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: 1982/83: 377 in 1981/82 → 468, +91 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 514 in 1983/84 → 387, -127 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2021/22 (30 → 47, +17).
Largest single-class decrease: 3rd Class in 2021/22 (53 → 34, -19).
Largest cohort-step gain: JI → SI in 2024/25 (23 → 29, +6).
Largest cohort-step loss: 3rd → 4th in 2021/22 (53 → 44, -9).
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
23
31
27.4
5
Senior Infants
27
34
29.6
5
1st Class
28
47
34.4
5
2nd Class
24
43
33.6
5
3rd Class
25
53
36.2
5
4th Class
28
53
40.0
5
5th Class
30
47
38.0
5
6th Class
27
44
35.6
5
Total
224
514
319.9
36
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 2020/2126
+1
→
SI 2021/2227
+1
→
1st 2022/2328
-4
→
2nd 2023/2424
+5
→
3rd 2024/2529
Cohort 2021/22
JI 2021/2231
-3
→
SI 2022/2328
+2
→
1st 2023/2430
+2
→
2nd 2024/2532
Cohort 2022/23
JI 2022/2326
+4
→
SI 2023/2430
0
→
1st 2024/2530
Cohort 2023/24
JI 2023/2423
+6
→
SI 2024/2529
Cohort 2024/25
JI 2024/2531
Raw data by year
Years marked (preliminary) are subject to revision when official data are published.