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
22.29
2025/26
Mainstream classes
7
2025/26
Largest class group
35
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+
2008/09
88
5
17.60
23
0
2009/10
94
5
18.80
25
0
2010/11
100
6
16.67
28
0
2011/12
103
5
20.60
25
0
2012/13
104
5
20.80
31
1
2013/14
105
5
21.00
23
0
2014/15
116
5
23.20
29
0
2015/16
127
5
25.40
43
1
2016/17
136
5
27.20
35
1
2017/18
150
6
25.00
34
1
2019/20
150
6
25.00
32
2
2020/21
160
6
26.67
35
2
2021/22
159
6
26.50
39
2
2022/23
158
6
26.33
31
1
2023/24
157
6
26.17
29
0
2024/25
152
8
19.00
23
0
2025/26
156
7
22.29
35
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2017/18: 138 in 2016/17 → 156, +18 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2024/25: 162 in 2023/24 → 153, -9 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2021/22 (14 → 21, +7).
Largest single-class decrease: 2nd Class in 2021/22 (25 → 14, -11).
Largest cohort-step gain: 2nd → 3rd in 2025/26 (15 → 17, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (25 → 23, -2).
Overall: 88 (2008/09) → 159 (2025/26), 71.
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
14
24
20.3
6
Senior Infants
14
22
19.7
6
1st Class
14
22
18.2
6
2nd Class
14
25
19.2
6
3rd Class
14
25
20.2
6
4th Class
14
25
20.8
6
5th Class
14
25
20.7
6
6th Class
14
23
18.8
6
Total
88
166
133.6
18
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).