Written answers
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Department of Education and Skills
Departmental Data
Johnny 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]
Norma 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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