Älvstranden bildn.centrum 7-9 in Hagfors

Compulsory school — Year 7–9 in Hagfors, Värmlands län · HAGFORS KOMMUN

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There is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.

This affects

  • Anti-bullying year 8
  • Cost per student
  • Permanently employed teachers
  • Safety year 8
  • Study environment year 8
  • Number of pupils
  • The school survey relies on voluntary responses and results can vary substantially between years for small samples.
  • Costs are affected by accounting practices, rent levels, and service mix, and should mainly be compared across similar school types.
  • This staffing metric is affected by FTE definitions, local reporting practices, and temporary vacancies.
  • Pupil counts may be privacy-suppressed for small units and are not always updated on the same cadence as other indicators.

Other values here do not have this specific note.

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Skolkoll score: 30 of 100 Improving How is it calculated?
This school performs below average
210 pupils 63.6% qualified teachers Merit 191 10.7 pupils/teacher Grade deviation -0.7 1 warning signal
Quality dimensions
Results 7
Staff 22
Value-added 27
Safety 64
Resources 70

Älvstranden bildn.centrum 7-9 is a compulsory school in Hagfors, Värmlands län. The school has 210 pupils and 10.7 pupils per teacher. Average merit value in year 9 is 191 points. 63.6% of teachers are qualified. Provider The organisation that runs the school — a municipality, foundation or limited company.Read more in glossary → : Hagfors kommun.

Statistics: school year 2023/24. Source: Skolverket, SCB, Kolada. Glossary · About the data.

Result history: 5 years
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Warning signals

Objective assessment based on statistics — not a quality stamp. Glossary.

1 warning signal identified
SALSA underperformance -28.0

Merit value is 28 points lower than expected given pupil composition (SALSA score: -28.0).

School signal summary

Below average
compared to national averages
Merit value yr 9
191 ↑
National: 227.7 Municipality: 203.3
Pupils/teacher
10.7 ↑
National: 12.1 Municipality: 10.5
Qualified teachers
63.6% ↓
National: 74.0% Municipality: 66.9%
Eligible for upper secondary
75% ↑
National: 86.1%
School National Municipality

School profileSchool strengths and profile

School's strengths compared to all compulsory schools nationally. Source: Skolverket, Schools Inspectorate. Method.

Radar chart: school profile across five dimensions ResultsStaffSafetyResourcesTrend

Percentile ranking

School's position among all compulsory schools in Sweden.

Merit score P7
Qualified teachers P22
Teacher density P70
Upper secondary eligibility P18

Safety index

64 /100
Safety 75%
Study environment 56%
Anti-bullying 53%
Staff 61%

Cost per pupil The municipality’s total cost for compulsory school per student per year. Ranges from under SEK 100,000 to over SEK 200,000.Read more in glossary → — Hagfors

Municipality average cost per pupil. Source: Kolada.

147,612 SEK Total cost/pupil National avg: 142,155 SEK
67,011 SEK Teaching
22,469 SEK Facilities
7,476 SEK Meals
4,790 SEK Learning materials
3,960 SEK Student health

Municipal schools: 135,144 SEK/pupil.

Student support services Collective term for the school’s medical, psychological, psychosocial, and special-educational services.Read more in glossary → in Hagfors

Municipality-level data on student health and support resources. Source: Kolada and the Schools Inspectorate.

Student health, compulsory school
3,960 SEK/pupil (national: 5,053 SEK)
Easy access to student health, yr 5
53.1%
Easy access to student health, yr 8
40%
Support from student health (staff)
58.7%

View all key figures for Hagfors · Source: Kolada

After-school care in Hagfors

Municipality-level key figures for after-school care (fritidshem) in Hagfors. The data covers the entire municipality and may differ from this specific unit.

Children per FTE
16.5 (national: 21.6)
Pedagogical higher education
15.5% (national: 36.7%)
Cost per child
43,802 SEK/year (national: 46,712 SEK)
Enrolment rate (age 6-12)
48.7% (national: 57.9%)
Enrolled children in municipality
350

View all key figures for Hagfors · Source: Kolada

Student forecast — Hagfors

Population forecast for children ages 6–15 in Hagfors. Source: SCB.

1,092 ages 6–15 (2025)
1,030 ages 6–15 (2030)
970 ages 6–15 (2035)
-5.7 % Change

Staff & stability

Staff stability and qualification data, shown first at school level and then at municipality level.

