27.67
35
3
2014/15
242
9
26.89
35
4
2015/16
240
9
26.67
33
4
2016/17
249
10
24.90
34
4
2017/18
253
9
28.11
38
6
2019/20
248
11
22.55
35
2
2020/21
239
10
23.90
36
3
2021/22
231
10
23.10
36
2
2022/23
225
10
22.50
35
2
2023/24
240
10
24.00
37
1
2024/25
218
10
21.80
29
0
2025/26
200
9
22.22
30
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2009/10: 222 in 2008/09 → 240, +18 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2002/03: 243 in 2001/02 → 217, -26 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2022/23 (18 → 40, +22).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (36 → 18, -18).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2023/24 (20 → 29, +9).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2023/24 (40 → 38, -2).
Overall: 244 (2000/01) → 217 (2025/26), -27.
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
17
30
22.7
6
Senior Infants
18
36
24.2
6
1st Class
17
37
24.8
6
2nd Class
18
40
27.0
6
3rd Class
20
38
29.0
6
4th Class
24
37
31.3
6
5th Class
27
41
34.3
6
6th Class
31
45
36.0
6
Total
217
276
240.5
26
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).