Staff stability
Declining
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
Bjurtjärns skola in Storfors
Headmaster: Maria Smeds
40
Skolkoll Score 40 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). 50 is the average. Better than 50% of Sweden’s compulsory schools.around the national midpointShows 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
A composite of five open data sources — a starting point, not a grade.
Data coverageMedium2/5
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.
2 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.
Bjurtjärns skola is a small municipal compulsory school with 70 pupils.
Bjurtjärns skola is a small municipal compulsory school with 70 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (48%) is below the national average of 72%.
- 70PupilsMunicipality: 360High reliability
- 48%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 71% · Sweden: 72%High reliability
- 11.1Pupils per teacherMunicipality: 8.8 · Sweden: 12.0High reliability
- 206,365 SEKCost per pupil (municipal avg.)Sweden: 144,179 SEKLimited history
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The most important facts in 3 points
- Compulsory school in Storfors with 70 pupils.
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Skolkoll interpretation
Bjurtjärns skola is compared here with 3 other schools with the same school form in Storfors municipality; it has 70 pupils versus the municipal average of 90.
Qualified teachers: 48%, 23 percentage points below the municipal average and 24 percentage points below the national average.
Pupils per teacher is 11.1, 2.3 higher than the municipal average.
Apply for a place? Use Storfors e-service for school choice (opens in a new window).
Cost per student and Number of pupils has limited history
This applies only to the values listed here.
There is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.
This affects
- Cost per student
- Number of pupils
- Costs are affected by accounting practices, rent levels, and service mix, and should mainly be compared across similar school types.
- 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.
School programmes
- Compulsory school
Things to look into
Worth looking into. These indicators are an attention aid, not a quality grade or risk score.
- 48% qualified teachers — more than 10 percentage points below the national average (72%).
School profile
The school's strengths compared with all primary schools nationally.
- Certified teachersP5
- Pupil-teacher ratioP64
Source: Skolverket, Swedish Schools Inspectorate.
Aerial view of the school
The school's property boundary and buildings from the Swedish Land Survey's property register. Updated 2026. Source: Lantmäteriet · CC BY 4.0
Entrances:1 Storfors, Brunnstorpsvägen 2, Storfors
School performance
Staff
48%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 71% · Sweden: 72%
Staff
48%
Qualified teachers
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No active casesRecently inspected
Safety & Inspection
No active cases
Recently inspected
No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate. Latest decision: Regelb. tillsyn Storfors Bjurtjärns skola, 2010 (pdf, 1,51 MB).
- Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
- 0
High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.
Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026
Resources
206,365 SEKCost per pupil (total)Sweden: 144,179 SEK
Resources
206,365 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)
Cost per pupil is 43% above the national average.
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.
Who runs the school
Operator
STORFORS KOMMUNMunicipal operator8 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
STORFORS KOMMUN
Municipal operator
STORFORS KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 8 other schools.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- STORFORS KOMMUN
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Municipal own operation
- Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
- 8
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
- Maria Smeds
- Visiting address
- Brunntorpsvägen 2, Bjurtjärn, 68892 Storfors
- Postal address
- BOX 1001, 68829 STORFORS
- Phone
- 0550-65230
- Website
- www.storfors.se/
- School unit code
58468387
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
15 min by bike
School
Nearest and similar schools
- Nykroppa skola23 km away· 30 pupils
- Persbergs skola37 km away· 50 pupils
- Björneborgs skola F-622 km away· 50 pupils
About Storfors municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 9
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 254.3+26.6
- Certified teachers
- 73%in line
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.2−2.8
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
Similar schools
The 5 most-similar compulsory schools based on student count, geography, teacher certification and pupil composition.
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.
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.
Pupils per year
Number of pupils per year group (total 68 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).
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In-depth metrics
School meals
Weekly menus and meal provider for this school's municipality.
No menu provider registered for this municipality yet.
Source: municipality's own meal portal — Skolkoll does not host menu content.
Inspections & decisions
The Schools Inspectorate has 2 decisions on record without critical findings.
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 ↗
Explore further
More context about Bjurtjärns skola, its municipality, operator and similar schools.
Compulsory schools in StorforsSee all compulsory schools in the municipality with results and comparisons.Schools in StorforsOpen the municipality page with all schools, rankings, and local aggregates.Storfors kommunSee all schools, municipalities, and core metrics for the same provider.Värmlands länCompare municipalities and school patterns across the whole county.Merit value year 9Compare year-9 merit values across municipalities and school environments.Certification vs Merit valueSee how merit values and upper-secondary eligibility move together.School size by school typeSee how school forms and unit sizes are distributed nationally.School type distributionCompare how school forms are distributed across municipalities and operators.
Data coverage
What we do not know about Bjurtjärns skola
Open school data is not complete. Use this as a checklist for what to verify with the school, provider or municipality.
- MediumResults and score inputsMedium data coverage: 2 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.
- MediumEligibility and goal attainmentGrades, eligibility and goal-attainment data may be missing, suppressed or available only for some grades and school types.
- UncertainResources, teachers and staffTeacher and resource metrics do not always show subject mix, vacancies, student-health workflows or everyday staffing.
- MissingSupport resources and student healthWe do not yet have a verified national data source for special education, student health, adaptations, language support or contact routes per school.
- 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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