Independent vs municipal compulsory schools in Helsingborg

Helsingborg: 26 independent and 34 municipal compulsory schools. Merit score, teacher certification and pupils per teacher — with school year, the number of schools behind each figure, and what is missing.

These figures describe differences; they do not explain them. Schools differ in pupil composition, size and catchment area, and those differences do not follow the type of operator. Two schools with the same operator can differ more than the groups do.

The data behind this comparison in Helsingborg

The comparison covers 26 compulsory schools with an independent operator and 34 with a municipal operator. Each metric is reported against its own data: how many of the schools have a published value, which school year that value refers to, and what is missing.

Key figures side by side

MetricIndependent operatorMunicipal operator
Number of compulsory schools2634
Merit score year 9226.5 pointsmedian 242.3 · range 87–280.812 of 14 schools · school year 2025/261 value withheld for confidentiality · 1 school without a published value218.8 pointsmedian 217.8 · range 160.5–271.618 of 20 schools · school year 2025/262 schools without a published value
Certified teachers67.3%median 68 · range 40.8–92.223 of 26 schools · school year 2025/263 schools without a published value · the values come from 2 different school years76.2%median 79.9 · range 55.6–9132 of 34 schools · school year 2025/262 schools without a published value
Pupils per teacher11.8median 12.2 · range 3.9–1725 of 26 schools · school year 2025/261 value withheld for confidentiality · the values come from 2 different school years12.4median 12.3 · range 9–18.433 of 34 schools · school year 2025/261 school without a published value
How we calculate — and what these figures cannot tell you

Each value is an unweighted mean of the school-level values: a school with 40 pupils counts as much as one with 500. That is why we also show the median and the range, so a difference between two means is not read as an even gap between the groups.

We publish no group average based on fewer than 3 schools with a published value, or covering less than 60% of the schools in the group. An average of one or two schools describes those schools rather than a type of operator. Nor do we compare two groups whose values refer to different school years.

The comparison covers compulsory school (grundskola). Preschool class, leisure-time centres and adapted compulsory school are not included in the figures even where the school unit also runs them, and units running both compulsory and upper-secondary education are excluded because their teacher and pupil figures cannot be separated by school form. Schools whose operator type is neither municipal nor independent, or is not recorded, belong to neither group.

Skolverket withholds values for groups with fewer than ten pupils. Such gaps are not random — they hit small schools hardest — and are therefore reported separately from values that are simply absent.

Merit score year 9

Definition
Average merit score for year 9 students. Calculated as the sum of the 16 best grades (max 320 points, 340 with modern languages), where each grade gives 0–20 points.
Unit
poäng (0–340)
Source
Skolverket
Level
School level
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Certified teachers

Definition
The share of teachers (in full-time equivalents) who hold a Swedish teaching licence (lärarlegitimation) and are qualified to teach, where qualification covers the school type, subject and, in compulsory school, the grade band of the teaching they do.
Unit
% (0–100)
Source
Skolverket
Level
School level
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Pupils per teacher

Definition
Number of students per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower values indicate more teaching resources per student.
Unit
ratio
Source
Skolverket
Level
School level
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Read more: what the merit score shows and does not show ·why values are missing ·school unit, operator and group ·Skolkoll's method

Compulsory schools with an independent operator (26)

Listed alphabetically — this page does not rank schools.

SchoolMerit score yr 9Certified teachersCompulsory-school pupilsOperator
Centrumskolan i Hbg–71%60CENTRUMSKOLAN I HELSINGBORG AKTIEBOLAG
Corpore Byskola–60%20IMPIUS UTVECKLINGS AB
Dibber International School Helsingborg256–170Dibber Rydebäck AB
Fridaskolan Helsingborg248.969%450Fridaskolorna AB
Fyrklövern Dibber–68%70Dibber Fyrklövern AB
Innovitaskolan Helsingborg23359%330AcadeMedia Grundskolor AB
Internationella Engelska Skolan Helsingborg254.9–410Internationella Engelska Skolan i Sverige AB
JENSEN grundskola Helsingborg–67%140JENSEN EDUCATION COLLEGE AB
Kingelstad Byskola–84%40Kingelstad Byskola Handelsbolag
Kubikskolan Dibber194.784%410Dibber Kubikskolan AB
Kunskapsskolan Helsingborg280.892%490Kunskapsskolan i Sverige Aktiebolag
Kärnhuset Dibber–54%50Dibber Helsingborg AB
Långvinkeln Dibber–75%50Dibber Olymp AB
Magelungens Grundskola Helsingborg8744%20Magelungen Utveckling AB
Montemini Hbg, Montessoriskola–52%40Montemini Hbg's Montessoriskola AB
Noblaskolan Mariastaden265.981%320AcadeMedia Grundskolor AB
Pauliskolan181.560%100STIFTELSEN PAULISKOLAN
Ramlösa friskola–84%130RAMLÖSA FRISKOLA AB
Sally Bauer skolan F-6–81%120IDEELLA FÖRENINGEN SALLY BAUERSKOLORNA
Sally Bauerskolans Högstadium250.371%140IDEELLA FÖRENINGEN SALLY BAUERSKOLORNA
Slottshöjdens Skola–59%100AKTIEBOLAGET SLOTTSHÖJDENS FÖRSKOLOR
Vasalundsskolan–41%360Vasalundsskolan AB
Vittra Adolfsberg235.745%210Vittraskolorna AB
Vittra Landborgen228.864%260Vittraskolorna AB
Waldorfskolan Kastanjen––20WALDORFFÖRENINGEN I HELSINGBORG
Wallåkrabygdens skola–85%60VALLÅKRABYGDENS BARNSERVICE AKTIEBOLAG

Compulsory schools with a municipal operator (34)

Listed alphabetically — this page does not rank schools.

SchoolMerit score yr 9Certified teachersCompulsory-school pupils
Akutskolan Alfa–––
Allerums skola–89%160
Anneroskolan160.561%220
Brunnsparksskolan–82%230
Bårslövs skola–82%190
Drottninghögsskolan–56%240
Elinebergsskolan233.671%850
Gantofta skola249.167%360
Gläntanskolan196.285%360
Gustavslundsskolan243.786%460
Holstagårdsskolan271.677%370
Husensjö skola–79%390
Högastensskolan218.783%440
International school of Hbg/Gr––470
Kattarps skola–60%110
Laröds skola255.387%450
Maria Parkskolan237.973%860
Musikgrundskolan Synkopen226.161%190
Mörarps skola–83%200
Nanny Palmkvist skola–81%310
Påarps skola210.358%450
Raus Planterings skola–69%140
Ringstorpsskolan–83%310
Rydebäcksskolan254.184%840
Råå Södra skola–80%170
S:t Jörgens skola–84%270
Slottsvångsskolan168.666%220
Svensgårdsskolan201.784%390
Söderskolan–78%150
Tågaborgsskolan214.665%580
Västra Berga skola216.888%300
Västra Ramlösa skola–91%530
Wieselgrensskolan163.865%460
Ättekullaskolan21679%270

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Source: Skolverket. The school year is stated per metric in the table, because the metrics are collected at different times.