Independent vs municipal compulsory schools in Norrköping

Norrköping: 13 independent and 50 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 Norrköping

The comparison covers 13 compulsory schools with an independent operator and 50 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 schools1350
Merit score year 9232.9 pointsmedian 229.4 · range 186.5–27211 of 12 schools · school year 2025/261 value withheld for confidentiality214.9 pointsmedian 216.8 · range 185.1–244.113 of 14 schools · school year 2025/261 value withheld for confidentiality
Certified teachers62.8%median 61.5 · range 40.7–80.410 of 13 schools · school year 2025/263 schools without a published value · the values come from 2 different school years73.6%median 75.4 · range 49.7–94.550 of 50 schools · school year 2025/26
Pupils per teacher13.9median 14.6 · range 2–19.913 of 13 schools · school year 2025/26the values come from 2 different school years11.9median 12.1 · range 4.6–18.350 of 50 schools · school year 2025/26
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 (13)

Listed alphabetically — this page does not rank schools.

SchoolMerit score yr 9Certified teachersCompulsory-school pupilsOperator
I Ur och Skur sk Skattkammarön186.561%130I UR OCH SKUR SKOLAN SKATTKAMMARÖN EK. FÖR.
JENSEN grundskola Norrköping245.156%310JENSEN EDUCATION COLLEGE AB
Johannesskolan Norrkpg Kr Sk202.354%150STIFTELSEN AGAPE NORRKÖPING
Jönsbergska Idrottsskolan Norrköping27279%340Jönsbergska Idrottsskolan Norrköping AB
Kunskapsskolan Norrköping271.680%490Kunskapsskolan i Sverige Aktiebolag
Kvarsebo skola–56%20KVARSEBO SKOLA
Lärande Grundskola Södra223.241%350Lärande förskolor och grundskolor i Sverige AB
Lärande Grundskola Östra258.362%470Lärande förskolor och grundskolor i Sverige AB
Nordic International School Norrköping220.9–370Nordic International School AB
Prolympia Norrköping247.575%500Prolympia AB
Stegehus resursskola––10STIFTELSEN STEGET
Stiftelsen Rudolf Steinerskolan205.4–200STIFTELSEN RUDOLF STEINERSKOLAN I NORRKÖPING
Vittra Röda stan229.463%450Vittraskolorna AB

Compulsory schools with a municipal operator (50)

Listed alphabetically — this page does not rank schools.

SchoolMerit score yr 9Certified teachersCompulsory-school pupils
Borgsmoskolan 1191.578%170
Borgsmoskolan 2–51%20
Bråviksskolan 1–84%320
Dagsbergs skola–63%100
De Geers skola–75%120
Djäkneparksskolan 1231.173%510
Ektorpsringen 2–66%240
Ektorpsskolan 1206.580%240
Enebyskolan 1234.580%170
Enebyskolan 2218.678%170
Greby-skolan–74%130
Gustaf Adolfsskolan 2–89%170
Hagaskolan 1244.172%270
Hultdalsskolan234.785%360
Jurslaskolan 1–83%270
Karlshovsskolan–90%280
Kimstadskolan–63%120
Klingsborgsskolan 1185.177%280
Kungsängsskolan–75%320
Kyrkskolan 2–76%290
Kättinge skola–86%70
Lindöskolan–77%120
Ljuraskolan 1–66%260
Matteusskolan 2–85%230
Mosstorpsskolan 1–60%130
Mosstorpsskolan 2196.460%240
Navestadsskolan 2216.866%390
Norrköpings Montessoriskola 1–84%120
Norrköpings Montessoriskola 2–58%140
Oxelbergsskolan–75%160
Parkskolan–88%150
Råsslaskolan 1225.165%500
Sandbyhovsskolan215.865%260
Sandbyängsskolan 2–81%270
Silverdansens skola–78%180
Skarphagsskolan 1–61%130
Smedbyskolan–77%300
Svärtinge Skogsbacke skola–92%260
Svärtingehus 1–80%260
Söderporten 1–60%370
Tamburinens skola–69%220
Tåby skola–79%100
Uttersbergsskolan–95%270
Vikbolandsskolan 119450%200
Vikbolandsskolan 2–58%220
Vilbergsskolan–89%290
Villastadsskolan–71%120
Vrinneviskolan–69%230
Vångaskolan–51%90
Åbymoskolan 1–78%410

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