According to Statista, In 2018, they counted 56 Islamic schools in Netherlands – 54 elementary schools and two secondary schools. According to the source, in the last ten years, the number of pupils attending Islamic elementary education increased from just over 9,300 to approximately 15,100. Currently, roughly one out of eight children with a Muslim background attend Islamic elementary education in the Netherlands.
The first Arabic primary school in the Netherlands opened in 1971: Bouschrã School in Amsterdam. Two Islamic primary schools followed in 1988: Tariq Bin Ziyad in Eindhoven and Al Ghazali in Rotterdam. Forty-three Islamic primary schools now belong to the ISBO.
Islamic schools have performed the best among all primary schools for five years. According to annual school research by a Dutch television news service, RTL News, Islamic schools in the country received the highest score in 2018 with an average of 7.4 on the nationwide test at the end of primary school. In the research, RTL compared school results of the last three years.