De Optimist
Primary school · Samenwerking PC, RK · Almere
- 233 pupils
- Dalton
- de-optimist.nl
De Optimist is a primary school in Almere (municipality of Almere) with 233 pupils. Educational approach: Dalton. Primary school leaving test: 48% of pupils achieve target level 1S/2F and 96% achieve basic level 1F (three-year average, Inspectie). 58% of secondary school recommendations over the last three years were for havo or vwo.
About the school
De Optimist is een Daltonschool in Almere, waar kinderen zelfstandig kennis en ervaring opdoen en ruimte krijgen om eigen keuzes te maken. De leerkracht biedt structuur om leerlingen met die vrijheid te leren omgaan. De school besteedt aandacht aan de brede ontwikkeling, met nadruk op begrijpend lezen, rekenen en studievaardigheden. De Optimist heeft een oecumenische identiteit en staat open voor kinderen van ouders die deze identiteit respecteren en voor Daltononderwijs kiezen.
- Daltononderwijs
- Basisvakken
- Studievaardigheden
- Oecumenische identiteit
Huisleon's summary of what the school says about itself on its own website (October 2026). This is not an assessment; visit the website for up-to-date information and the school prospectus.
Location
Hildo Kropstraat 20, 1328BC Almere
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Results
Group 8 doorstroomtoets
The proportion of pupils achieving the basic level (1F) and target level (1S/2F) in reading, spelling and grammar, and maths, averaged over three school years. The Inspectorate compares these results with a performance threshold based on the school's pupil population.
- Performance thresholds for this school: 85% (1F) and 40,0% (1S/2F). Results: 1F above the performance threshold, 1S/2F above the performance threshold.
- By school year: 2023/24: 1F 92%, 1S/2F 44% (n=24) · 2024/25: 1F 100%, 1S/2F 51% (n=27) · 2025/26: 1F 96%, 1S/2F 48% (n=40).
- School weighting: 31,3 (national average approximately 30; the scale runs from 20 to 40). A lower weighting means pupils' parents have a higher average level of education, so the Inspectorate expects better results. Average in Almere: 30,6.
Secondary school track recommendations
Final recommendations from the last three school years (2022–2024, 33 pupils), compared with all primary schools in the municipality and across the Netherlands.
- pro / vso
- vmbo basic vocational track
- vmbo advanced vocational track
- vmbo gl/tl
- havo
- vwo
Revised after the primary school transition test: 28% of recommendations (22 out of 80 pupils, 2022–2024); nationally 20%.
Average primary school transition test score
2022: IEP 77,8 (n=29) · 2023: IEP 75,6 (n=24) · 2024: IEP 78,5 (n=27). Unadjusted averages; each test uses its own scale, so only years using the same test can be compared.
Pupils
- Pupils 2025
- 233
- Change over 5 years
- −10% from 258 in 2020
- Pupils 2010
- 558
By year group (2025)
Where pupils live
Pupils' postcode areas in 2025 (233 pupils, 18 areas).
DUO pupil counts by school location (as at 1 October) and postcode area; counts below 5 are not published and are excluded.
Sources and notes
- DUO open education data (CC BY 4.0): school location addresses, pupil counts by school location and year group, pupils' home postcode areas, secondary school track recommendations and revisions, average primary school transition test scores, exam candidates, passes and grades, and pupils repeating a year. DUO does not publish counts below 5; these are excluded here.
- Inspectie van het Onderwijs: primary school learning outcomes (percentage of pupils at reference levels 1F and 1S/2F, three-year averages, and thresholds by school weighting) and school weighting (CBS). The rating comes from the register of inspection ratings; "Standard supervision" is not a rating.
- School recommendations: the final recommendation for secondary education, including revisions following the primary school transition test. Combined recommendations (such as vmbo-kader/gl-tl) are split equally between the two levels.
- Comparisons with the municipality and the Netherlands are calculated by Huisleon as pupil-weighted averages across all schools of the same type. Data on where pupils continue their education after leaving this school is not openly available; see Scholen op de kaart for this information.