Bergviksskolan åk 4-9 in Söderhamn

After-school care, Compulsory school — Year 4–9 in Söderhamn, Gävleborgs län · SÖDERHAMNS KOMMUN

6 values has limited history

This applies only to the values listed here.

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.

Skolkoll score: 37 of 100 Improving How is it calculated?
This school performs below average
260 pupils 64.8% qualified teachers Merit 208 13 pupils/teacher Grade deviation +0.5
Quality dimensions
Results 24
Staff 25
Value-added 49
Safety 68
Resources 34

Bergviksskolan åk 4-9 is a compulsory school in Söderhamn, Gävleborgs län. The school has 260 pupils and 13 pupils per teacher. Average merit value in year 9 is 208 points. 64.8% of teachers are qualified. Provider The organisation that runs the school — a municipality, foundation or limited company.Read more in glossary → : Söderhamns kommun.

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

Result history: 5 years
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School signal summary

Below average
compared to national averages
Merit value yr 9
208
National: 227.7 Municipality: 220.1
Pupils/teacher
13
National: 12.1 Municipality: 12.0
Qualified teachers
64.8%
National: 74.0% Municipality: 56.7%
Eligible for upper secondary
60%
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 P24
Qualified teachers P25
Teacher density P34
Upper secondary eligibility P3

Safety index

68 /100
Safety 81%
Study environment 58%
Anti-bullying 61%
Staff 62%

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 → — Söderhamn

Municipality average cost per pupil. Source: Kolada.

142,212 SEK Total cost/pupil National avg: 142,155 SEK
78,435 SEK Teaching
20,423 SEK Facilities
9,118 SEK Meals
9,396 SEK Learning materials
4,056 SEK Student health

Municipal schools: 137,044 SEK/pupil.

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

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

Student health, compulsory school
4,056 SEK/pupil (national: 5,053 SEK)
Easy access to student health, yr 5
61%
Easy access to student health, yr 8
58.9%
Support from student health (staff)
79.4%
Preventive work (staff)
66.9%

View all key figures for Söderhamn · Source: Kolada

After-school care in Söderhamn

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

Children per FTE
21.5 (national: 21.6)
Pedagogical higher education
33.5% (national: 36.7%)
Cost per child
46,462 SEK/year (national: 46,712 SEK)
Enrolment rate (age 6-12)
59.8% (national: 57.9%)
Enrolled children in municipality
1,052

View all key figures for Söderhamn · Source: Kolada

Student forecast — Söderhamn

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

2,719 ages 6–15 (2025)
2,426 ages 6–15 (2030)
2,094 ages 6–15 (2035)
-10.8 % 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 high staff stability.

High
Permanently employed
88.8%
Senior teachers
12.9%
Qualified teachers
64.8%

Teacher turnover: 12.6% — share of teachers who left or joined during the year

Municipal average qualified teachers: 56.7% (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 → — Söderhamn (2025)
55.7% (national: 73.3%)
Qualification trend (2020–2025)
↓ -2.5 percentage points (declining)
Pupils per teacher — Söderhamn
12.1 (national: 11.9)

Trend: qualified teachers in Söderhamn (%)

2020: 58.2% 2025: 55.7%

All staff data for Söderhamn

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.

208 Actual merit value
209 Modelled value
-1.0 (expected: 0) School's own contribution (2024/25)

Municipality avg. (Söderhamn): +5.0

−60 0 +60
✓ High certainty Standard uncertainty: ±0.9 points (260 pupils)
Large school — the SALSA score is statistically stable.

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
2.1 (scale 1-3)
Recently immigrated pupils
0%
Share of boys
54.0%
Pass in all subjects
52% (model: 63%, score: -11)

SALSA score over time

2020/21: +13.0 2024/25: -1.0

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.

Schools with similar pupil composition

Schools with similar SALSA background variables (parents' education, recently immigrated, gender). Shows how Bergviksskolan åk 4-9 performs compared to schools with similar conditions.

