Friskolan Vintergatan in Ljusdal
Headmaster: Malin Eidin
36
Skolkoll Score 36 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). 50 is the average. Better than 18% of Sweden’s compulsory schools.below 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.
The score reflects results directly. Given the pupil intake, the school still performs in line with expectations — see value-added.
Data coverageHigh4/5
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.
4 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.
Results in line with the pupil intakeA statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary →What is value-added?The school's own contribution given its pupil intake (Skolverket's SALSA model) — not a quality guarantee, and not comparable between years.
Friskolan Vintergatan is a medium-sized independent compulsory school with 120 pupils.
Friskolan Vintergatan is a medium-sized independent compulsory school with 120 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (50%) is below the national average of 72%.
- 120PupilsMunicipality: 1,730High reliability
- 50%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 64% · Sweden: 72%High reliability
- 203.8Year 9 merit valueMunicipality: 207.6 · Sweden: 227.7Moderate reliability
- 8.8Pupils per teacherMunicipality: 9.6 · Sweden: 12.0High reliability
- 156,313 SEKCost per pupil (municipal avg.)Sweden: 144,179 SEKLimited history
See how schools in Ljusdal rank →
The most important facts in 3 points
- Compulsory school in Ljusdal with 120 pupils.
- The latest inspection (2017) shows an injunction or fine from the Schools Inspectorate.
- Applying? Go to the school's application link on this page.
Skolkoll interpretation
Friskolan Vintergatan is compared here with 9 other schools with the same school form in Ljusdal municipality; it has 120 pupils versus the municipal average of 173.
The year-9 merit value is 203.8, 3.8 points below the municipal average and 23.9 points below the national average.
Qualified teachers: 50%, 14 percentage points below the municipal average and 22 percentage points below the national average.
Pupils per teacher is 8.8, 0.8 lower than the municipal average.
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Group name and SALSA score need extra caution
This applies only to the values listed here.
This value is missing in full or in part.
This affects
- Group name
- SALSA score
- Annual reports are not real-time data, so group links may lag behind reorganisations or recent ownership changes. Manual overrides are used only as exceptions.
- SALSA is model-based and becomes less stable for small pupil groups or schools with rapidly changing pupil composition.
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.
- 50% qualified teachers — more than 10 percentage points below the national average (72%).
- Merit value is 15 points lower than expected given pupil composition (SALSA score: -15.0).
School profile
The school's strengths compared with all primary schools nationally.
- Merit ratingP18
- Certified teachersP6
- Pupil-teacher ratioP91
- Eligibility (upper secondary)P29
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 Ljusdal, Löjtnantsgatan 4, Ljusdal
School performance
Results
203.8Merit value yr 9Sweden: 227.7
Results
203.8
Merit value yr 9
Results are reported by the school operator to Skolverket.
High reliability — Direct data from the school operator.
Staff
50%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 64% · Sweden: 72%
Staff
50%
Qualified teachers
50% of teachers hold a pedagogical degree — 22 percentage points below the national average.
- Qualified teachers Reliability: High reliability.
- 50%From 34% (2425) to 50% (2526)Municipality: 64% · Sweden: 72%
- Pupils per teacher Reliability: High reliability.
- 8.8From 9.4 (2425) to 8.8 (2526)Municipality: 9.6 · Sweden: 12.0
- Permanently employed Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 65%
- Senior teachers (förstelärare) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- —Data missing — the Swedish National Agency for Education has not published this value.
- Pupils per counsellor Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 595.0
- Certified in their teaching subject Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 34%
- Teachers (FTE) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 12.6
- Share of female teachers Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 27%
- Teacher turnover Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 9%
Moderate reliability — Mixed sources: certification + student/teacher ratio reported directly to Skolverket; other personnel fields from Skolverket's annual Personal report (1-2 year data lag).
Value-added / SALSA
-15.0SALSA residualModel prediction: 204.0 · Actual outcome: 218.0
Value-added / SALSA
-15.0
SALSA residual
The school performs below what the student composition would predict.
- Model prediction Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 204.0
- Actual outcome Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 218.0
Moderate reliability — SALSA models have natural uncertainty for small schools.
School environment
Safety & Inspection
1 openRecently inspected 2017Safety index: 65 / 100
Safety & Inspection
1 open
Recently inspected 2017
1 open remark(s) from the Schools Inspectorate.
- Latest inspection decision Reliability: High reliability.
- 2017-06-02 — Regelb. tillsyn Skolbeslut grundskola Ljusdal Friskolan Vintergatan, 2017 (pdf, 6778 kB)
- Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
- 1
- Safety index Reliability: High reliability.
- 65 / 100Safety: 74% · Study peace: 56% · Anti-bullying: 58% · Staff: 74%
Safety index
65/ 100(High data coverage)
- Safety74%(national 78)
- Study peace56%(national 56)
- Anti-bullying58%(national 56)
- Staff74%(no national figure)
School Survey — all perspectives
| Dimension | Pupils (åk 8) | Guardian | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety | 7.4 / 10 | — | — |
| Study environment | 5.6 / 10 | — | — |
| Anti-bullying | 5.8 / 10 | — | — |
| Stimulation | 5.2 / 10 | — | — |
| Support | 6.4 / 10 | — | — |
Scale 0–10 (rescaled from Skolverket's 0–100). Guardian and staff perspectives are often not in open data.
