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Fria Läroverken Karlstad

Upper secondary school Watma Group AB · Karlstad, Värmlands County

Group: Watma Group AB

Headmaster: Hans Johan Mattias Schelin

56 /100
Skolkoll Score 56 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). 50 is the average. This value is above average.

Better than 11% of Sweden's upper secondary schools

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Fria Läroverken Karlstad is a large group-operated upper secondary school with 570 pupils.

Fria Läroverken Karlstad is a large group-operated upper secondary school with 570 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (76%) is above 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)
2425 — — 13.7 —
2324 — — 14.3 —
2223 — — 14.0 —
2122 — — 13.7 —
2021 — — 13.2 120,021 SEK

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 7 total: Authority record · Lifecycle · School started; Computed signal · Signal · Higher-education eligibility changed unusually much; Computed signal · Signal · Higher-education eligibility changed unusually much.

Quick overview 1 Source history 0 In-depth 3 Computed 3
All 7 Lifecycle 1 Statistics 3 Signal 3
high 4 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 Grade points: statistics vintage available

    Grade points is available for 2025. 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 Higher-education eligibility: statistics vintage available

    Higher-education eligibility is available for 2024. 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. Computed signal Computed

    Signal Higher-education eligibility changed unusually much

    Higher-education eligibility decreased by 16 pp from 64% to 48% 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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  4. Statistics vintage In-depth

    Statistics Graduated within three years: statistics vintage available

    Graduated within three years is available for 2023. 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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  5. Computed signal Computed

    Signal Higher-education eligibility changed unusually much

    Higher-education eligibility increased by 12 pp from 52% to 64% 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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  6. Computed signal Computed

    Signal Graduated within three years changed unusually much

    Graduated within three years increased by 35 pp from 65% to 100% between 2019 and 2020. 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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  7. Authority record Quick overview

    Lifecycle School started

    Skolverket records 2013-10-01 as the start date for this upper secondary school operated by Fria Läroverken i Sverige AB, 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
737 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 →

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

Demography

Pupil forecast — Karlstad

Number of children in the age group ages 16–18 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 16–18 (2025) 3,253
ages 16–18 (2030) 3,357
ages 16–18 (2035) 3,362
Change 2025→2030 +3.2%

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

Karlstad municipality — history (school form: upper secondary 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 3,2073,1283,1643,0533,033
Avg. graduation grade 14.314.614.614.914.6
Examination rate (3 yr) 77.3%75.5%70.9%70.8%72.6%
Higher-ed eligibility (3 yr) 62.0%65.0%59.0%59.6%61.8%
Cost per pupil 149,347 SEK148,246 SEK140,508 SEK133,015 SEK125,619 SEK

Source: Kolada (Swedish council for municipal analyses).

Data sources

Skolkoll is built exclusively on public data sources. Each row below shows the source, fetch date, and which metrics come from it.

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