Ferlinskolan in Filipstad

Adapted compulsory school, Compulsory school — Year 7–9 in Filipstad, Värmlands län · FILIPSTADS KOMMUN

3 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

  • Cost per student
  • Permanently employed teachers
  • Number of pupils
  • 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: 42 of 100 Improving How is it calculated?
This school performs below average
250 pupils 69.3% qualified teachers Merit 205.6 8.7 pupils/teacher Grade deviation -0.9
Quality dimensions
Results 20
Staff 35
Value-added 52
Safety* 50
Resources 91
* Missing school-specific data — using national median (50). Based on 4 of 5 dimensions.

Ferlinskolan is a compulsory school in Filipstad, Värmlands län. The school has 250 pupils and 8.7 pupils per teacher. Average merit value in year 9 is 205.6 points. 69.3% of teachers are qualified. Provider The organisation that runs the school — a municipality, foundation or limited company.Read more in glossary → : Filipstads 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

Near average
compared to national averages
Merit value yr 9
205.6 ↑
National: 227.7 Municipality: 220.8
Pupils/teacher
8.7 ↓
National: 12.1 Municipality: 8.8
Qualified teachers
69.3% ↓
National: 74.0% Municipality: 65.5%
Eligible for upper secondary
86.2% →
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 P20
Qualified teachers P35
Teacher density P91
Upper secondary eligibility P49

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 → — Filipstad

Municipality average cost per pupil. Source: Kolada.

154,997 SEK Total cost/pupil National avg: 142,155 SEK
82,650 SEK Teaching
26,039 SEK Facilities
8,689 SEK Meals
2,324 SEK Learning materials
6,503 SEK Student health

Municipal schools: 143,073 SEK/pupil.

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

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

Student health, compulsory school
6,503 SEK/pupil (national: 5,053 SEK)
Easy access to student health, yr 5
55.8%
Easy access to student health, yr 8
62%
Support from student health (staff)
83.9%
Preventive work (staff)
66.2%

View all key figures for Filipstad · Source: Kolada

After-school care in Filipstad

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

Children per FTE
22.3 (national: 21.6)
Pedagogical higher education
13.4% (national: 36.7%)
Cost per child
54,636 SEK/year (national: 46,712 SEK)
Enrolment rate (age 6-12)
45.8% (national: 57.9%)
Enrolled children in municipality
292

View all key figures for Filipstad · Source: Kolada

Student forecast — Filipstad

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

1,037 ages 6–15 (2025)
952 ages 6–15 (2030)
837 ages 6–15 (2035)
-8.2 % 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
81.5%
Senior teachers
4.5%
Qualified teachers
69.3%

Teacher turnover: 9.4% — share of teachers who left or joined during the year

Municipal average qualified teachers: 65.5% (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 → — Filipstad (2025)
65.1% (national: 73.3%)
Qualification trend (2020–2025)
↑ +7.6 percentage points (improving)
Pupils per teacher — Filipstad
8.9 (national: 11.9)

Trend: qualified teachers in Filipstad (%)

2020: 57.5% 2025: 65.1%

All staff data for Filipstad

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.

206 Actual merit value
204 Modelled value
+2.0 (expected: 0) School's own contribution (2024/25)

Municipality avg. (Filipstad): +2.0

−60 0 +60
✓ High certainty Standard uncertainty: ±0.9 points (250 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
3%
Share of boys
52.0%
Pass in all subjects
67% (model: 59%, score: +8)

SALSA score over time

2020/21: +12.0 2024/25: +2.0

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.

Stjärnskolan
Filipstad
Qual: 69.7% 220 pupils
1 km away 96% similarity
Hillelskolan
Stockholm
Qual: 74.6% 240 pupils
92% similarity
Åsenskolan
Filipstad
Qual: 71.6% 180 pupils
1 km away 91% similarity
Kungsängsskolan
Norrköping
Qual: 74.6% 320 pupils
87% similarity
Nyeds skola
Karlstad
Merit: 234.5 Qual: 63.1% 320 pupils
28 km away 86% similarity

Schools with similar pupil composition

Schools with similar SALSA background variables (parents' education, recently immigrated, gender). Shows how Ferlinskolan performs compared to schools with similar conditions.