High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.
Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026
Resources
156,313 SEKCost per pupil (total)Sweden: 144,179 SEK
Resources
156,313 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)
Cost per pupil is 8% above the national average.
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.
Who runs the school
Operator
FRISKOLAN VINTERGATAN EKONOMISK FÖRENINGIndependent operator41 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
FRISKOLAN VINTERGATAN EKONOMISK FÖRENING
Independent operator
FRISKOLAN VINTERGATAN EKONOMISK FÖRENING operates this school independently.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- FRISKOLAN VINTERGATAN EKONOMISK FÖRENING
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Independent
- Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
- 41
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
- Malin Eidin
- Visiting address
- Löjtnantsgatan 4, 82732 Ljusdal
- Postal address
- Löjtnantsgatan 4, 82732 LJUSDAL
- Phone
- 010-4440490
- Website
- www.friskolanvg.se/
- School unit code
62270371
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
Support and inclusion
Support and student health
This panel shows sourced support-resource data where available and marks the rest as missing or uncertain. These fields do not affect score or ranking.
Missing or uncertain support-resource fields
- MissingStudent health teamIs there sourced information about student health functions at the school?
- MissingSpecial educatorIs special-education competence reported separately?
- MissingSpecial needs teacherAre special needs teachers reported separately?
- MissingSpecial education competenceIs there a verifiable aggregate metric for special education teachers?
- MissingSchool nurseIs there sourced information about school nurse resources?
- MissingPsychologistIs there sourced information about psychologist resources?
- MissingStudy and career guidanceIs there sourced information about study and career guidance?
- MissingLanguage supportIs there sourced information about language or mother-tongue support?
- MissingAdaptations and special supportIs there verified process information for adaptations and special support?
- MissingAccessibilityIs there sourced information about physical or pedagogical accessibility?
- MissingContact routeIs there a verified contact route for support questions?
Privacy rule: no individual pupil health, diagnosis, support decision or personal case data may be stored.
Daily-life profile
Everyday life at the school
Everyday facts are shown with a source where available. Fields not yet collected are listed together and do not affect score or ranking.
Not collected yet: School day times, After-school care, Language choices, Food and dining, Facilities and outdoor environment, Homework and study support. Suggest an addition →
Nearest and similar schools
- Gärdeåsskolan1 km away· 130 pupils
- Stenhamreskolan 7-91 km away· 230 pupils
- Delsbo waldorfskola27 km away· 50 pupils
About Ljusdal municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 42
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 207.6−20.1
- Certified teachers
- 67%−7 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.7−2.3
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
Similar schools
The 5 most-similar compulsory schools based on student count, geography, teacher certification and pupil composition.
Grade distribution
Share of pupils per grade, school year 2024/25.
−1.7Grades close to national-test results — no clear inflation signal.
Source: SIRIS/Skolverket · See full A–F distribution in the data view →
SALSA result
−15.0A statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary →Performs as expectedThe residual is actual minus expected merit value; positive means the school lifts pupils more than the model predicts.
How should SALSA be read?
SALSA is a statistical comparison metric, not a school rating. Small cohorts and individual year groups can create uncertain signals, so read it together with pupil counts, survey data and other sources.
Source: Skolverket/SALSA · See the full comparison table →
Pupils per year
Number of pupils per year group (total 122 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).
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In-depth metrics
Staff stability
Improving
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
Throughput year 6 → year 9
59.0% year 9 (year 6 missing)
- 39 pupils yr 9
Source: Skolverket SIRIS + Skolverket Statistical Database.
Safety and study environment (SkolenkätenThe Schools Inspectorate’s survey sent to pupils, parents, and staff about safety, classroom order, and teaching.Read more in glossary →)
The school survey shows pupil experience where responses are available. Read values together with year, response coverage and unknowns.
Coverage: 1 displayed year group · year 2026.
Strongest (Year 8)
- Safety: 74 (national 78)
- Support: 64 (national 64)
Weakest (Year 8)
- Stimulation: 52 (national 55)
- Study environment: 56 (national 56)
Support-needs policy · School-choice guide
Source: Skolinspektionen Skolenkäten 2026. Updated annually. · See all years and dimensions in the data view →
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
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 Friskolan Vintergatan, its municipality, operator and similar schools.
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Data coverage
What we do not know about Friskolan Vintergatan
Open school data is not complete. Use this as a checklist for what to verify with the school, provider or municipality.
- HighResults and score inputsHigh data coverage: 4 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.
- HighEligibility and goal attainmentGrades, eligibility and goal-attainment data may be missing, suppressed or available only for some grades and school types.
- PartialResources, teachers and staffTeacher and resource metrics do not always show subject mix, vacancies, student-health workflows or everyday staffing.
- PartialSupport resources and student healthSome support-resource fields have sourced statistics, but several parts are still missing or reported only in aggregate.
- PartialSafety and study environmentThe school survey is shown where available, but not every grade and perspective is always covered.
- 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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