-1.0 Performs below expectations

Better SALSA score than 7 of 15 comparison schools

Average SALSA score among comparison schools: -0.7

School Municipality Merit value SALSA score Qualified teachers
Bergviksskolan åk 4-9 Söderhamn 208 -1.0 64.8%
Norrsundsskolan Norrtälje 195 -11.0 66.2%
Flens kristna skola Flen 226 +21.0 17.6%
Borås Kristna skola Borås 207 -1.0 74.2%
Ljungbyhedsskolan Klippan 217 +6.0 77.6%
Mariebergsskolan 7-9 Motala 182 -29.0 77.1%
Kristna skolan Oasen Sundsvall 236 +27.0 23.4%
Söderby friskola Salem 226 +15.0 78.4%
Korsavadsskolan 1 Simrishamn 208 -2.0 59.7%
Västerskolan F-9 Hässleholm 220 +10.0 82.2%
Parkskolan Hallstahammar 222 +16.0 70%
Fränstaskolan Ånge 184 -19.0 62.2%
Åvestadalskolan Avesta 197 -12.0 58.9%
Silvertärnan Öster Vänersborg 207 -1.0 58.1%
Lidens skola Sundsvall 190 -16.0 39.4%
Krungårdsskolan Mönsterås 196 -14.0 68.6%

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.

23 Pupils yr 6
67 Pupils yr 9
+8.5 pp Pass rate yr 6 vs 9
60% Upper secondary eligibility National avg: 86% (national: 86.1%)

Pupils per year group

Year 4
21
Year 5
24
Year 6
23
Year 7
63
Year 8
61
Year 9
67

Statistics

Number of pupils
260 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
13 (municipal avg: 12, national: 12.1)
Qualified teachers
64.8% (municipal avg: 56.7%, national: 74%)
Merit value yr 9
208 (municipal avg: 220.1, national: 227.7)
Eligible for vocational upper secondary yr 9
60% (national: 86.1%)
NP Swedish yr 9
12%
NP English yr 9
15.2%
NP Mathematics yr 9
8.1%
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
135,200 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
77,900 SEK
Facilities
18,900 SEK
Meals
9,000 SEK
Learning materials
8,700 SEK
Student health
3,930 SEK

Personnel

Special needs teachers qualified
34.3%
Permanently employed
88.8% 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
12.9%
Teacher turnover The proportion of staff replaced during a year. High staff turnover may indicate instability or recruitment difficulties.Read more in glossary →
12.6%
Pupils per counsellor
764.7
Certified in subject(s)
59.1% (licensed and certified for teaching subject)
Teachers (FTE)
178.9
Share of female teachers
78.5%

School survey — radar chart

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

SafetyStudy environmentAnti-bullyingStimulationSupport
Safety 83% +1.2 pp
Study environment 56% -0.5 pp
Anti-bullying 65% -0.1 pp
Stimulation 68% +2.1 pp
Support 73% -1 pp
Avg 69%

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?

5.8 2023 6.7 2025
Rising (+0.9 on 0–10)

Demographics & safety

Pupil demographics

Foreign background
22.8%
Gender
54.0% boys, 46.0% girls
Recently immigrated pupils
0% (SALSA model)
Other mother tongue than Swedish
21.5% (municipality avg.)
Swedish as a second language
13.2% (municipality avg.)
Parents with higher education
49.6%

Safety in the municipality

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

Reported crimes (total)
12,064 per 100,000 pop.
Violent crimes
1,183 per 100,000 pop.
Burglaries
517 per 100,000 pop.
Drug offences
1,236 per 100,000 pop.

Contact & AboutAbout the school

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Result tracking

Eligible for upper secondary
60% (national: 86.1%)

Postal address

82680 SÖDERHAMN

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
32721673
School forms
After-school care, Compulsory school
Year span
4–9
School provider
Söderhamns kommun
Organisation number
2120002353
Provider type
Municipality
Municipality
Söderhamn
County
Gävleborgs län
Legal form
Municipality
Principal
Charlotta Palm

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