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
23.78
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
2025/26
Largest class group
32
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+
2013/14
257
10
25.70
30
2
2014/15
243
9
27.00
32
2
2015/16
243
9
27.00
32
3
2016/17
237
9
26.33
32
1
2017/18
235
9
26.11
31
3
2019/20
243
9
27.00
32
4
2020/21
237
9
26.33
31
3
2021/22
228
9
25.33
33
3
2022/23
233
9
25.89
33
3
2023/24
229
9
25.44
33
3
2024/25
224
9
24.89
32
2
2025/26
214
9
23.78
32
1
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2018/19: 235 in 2017/18 → 242, +7 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2014/15: 257 in 2013/14 → 243, -14 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (22 → 31, +9).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2021/22 (39 → 22, -17).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2023/24 (28 → 31, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 1st → 2nd in 2024/25 (29 → 28, -1).
Overall: 257 (2013/14) → 214 (2025/26), -43.
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
21
29
26.0
6
Senior Infants
21
29
26.7
6
1st Class
20
29
26.7
6
2nd Class
26
31
28.3
6
3rd Class
27
32
29.2
6
4th Class
27
33
30.7
6
5th Class
23
33
29.0
6
6th Class
22
39
31.0
6
Total
214
257
235.8
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).