Arenaskolan in Linköping

Compulsory schoolYear 7–9Operator: Linköping Municipality · Linköping, Östergötlands County

Headmaster: Cecilia Persson

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top 42%Shows where a school sits within a comparison group. Percentile 80 means the school ranks above roughly 80 percent of that group.Compared to all compulsory schools nationally
Skolkoll Score 61 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). 50 is the average. Better than 58% of Sweden’s compulsory schools.

A composite of five open data sources — a starting point, not a grade.

Data coverageHigh4/5
Why this score?

Skolkoll score is Skolkoll's composite indicator based on available data sources. It is not an official quality measure and should be read together with the underlying data.

4 of 5 score dimensions have school-specific data.

When school-specific data is missing for a dimension, the neutral value 50 is used. That does not automatically lower the school, but it makes the score less informative.

What is the Skolkoll Score?

Lower results than the pupil intake predictsA statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary →What is value-added?The school's own contribution given its pupil intake (Skolverket's SALSA model) — not a quality guarantee, and not comparable between years.

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Arenaskolan is a large municipal compulsory school with 540 pupils.

Arenaskolan is a large municipal compulsory school with 540 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (94%) is above the national average of 72%.

See how schools in Linköping rank →

Next steps

The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Compulsory school in Linköping with 540 pupils.
  2. The latest record (2021) is a review or decision without risk classification.
  3. Applying? Go to the school's application link on this page.

Skolkoll interpretation

Arenaskolan is compared here with 80 other schools with the same school form in Linköping municipality; it has 540 pupils versus the municipal average of 206.

The year-9 merit value is 232.3, 3.3 points below the municipal average and 4.6 points above the national average.

Qualified teachers: 94%, 14 percentage points above the municipal average and 22 percentage points above the national average.

The SALSA residual (-15.0) indicates that outcomes are weaker than the model expects for the pupil composition.

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School programmes

  • Compulsory school

Things to look into

Worth looking into. These indicators are an attention aid, not a quality grade or risk score.

  • Merit value is 15 points lower than expected given pupil composition (SALSA score: -15.0).

School profile

The school's strengths compared with all primary schools nationally.

Radar diagram: school profile across five dimensionsResultsStaffSafetyResourcesTrend
  • Merit ratingP58
  • Certified teachersP98
  • Pupil-teacher ratioP37
  • Eligibility (upper secondary)P68

Source: Skolverket, Swedish Schools Inspectorate.

Aerial view of the school

Aerial view of Arenaskolan, orthophoto from Lantmäteriet

Aerial view of the school's surroundings. The property is marked from the register; building use has not been verified. Updated 2026. Source: Lantmäteriet · CC BY 4.0

Entrances:1 Linköping, Fastes gata 2C, Linköping

School performance

Results

232.3
Merit value yr 9

Sweden: 227.7

Results are reported by the school operator to Skolverket.

Merit value yr 9 Reliability: High reliability.
232.3From 227.3 (2324) to 232.3 (2425)Change within uncertainty intervalSweden: 227.7
Eligible for upper secondary Reliability: High reliability.
93.2%Sweden: 86.1%
NP Swedish yr 9 (mean score) Reliability: High reliability.
12.7 pts
NP Mathematics yr 9 (mean score) Reliability: High reliability.
12.4 pts
NP English yr 9 (mean score) Reliability: High reliability.
15.6 pts
High reliability — Direct data from the school operator.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Staff

94%
Qualified teachers

Municipality: 80% · Sweden: 72%

94% of teachers hold a pedagogical degree — 22 percentage points above the national average.

Qualified teachers Reliability: High reliability.
94%From 90% (2425) to 94% (2526)Municipality: 80% · Sweden: 72%
Pupils per teacher Reliability: High reliability.
12.8From 13.2 (2425) to 12.8 (2526)Municipality: 11.1 · Sweden: 12.0
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Value-added / SALSA

-15.0
SALSA residual

Model prediction: 232.0 · Actual outcome: 248.0

The school performs below what the student composition would predict.

SALSA residual Reliability: Moderate reliability.
-15.00 = as expected
Model prediction Reliability: Moderate reliability.
232.0
Actual outcome Reliability: Moderate reliability.
248.0
Moderate reliability — SALSA models have natural uncertainty for small schools.

Source: Skolverket SALSA · Last updated: 3 Jul 2026

School environment

Safety & Inspection

No active cases
Recently inspected 2021

No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate. Latest decision: Riktad tillsyn Uppföljning beslut Grundskolan Linköping Arenaskolan, 2021 (pdf, 255 kB).

Latest inspection decision Reliability: High reliability.
2021-03-18 — Riktad tillsyn Uppföljning beslut Grundskolan Linköping Arenaskolan, 2021 (pdf, 255 kB)
Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
0
High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.

Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Resources

146,110 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)

Sweden: 144,179 SEK

Cost per pupil is 1% above the national average.

Cost per pupil (total) Reliability: Limited history.
146,110 SEKSweden: 144,179 SEK
Teaching Reliability: Moderate reliability.
75,000 SEK
Facilities Reliability: Moderate reliability.
26,800 SEK
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.

Source: SCB & Kolada · Last updated: 3 Jul 2026

Who runs the school

Operator

LINKÖPINGS KOMMUN
Municipal operator

282 other schools in the municipality.

