The latest year shown (2025/26) is preliminary and subject to revision when the official enrolment figures are released by the Department of Education.
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1976/77: 169 in 1975/76 → 282, +113 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 467 in 1983/84 → 392, -75 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2023/24 (62 → 78, +16).
Largest single-class decrease: 1st Class in 2021/22 (81 → 58, -23).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2023/24 (73 → 78, +5).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2024/25 (74 → 68, -6).
Min / max / mean enrolment per class across the available years (2020/21–2024/25; preliminary year excluded from class stats).
Class
Min
Max
Mean
Years
Junior Infants
70
85
75.2
5
Senior Infants
62
85
74.2
5
1st Class
58
85
73.0
5
2nd Class
62
80
75.0
5
3rd Class
65
80
73.6
5
4th Class
66
80
74.6
5
5th Class
66
81
76.6
5
6th Class
68
83
78.2
5
Total
165
626
457.7
43
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).
Cohort 2020/21
JI 2020/2176
-2
→
SI 2021/2274
-1
→
1st 2022/2373
+5
→
2nd 2023/2478
+2
→
3rd 2024/2580
Cohort 2021/22
JI 2021/2285
0
→
SI 2022/2385
0
→
1st 2023/2485
-5
→
2nd 2024/2580
Cohort 2022/23
JI 2022/2370
+4
→
SI 2023/2474
-6
→
1st 2024/2568
Cohort 2023/24
JI 2023/2473
+3
→
SI 2024/2576
Cohort 2024/25
JI 2024/2572
Raw data by year
Years marked (preliminary) are subject to revision when official data are published.