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
23.20
2025/26
Mainstream classes
10
2025/26
Largest class group
31
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
178
7
25.43
36
2
2007/08
180
8
22.50
31
1
2008/09
185
7
26.43
33
3
2009/10
182
7
26.00
33
2
2010/11
183
7
26.14
34
2
2011/12
186
7
26.57
34
2
2012/13
183
7
26.14
33
2
2013/14
192
7
27.43
35
2
2014/15
206
7
29.43
34
3
2015/16
204
8
25.50
31
2
2016/17
210
8
26.25
31
2
2017/18
211
8
26.38
31
3
2019/20
234
9
26.00
31
3
2020/21
228
9
25.33
32
2
2021/22
227
9
25.22
33
2
2022/23
233
9
25.89
32
2
2023/24
234
9
26.00
32
2
2024/25
242
10
24.20
32
3
2025/26
232
10
23.20
31
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Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2019/20: 223 in 2018/19 → 240, +17 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2005/06: 186 in 2004/05 → 176, -10 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2023/24 (28 → 40, +12).
Largest single-class decrease: Senior Infants in 2021/22 (36 → 27, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: SI → 1st in 2023/24 (24 → 27, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (28 → 25, -3).
Overall: 192 (2000/01) → 238 (2025/26), 46.
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
22
34
26.2
6
Senior Infants
24
36
28.3
6
1st Class
24
35
27.5
6
2nd Class
24
37
29.5
6
3rd Class
25
40
30.3
6
4th Class
25
39
31.3
6
5th Class
26
39
31.3
6
6th Class
26
32
29.2
6
Total
176
248
205.3
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).