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Tuesday, 28 June 2022

Department of Education and Skills

Departmental Data

Photo of Johnny MythenJohnny Mythen (Wexford, Sinn Fein)
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589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size by county for primary school level in the academic years 2020/2021 and 2021/2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34328/22]

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Please find attached requested information for Primary Schools for academic year 2020-2021, the last year we have final data for.

We expect to publish the final enrolments for academic year 2021-2022, including class size tables, by the end of June 2022.

The figures are based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and were collated from the relevant Class Size tables published on the DES website and can be found at the link below; gov.ie - Class Size Information at Individual Primary School Level ().

Academic Year 2020-2021

County  Average Class Size
Carlow 23.8
Cavan 22.7
Clare 22.2
Cork 23.1
Donegal 22.2
Dublin 24.0
Galway 22.3
Kerry 22.0
Kildare 24.7
Kilkenny 23.3
Laois 23.2
Leitrim 22.3
Limerick 23.1
Longford 21.2
Louth 24.2
Mayo 20.9
Meath 24.6
Monaghan 23.3
Offaly 22.8
Roscommon 21.5
Sligo 22.6
Tipperary 22.1
Waterford 23.4
Westmeath 23.3
Wexford 22.9
Wicklow 24.1

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