Staff stability
Improving
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
Fristadsskolan is a small municipal compulsory school.
Fristadsskolan is a small municipal compulsory school.
- 143,059 SEKCost per pupil (municipal avg.)Sweden: 142,155 SEKLimited history
The most important facts in 3 points
- Compulsory school in Eskilstuna. Pupil count is missing from the latest open data.
- No current inspection decision is available in the open Schools Inspectorate data.
- The school is not active in Skolverket's register; check status before choosing.
3 values need extra caution
This applies only to the values listed here.
This value is missing in full or in part.
This affects
- Eligible for vocational programmes
- Merit score year 9
- SALSA score
- This result metric can be affected by privacy suppression, small cohorts, and changes in pupil composition between years.
- 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
Signals from the School Inspectorate and reporting channels
No active warnings.
No signals from key-figure deviations or the School Inspectorate's public register. Detailed inspection history is shown in the "Safety & Inspection" card below.
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 Eskilstuna, Smedjegatan 8, Eskilstuna
School performance
Staff
87% Permanently employed
Staff
87%
Permanently employed
Staff data reported by the school operator.
- Permanently employed Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 87%
- 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.
- 1,254.7
- Certified in their teaching subject Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 67%
- Teachers (FTE) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 743.9
- Share of female teachers Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 77%
- Teacher turnover Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 14%
Moderate reliability — Personnel fields from Skolverket's annual Personal report (1-2 year data lag).
Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 27 May 2026
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No active cases Recently inspected Safety index: 66 / 100
Safety & Inspection
No active cases
Recently inspected
No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate.
- Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
- 0
- Safety index Reliability: High reliability.
- 66 / 100 Safety: 80% · Study peace: 55% · Anti-bullying: 56% · Staff: 64%
Safety index
66 / 100 (High data coverage)
- Safety 80%
- Study peace 55%
- Anti-bullying 56%
- Staff 64%
School Survey — all perspectives
| Dimension | Pupils (åk 8) | Guardian | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety | 8.0 / 10 | — | — |
| Study environment | 5.5 / 10 | — | — |
| Anti-bullying | 5.6 / 10 | — | — |
| Stimulation | 5.6 / 10 | — | — |
| Support | 6.5 / 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: 29 Mar 2026
Resources
143,059 SEK Cost per pupil (total) Sweden: 142,155 SEK
Resources
143,059 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)
Cost per pupil is 1% above the national average.
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.
Who runs the school
Operator
ESKILSTUNA KOMMUN Municipal operator 129 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
ESKILSTUNA KOMMUN
Municipal operator
ESKILSTUNA KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 129 other schools.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- ESKILSTUNA KOMMUN
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Municipal own operation
- Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
- 129
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.
Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 27 May 2026
Contact and address
- Headmaster
- Lisa Edholm
- Visiting address
- Smedjegatan 7, 63220 Eskilstuna
- Postal address
- 63186 ESKILSTUNA
- Phone
- 017-7107712
- School unit code
72678610
Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-05-27.
Nearest and similar schools
- Björktorpsskolan F-6 1 km away · 510 pupils
- Entréskolan Eskilstuna 1 km away · 180 pupils
- Fristadsskolan 7-9 0 km away · 460 pupils
About Eskilstuna municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 129
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 230.7 +3.1
- Certified teachers
- 69% −5 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.5 +1.4
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
Similar schools
The 5 most-similar compulsory schools based on student count, geography, teacher certification and pupil composition.
Björktorpsskolan F-6
Eskilstuna
Merit: — Cert: 77% 510 pupils
Entréskolan Eskilstuna
Eskilstuna
Merit: 219.0 Cert: 49% 180 pupils
Fristadsskolan 7-9
Eskilstuna
Merit: 211.0 Cert: 62% 460 pupils
British Junior Primary, Eskilstuna
Eskilstuna
Merit: — Cert: 69% 540 pupils
British Junior Secondary, Eskilstuna
Eskilstuna
Merit: 264.8 Cert: — 280 pupils
★ Watch Fristadsskolan
Get email when new statistics are published, merit value changes significantly or the School Inspectorate makes a new decision.
In-depth metrics
Throughput year 6 → year 9
65.5% → 66.5%
Source: Skolverket SIRIS + Skolverket Statistical Database.
How do pupils feel? ( Skolenkäten The Schools Inspectorate’s survey sent to pupils, parents, and staff about safety, classroom order, and teaching. Read more in glossary → )
Strongest (Year 8)
- Safety: 80 (national 78)
- Support: 65 (national 64)
Weakest (Year 8)
- Study environment: 55 (national 56)
- Stimulation: 56 (national 55)
Source: Skolinspektionen Skolenkäten 2025. Updated annually.
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.
Explore further
More context about Fristadsskolan, its municipality, operator and similar schools.
Compulsory schools in Eskilstuna See all compulsory schools in the municipality with results and comparisons. Schools in Eskilstuna Open the municipality page with all schools, rankings, and local aggregates. Eskilstuna kommun See all schools, municipalities, and core metrics for the same provider. Södermanlands län Compare municipalities and school patterns across the whole county. Merit value year 9 Compare year-9 merit values across municipalities and school environments. Certification vs Merit value See how merit values and upper-secondary eligibility move together. Compare schools Build a side-by-side comparison with the schools you care about.
