Zaandam

20 primary schools · zaanstad

School landscape for house-hunters

Data coverage: high

There are 20 primary schools available in Zaandam, providing a wide range of educational directions. Scores vary significantly, with an average of 54.3 and a range spanning from 7.6 to 88.5. This indicates a diverse educational environment with varying quality characteristics.

Education landscape

The offering consists of 9 public schools, 3 Protestant-Christian, 2 Roman Catholic, 2 general special schools, 2 interconfessional, 1 Islamic, and 1 anthroposophical school.

The scores show a wide distribution: 4 schools score above 70, while 4 schools score below 45. The average lies in the middle.

There is a large variation in both educational direction and school type, with 95% of the schools having a PO-BO structure (primary education - basic education).

Useful to know

There are 20 schools in the municipality of Zaanstad.
The offering is diverse in terms of religious and pedagogical background.
The average school size is 259 students.

Watch outs

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AI-assisted summary based on public school data — not a judgement of the neighbourhood or housing market. · 2026-09-22

Het Baken Zaandam

1507 XE · zaanstad