Exam Success Rates and Average Grades per Institution for One School Year

For one school year, this dataset from the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations provides counts of candidates, successes, and declines per educational institution, establishment type, sector, and department. It also includes average grades for school exams, central exams, and grade lists per institution. The data is available in Excel and CSV formats under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Benchmark institutional performance based on exam success and decline rates.
• Analyze grade distribution differences between school exams and central exams.
• Compare educational outcomes across different sectors and types of establishments.

Strengths

• Data is disaggregated by institution, establishment type, sector, and department, allowing for granular analysis.
• Includes multiple performance metrics: candidate counts, success/decline rates, and average grades for different exam types.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Likely administrative data collected from educational institutions.

Time Range

Covers one school year.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Geography is not specified but likely pertains to the Netherlands or a related European region, given the source.