This school

Indicator based on the share of permanently employed, senior and qualified teachers. The school has moderate staff stability.

Medium
Permanently employed
70.6%
Senior teachers
9.2%
Qualified teachers
63.6%

Teacher turnover: 10.8% — share of teachers who left or joined during the year

Municipal average qualified teachers: 66.9% (national: 74%).

A high share of permanently employed and qualified teachers indicates a more stable staff situation. Source: Skolverket Statistical Database.

Municipality

How stable the teaching workforce is in the municipality, measured as the trend in the share of qualified teachers over time. Municipality-level data from Kolada. School-specific trend is shown above under This school.

Qualified teachers The proportion of teachers with a teaching licence and qualification in the subjects they teach.Read more in glossary → — Hagfors (2025)
66% (national: 73.3%)
Qualification trend (2020–2025)
↓ -2 percentage points (declining)
Pupils per teacher — Hagfors
11 (national: 11.9)

Trend: qualified teachers in Hagfors (%)

2020: 68% 2025: 66%

All staff data for Hagfors

Merit value The sum of a student’s 16 best grades in year 9, max 320 points (340 with modern languages). The national average is around 225–230.Read more in glossary → vs. expected ( SALSA A statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary → )

SALSA compares the school's actual merit value with a modelled value based on pupil composition. School year 2024/25.

191 Actual merit value
219 Modelled value
-28.0 (expected: 0) School's own contribution (2024/25)

Municipality avg. (Hagfors): -14.5

−60 0 +60
○ Moderate certainty Standard uncertainty: ±1.0 points (210 pupils)
Medium-sized school — the SALSA score is reasonably stable but individual cohorts can have an impact.

SALSA measures relative performance — not absolute school quality. The model explains approx. 53% of variation; the rest depends on factors like leadership, teaching, resources and pupil selection not captured by the model.

Background variables in the model
Parents' education level
2.3 (scale 1-3)
Recently immigrated pupils
5%
Share of boys
47.0%
Pass in all subjects
57% (model: 65%, score: -9)

SALSA score over time

2020/21: -5.0 2024/25: -28.0

Positive SALSA score = higher results than expected given pupil composition. Source: SIRIS/Skolverket. Read more about SALSA.

Similar schools

The 5 most similar compulsory schools based on pupil count, geography, teacher qualifications and pupil composition.

Kyrkhedens skola 4-9
Hagfors
Merit: 215.6 Qual: 57.3% 210 pupils
19 km away 89% similarity
Älvstranden bildn.centrum 4-6
Hagfors
Qual: 72.8% 170 pupils
0 km away 88% similarity
Forsnässkolan 4-9
Munkfors
Merit: 219.9 Qual: 58.6% 230 pupils
24 km away 84% similarity
Hillelskolan
Stockholm
Qual: 74.6% 240 pupils
84% similarity
Östra skolan
Sunne
Qual: 67.8% 250 pupils
37 km away 84% similarity

Schools with similar pupil composition

Schools with similar SALSA background variables (parents' education, recently immigrated, gender). Shows how Älvstranden bildn.centrum 7-9 performs compared to schools with similar conditions.

-28.0 Performs below expectations

Better SALSA score than 0 of 15 comparison schools

Average SALSA score among comparison schools: -6.9

School Municipality Merit value SALSA score Qualified teachers
Älvstranden bildn.centrum 7-9 Hagfors 191 -28.0 63.6%
Internationella Engelska Skolan Hässleholm Hässleholm 245 +22.0 –
Madesjöskolan Ma02 Nybro 210 -9.0 77.8%
Tundalsskolan åk 7-9 Robertsfors 225 -2.0 83.9%
Trollehöjdskolan Mullsjö 204 -17.0 66.3%
Elin Wägnerskolan 1 Växjö 228 +7.0 73.8%
Stadsparksskolan Partille 224 -2.0 77.4%
Hagaskolan Alvesta 205 -14.0 78%
Åsenskolan Gislaved 214 -5.0 78.4%
Arenaskolan grundskola Timrå 196 -25.0 58.3%
Väröbackaskolan 4-9 Varberg 203 -21.0 69%
Funkaboskolan Kalmar 224 -5.0 88.3%
Norrevångsskolan 7-9 Eslöv 227 +10.0 85.2%
Kågeskolan Skellefteå 219 -11.0 75.6%
Söraskolan Österåker 207 -11.0 77.7%
Hultsbergsskolan 7-9 – 207 -21.0 –

SALSA score = actual merit value minus SALSA model's expected value. Positive (green) = better than expected. Source: SIRIS/Skolverket. School year 2024/25.

