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
24.31
2025/26
Mainstream classes
16
2025/26
Largest class group
29
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+
2013/14
179
8
22.38
34
1
2014/15
185
8
23.12
32
1
2015/16
216
8
27.00
34
2
2016/17
210
8
26.25
33
2
2017/18
265
10
26.50
38
3
2019/20
309
13
23.77
30
1
2020/21
333
13
25.62
37
4
2021/22
360
15
24.00
30
1
2022/23
373
15
24.87
31
2
2023/24
387
16
24.19
28
0
2024/25
388
16
24.25
28
0
2025/26
389
16
24.31
29
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2017/18: 222 in 2016/17 → 277, +55 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2016/17: 227 in 2015/16 → 222, -5 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2022/23 (32 → 59, +27).
Largest single-class decrease: Junior Infants in 2022/23 (53 → 35, -18).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2022/23 (39 → 48, +9).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2023/24 (57 → 53, -4).
Overall: 179 (2013/14) → 401 (2025/26), 222.
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
35
53
45.2
6
Senior Infants
39
53
47.2
6
1st Class
40
53
48.2
6
2nd Class
41
57
49.0
6
3rd Class
39
56
49.5
6
4th Class
33
55
48.7
6
5th Class
32
59
48.7
6
6th Class
33
59
47.2
6
Total
179
401
308.2
13
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).