▁Jes uit ▁Order ▁Ign ati us ▁of ▁Lo y ola . ▁The ▁school ▁is ▁fairly ▁small ▁and ▁has ▁a ▁student ▁population ▁of ▁about ▁ 9 0 0 ▁with ▁ 7 0 ▁staff . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Education ▁Ins pect or ate , ▁the ▁Ign ati us ▁G ymnasium ▁is ▁as ▁a ▁very ▁good ▁school ▁across ▁the ▁board . ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁three ▁years , ▁ 2 % ▁has ▁to ▁repeat ▁a ▁class ▁while ▁ 7 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁surv iv ors ▁pass ▁their ▁ex ams ▁at ▁once ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁grade ▁of ▁ 6 . 9 . ▁All ▁this ▁is ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁better ▁than ▁average . ▁According ▁to ▁Y EL P , ▁Ign ati us ▁ranks ▁first ▁among ▁middle ▁and ▁high ▁schools ▁in ▁Amsterdam . ▁The ▁Dutch ▁magazine ▁Else vier ▁cho oses ▁the ▁Ign ati us ▁G ymnasium ▁for ▁several ▁years ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁schools ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands . ▁The ▁school ▁was ▁elected ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁school ▁in ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁North ▁Holland ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Else vier ▁placed ▁the ▁school ▁alongside ▁‘ The ▁w inners ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁least ▁repe aters ▁and ▁best ▁exam ▁results ’ . ▁ ▁The ▁school ▁newspaper ▁is ▁called ▁De ▁Har po en . ▁ ▁Notable ▁old - Ign ati ans ▁include ▁be er ▁magn ate ▁ ▁from ▁the ▁He ine ken ▁company ; ▁television ▁person ality ▁I vo ▁Nie he ; ▁his ▁brother ▁Eric ▁Nie he