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Åvestadalskolan in Avesta

Compulsory school Year 7–9 AVESTA Municipality · Avesta, Dalarnas County

Headmaster: Anna Karin Engström

30 /100
Skolkoll Score 30 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). 50 is the average. This value is below average.

Better than 10% of Sweden's compulsory schools

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Åvestadalskolan is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 360 pupils.

Åvestadalskolan is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 360 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (59%) is below the national average of 74%.

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The Data view is optimised for in-depth analysis: history, sources, methodology and export. For a summary interpretation, see Overview.

Key figures over time

Summary of the central metrics for the most recent 5 academic years. Visit each source for the full time series.

Academic year Pupils Qualified teachers Avg. grade Cost/pupil (municipality)
2526 360 59% — —
2425 — 56% 197.0 —
2324 — 52% 193.7 —
2223 — 50% 183.6 —
2122 — 63% 199.7 —

Source: Skolverket + Kolada (cost is municipal average, not school-specific).

School history

Events from Skolverket's unit register, Skolinspektionen inspections, group history, and locally-computed statistical signals are shown in one chronology. Each row states its row type, origin and data trust so authority data is not mixed up with Skolkoll's own signals.

One chronological history

3 priority events out of 9 total: Authority record · Lifecycle · School started; Computed signal · Signal · Merit rating changed unusually much; Computed signal · Signal · Qualified teachers changed unusually much.

Quick overview 1 Source history 0 In-depth 5 Computed 3
All 9 Lifecycle 1 Statistics 5 Signal 3
high 6 medium 3 low 0

Combined timeline

All history rows are shown in one chronology. The row type and data-trust labels separate confirmed authority records, contextual data and Skolkoll's own calculated signals.

  1. Statistics vintage In-depth

    Statistics Pupil count: statistics vintage available

    Pupil count is available for 2026. This is data availability, not a school event.

    Origin: Skolverket statistics history Data trust: high (statistics vintage) Date precision: year Method: latest available statistics vintage Severity: info
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  2. Statistics vintage In-depth

    Statistics Pupils per teacher: statistics vintage available

    Pupils per teacher is available for 2026. This is data availability, not a school event.

    Origin: Skolverket statistics history Data trust: high (statistics vintage) Date precision: year Method: latest available statistics vintage Severity: info
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  3. Statistics vintage In-depth

    Statistics Qualified teachers: statistics vintage available

    Qualified teachers is available for 2026. This is data availability, not a school event.

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  4. Statistics vintage In-depth

    Statistics Merit rating: statistics vintage available

    Merit rating is available for 2025. This is data availability, not a school event.

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  5. Statistics vintage In-depth

    Statistics Upper-secondary eligibility: statistics vintage available

    Upper-secondary eligibility is available for 2025. This is data availability, not a school event.

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  6. Computed signal Computed

    Signal Merit rating changed unusually much

    Merit rating decreased by 16.1 points from 199.7 to 183.6 between 2022 and 2023. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

    Origin: Skolkoll calculation from Skolverket history Data trust: medium (calculation from history) Date precision: year Method: year-to-year movement above threshold Severity: signal
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  7. Computed signal Computed

    Signal Qualified teachers changed unusually much

    Qualified teachers decreased by 13 pp from 63% to 50% between 2022 and 2023. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

    Origin: Skolkoll calculation from Skolverket history Data trust: medium (calculation from history) Date precision: year Method: year-to-year movement above threshold Severity: signal
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  8. Computed signal Computed

    Signal Upper-secondary eligibility changed unusually much

    Upper-secondary eligibility increased by 14 pp from 62% to 76% between 2021 and 2022. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

    Origin: Skolkoll calculation from Skolverket history Data trust: medium (calculation from history) Date precision: year Method: year-to-year movement above threshold Severity: positive
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  9. Authority record Quick overview

    Lifecycle School started

    Skolverket records 2014-10-24 as the start date for this compulsory school operated by AVESTA KOMMUN, current status AKTIV.

    Origin: Skolverket school-unit register Data trust: high (register source) Date precision: day Severity: info
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Register sources: Skolverket (fetched 31 May 2026), the Swedish Schools Inspectorate (fetched 3 May 2026) and group lookup from Bolagsverket/Skolkoll. Computed signals are marked as "Skolkoll calculation" and use year-level date precision.

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Quality data (Skolverket Statistical Database)

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

Costs per pupil

Total cost
160,400 SEK Limited history There is still too little history to interpret the trend safely. This affects Cost per student Costs 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
80,900 SEK
Facilities
36,300 SEK
Meals
7,300 SEK
Learning materials
3,000 SEK
Student health
5,500 SEK

School survey (agree, %)

Safety, year 5
78%
Safety, year 8
76% Limited history There is still too little history to interpret the trend safely. This affects Safety year 8 The school survey relies on voluntary responses and results can vary substantially between years for small samples. Read more about the method →
Study peace, year 5
54%
Study peace, year 8
55% Limited history There is still too little history to interpret the trend safely. This affects Study environment year 8 The school survey relies on voluntary responses and results can vary substantially between years for small samples. Read more about the method →
Anti-bullying, year 5
59%
Anti-bullying, year 8
54%
Stimulation, year 5
61%
Stimulation, year 8
52%

Source: Skolverket Statistical Database (Statistikdatabasen). Updated annually.

Demography

Pupil forecast — Avesta

Number of children in the age group ages 6–15 in the municipality, according to SCB's forecast.

Forecast covers all children in this age group across the entire municipality — not just this school's catchment. Local enrolment depends on school choice and migration patterns.

ages 6–15 (2025) 2,593
ages 6–15 (2030) 2,416
ages 6–15 (2035) 2,105
Change 2025→2030 -6.8%

Source: SCB (population forecast for Avesta municipality, by school-form age group).

Avesta municipality — history (school form: compulsory school)

Municipality-aggregated key figures from Kolada over the most recent 5 years. Shown as municipality average — not school-specific values — because Kolada reports financial and pedagogical metrics at school-form level per municipality.

Measure 20252024202320222021
Pupils 2,3272,2462,2952,3062,288
Merit value yr 9 208.5202.4195.0213.8197.8
Eligibility for upper secondary 65.0%61.9%57.8%56.5%59.8%
Pupils per teacher 10.410.610.811.011.2
Cost per pupil 152,291 SEK159,885 SEK147,828 SEK131,130 SEK127,339 SEK

Source: Kolada (Swedish council for municipal analyses).

Data sources

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Methodology and definitions

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