Student throughput The proportion of upper secondary students who graduate within three years. An important quality measure for upper secondary schools.Read more in glossary →

Proxy: difference in pass rate (all subjects) year 6 vs year 9.

72 Pupils yr 9
+4.7 pp Pass rate yr 6 vs 9
75% Upper secondary eligibility National avg: 86% (national: 86.1%)

Pupils per year group

Year 7
61
Year 8
76
Year 9
72

Statistics

Number of pupils
210 Limited historyThere is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.This affectsNumber of pupilsPupil counts may be privacy-suppressed for small units and are not always updated on the same cadence as other indicators.Read more about the method →
Pupils per teacher
10.7 (municipal avg: 10.5, national: 12.1)
Qualified teachers
63.6% (municipal avg: 66.9%, national: 74%)
Merit value yr 9
191 (municipal avg: 203.3, national: 227.7)
Eligible for vocational upper secondary yr 9
75% (national: 86.1%)
NP Swedish yr 9
12.2%
NP English yr 9
14.5%
NP Mathematics yr 9
9.2%
School library
Yes

Quality dataQuality and finance (Skolverket Statistical Database)

Costs, personnel data and school survey results from Skolverket's quality system.

Costs per pupil

Total cost
135,100 SEK Limited historyThere is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.This affectsCost per studentCosts are affected by accounting practices, rent levels, and service mix, and should mainly be compared across similar school types.Read more about the method →
Teaching
67,000 SEK
Facilities
22,500 SEK
Meals
7,500 SEK
Learning materials
4,800 SEK
Student health
3,960 SEK

Personnel

Special needs teachers qualified
0%
Permanently employed
70.6% Limited historyThere is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.This affectsPermanently employed teachersThis staffing metric is affected by FTE definitions, local reporting practices, and temporary vacancies.Read more about the method →
Senior teachers
9.2%
Teacher turnover The proportion of staff replaced during a year. High staff turnover may indicate instability or recruitment difficulties.Read more in glossary →
10.8%
Pupils per counsellor
855.5
Certified in subject(s)
62% (licensed and certified for teaching subject)
Teachers (FTE)
87.2
Share of female teachers
75.3%

School survey — radar chart

Student responses across 5 dimensions. Grey area = national average. What does the survey measure?

SafetyStudy environmentAnti-bullyingStimulationSupport
Safety 73% -8.8 pp
Study environment 51% -5.5 pp
Anti-bullying 53% -12.1 pp
Stimulation 62% -3.9 pp
Support 72% -2 pp
Avg 62%

NKI trend over time (Pupils year 8)

NKI per year (0–10): the "nojdhet" dimension when present, otherwise the average of all survey dimensions. What does the survey measure?

6.1 2023 5.8 2025
Stable (-0.3 on 0–10)

Demographics & safety

Pupil demographics

Foreign background
26%
Gender
47.0% boys, 53.0% girls
Recently immigrated pupils
5% (SALSA model)
Other mother tongue than Swedish
27.9% (municipality avg.)
Swedish as a second language
15.6% (municipality avg.)
Parents with higher education
43.4%

Safety in the municipality

Reported crimes at municipality level — not school-specific. Source: Kolada.

Reported crimes (total)
7,739 per 100,000 pop.
Violent crimes
730 per 100,000 pop.
Burglaries
141 per 100,000 pop.
Drug offences
950 per 100,000 pop.

Contact & AboutAbout the school

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Eligible for upper secondary
75% (national: 86.1%)

Postal address

68380 HAGFORS

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About data and sources

Statistics are sourced from Skolverket, Kolada/RKA and SCB. Latest known data update: . Empty values mean the data is missing at source or not applicable to this school type.

School unit code
18315553
School forms
Compulsory school
Year span
7–9
School provider
Hagfors kommun
Organisation number
2120001884
Provider type
Municipality
Municipality
Hagfors
County
Värmlands län
Legal form
Municipality
Principal
Anja Heidkamp

For definitions and methodology: method, data sources and glossary.

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