+2.0 Performs above expectations

Better SALSA score than 9 of 15 comparison schools

Average SALSA score among comparison schools: +0.2

School Municipality Merit value SALSA score Qualified teachers
Ferlinskolan Filipstad 206 +2.0 69.3%
Navestadsskolan 2 Norrköping 204 -5.0 65.6%
von Bahrs skola Uppsala 220 +12.0 70%
Orsaskolan Orsa 200 -8.0 68.6%
Hofgårdsskolan Sävsjö 208 +1.0 67.2%
Fjärdhundraskolan Enköping 188 -21.0 66.6%
Bjärnums skola F-9 Hässleholm 198 -10.0 76.6%
Dalaskolan Södra Bromölla 202 -9.0 70.8%
Lindeborgsskolan Malmö 220 +11.0 78.9%
Akalla grundskola F-9 Stockholm 222 +14.0 66.7%
Fryshuset Grundskola Husby Stockholm 222 +15.0 53.8%
Korsängsskolan Enköping 204 -5.0 90.2%
Sjöparksskolan A Gällivare 211 +6.0 37.9%
Åkerskolan Strängnäs 201 -4.0 77.6%
Risbroskolan Fagersta 206 -2.0 59.3%
Älvåkraskolan Älvsbyn 218 +8.0 69.6%

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.

90 Pupils yr 9
+13.1 pp Pass rate yr 6 vs 9
86.2% Upper secondary eligibility National avg: 86% (national: 86.1%)

Pupils per year group

Year 7
75
Year 8
85
Year 9
90

Statistics

Number of pupils
250 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
8.7 (municipal avg: 8.8, national: 12.1)
Qualified teachers
69.3% (municipal avg: 65.5%, national: 74%)
Merit value yr 9
205.6 (municipal avg: 220.8, national: 227.7)
Eligible for vocational upper secondary yr 9
86.2% (national: 86.1%)
NP Swedish yr 9
12.3%
NP English yr 9
15.6%
NP Mathematics yr 9
11.2%
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
143,200 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
82,700 SEK
Facilities
26,100 SEK
Meals
8,700 SEK
Learning materials
2,300 SEK
Student health
6,510 SEK

Personnel

Permanently employed
81.5% 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
4.5%
Teacher turnover The proportion of staff replaced during a year. High staff turnover may indicate instability or recruitment difficulties.Read more in glossary →
9.4%
Pupils per counsellor
729.2
Certified in subject(s)
63.9% (licensed and certified for teaching subject)
Teachers (FTE)
93.1
Share of female teachers
71.1%

Demographics & safety

Pupil demographics

Foreign background
28%
Gender
52.0% boys, 48.0% girls
Recently immigrated pupils
3% (SALSA model)
Other mother tongue than Swedish
27.4% (municipality avg.)
Swedish as a second language
23.9% (municipality avg.)
Parents with higher education
32.9%

Safety in the municipality

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

Reported crimes (total)
9,371 per 100,000 pop.
Violent crimes
1,485 per 100,000 pop.
Burglaries
227 per 100,000 pop.
Drug offences
866 per 100,000 pop.

Contact & AboutAbout the school

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Eligible for upper secondary
86.2% (national: 86.1%)

Postal address

BOX 303, 68227 FILIPSTAD

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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
76981284
School forms
Adapted compulsory school, Compulsory school
Year span
7–9
School provider
Filipstads kommun
Organisation number
2120001876
Provider type
Municipality
Municipality
Filipstad
County
Värmlands län
Legal form
Municipality
Principal
Maria Nordlund Svanlind

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

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