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
21.89
2025/26
Mainstream classes
9
2025/26
Largest class group
30
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
2
2025/26
Class group metrics trend
Class group metrics by year
Year
Mainstream class pupils
Mainstream classes
Average class size
Largest class
Classes 30+
2015/16
191
8
23.88
28
0
2016/17
209
8
26.12
33
2
2017/18
212
8
26.50
30
1
2019/20
202
8
25.25
29
0
2020/21
199
8
24.88
30
1
2021/22
186
8
23.25
30
1
2022/23
208
8
26.00
34
1
2023/24
221
8
27.62
34
2
2024/25
214
9
23.78
33
2
2025/26
197
9
21.89
30
2
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 2022/23: 186 in 2021/22 → 208, +22 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 2025/26: 214 in 2024/25 → 197, -17 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 4th Class in 2022/23 (21 → 34, +13).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2024/25 (34 → 25, -9).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2022/23 (20 → 26, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2025/26 (25 → 17, -8).
Overall: 191 (2015/16) → 197 (2025/26), 6.
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
27
22.0
6
Senior Infants
22
27
24.2
6
1st Class
17
28
23.8
6
2nd Class
21
30
25.8
6
3rd Class
24
30
27.2
6
4th Class
21
34
27.2
6
5th Class
20
34
25.8
6
6th Class
23
33
28.2
6
Total
186
221
205.2
11
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).