Linköping Municipality
Municipal operator:Linköping MunicipalityLinköping Municipality · 283 schools in the municipality

LINKÖPINGS KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 282 other schools.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
LINKÖPINGS KOMMUN
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Municipal own operation
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
282
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Next step: Apply for a place

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Contact and address

Headmaster
Cecilia Persson
Visiting address
Fastesgata 2B, 58278 Linköping
Postal address
58181 LINKÖPING
School unit code
46165416

Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-07-05.

Everyday travelAreas that reach the school within 15 minutes.

Reachability from the school
15 min on foot
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Support and inclusion

Support and student health

This panel shows sourced support-resource data where available and marks the rest as missing or uncertain. These fields do not affect score or ranking.

SourcedSpecial education competence46% qualified special needs teachers/special educatorsThe source reports an aggregate staffing metric. It is not used in support-needs scoring or ranking.Source: Skolverket Statistikdatabasen · 2026-06-21
SourcedCounsellor2,464 pupils per counsellorThe resource metric is statistical and should be read together with the school's own processes and contact routes.Source: Skolverket Statistikdatabasen · 2026-06-21
Missing or uncertain support-resource fields
  • MissingStudent health teamIs there sourced information about student health functions at the school?
  • PartialSpecial educatorThe source does not split special educators and special needs teachers per school unit in this model.
  • PartialSpecial needs teacherThe source does not split special educators and special needs teachers per school unit in this model.
  • MissingSchool nurseIs there sourced information about school nurse resources?
  • MissingPsychologistIs there sourced information about psychologist resources?
  • MissingStudy and career guidanceIs there sourced information about study and career guidance?
  • MissingLanguage supportIs there sourced information about language or mother-tongue support?
  • MissingAdaptations and special supportIs there verified process information for adaptations and special support?
  • MissingAccessibilityIs there sourced information about physical or pedagogical accessibility?
  • MissingContact routeIs there a verified contact route for support questions?

Privacy rule: no individual pupil health, diagnosis, support decision or personal case data may be stored.

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Nearest and similar schools

About Linköping municipality

School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.

Schools
283
Avg. merit (yr 9)
235.6+7.9
Certified teachers
82%+8 pp
Pupils per teacher
11.6in line

Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).

Similar schools

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

Grade distribution

Share of pupils per grade, school year 2024/25.

+0.1Grades close to national-test results — no clear inflation signal.

Source: SIRIS/Skolverket · See full A–F distribution in the data view →

School survey perspectives

Pupils, guardians and staff — same school, different answers

Survey results broken down by respondent group on a 0–10 scale. Groups can experience the same school very differently — notable gaps are highlighted below.

PupilsGuardians

Text summary of the chart:

  • Pupils: Safety too few responses, Study environment too few responses, Stimulation too few responses, Support too few responses, Anti-bullying too few responses.
  • Guardians: Safety too few responses, Study environment too few responses, Stimulation too few responses, Support too few responses.
258SafetyToo few responsesToo few responsesStudy environmentToo few responsesToo few responsesStimulationToo few responsesToo few responsesSupportToo few responsesToo few responsesAnti-bullyingToo few responses

Results with fewer than 5 responses are shown as “too few responses”.

Automatically flagged gaps

At least one respondent group has too few responses on the overlapping measures, so gaps cannot be calculated.

Staff results are not published per school by Skolinspektionen today, so the staff view appears only when available.

SALSA result

−15.0A statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary →Performs below expectationsThe residual is actual minus expected merit value; positive means the school lifts pupils more than the model predicts.

Better than 2 of 10 comparable schools.

Average residual among benchmark schools: −6.2A statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary →.

How should SALSA be read?

SALSA is a statistical comparison metric, not a school rating. Small cohorts and individual year groups can create uncertain signals, so read it together with pupil counts, survey data and other sources.

Source: Skolverket/SALSA · See the full comparison table →

Pupils per year

Number of pupils per year group (total 536 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).

Yr 7176 pupils in Yr 7
Yr 8180 pupils in Yr 8
Yr 9180 pupils in Yr 9

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Improving

82.4% qualified teachers in municipality (2025) ▲ +3.9 pp over 5 years

Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).

Throughput year 6 → year 9

78.4% year 9 (year 6 missing)
  • 180 pupils yr 9

Source: Skolverket SIRIS + Skolverket Statistical Database.

Inspections & decisions

The Schools Inspectorate has 1 decision on record without critical findings. Most recent: Mar 2021.

Source: Skolinspektionen tillsynsregister (open data). Updated when new decisions are published. · See all decisions and review types in the data view → · Check current status at the Schools Inspectorate ↗

Data coverage

What we do not know about Arenaskolan

Open school data is not complete. Use this as a checklist for what to verify with the school, provider or municipality.

  • HighResults and score inputsHigh data coverage: 4 of 5 score dimensions have school-specific data. When school-specific data is missing for a dimension, the neutral value 50 is used. That does not automatically lower the school, but it makes the score less informative.
  • HighEligibility and goal attainmentGrades, eligibility and goal-attainment data may be missing, suppressed or available only for some grades and school types.
  • PartialResources, teachers and staffTeacher and resource metrics do not always show subject mix, vacancies, student-health workflows or everyday staffing.
  • PartialSupport resources and student healthSome support-resource fields have sourced statistics, but several parts are still missing or reported only in aggregate.
  • MissingSafety and study environmentWe lack current or displayable survey data about safety and study environment for this school.
  • UncertainAdmissions, placement and important datesMunicipal placement rules, queues and important dates require a local source and should be checked with the municipality or school.
  • MissingVisits, facilities and everyday environmentWe lack sourced open-house information for this school. Facilities, accessibility and everyday environment are often not open comparable data.

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