Staff stability
Declining
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
Hietaniemi Friskola in Övertorneå
Headmaster: Mattias Söder
43
Skolkoll Score 43 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 coverageMedium3/5
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.
3 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.
Hietaniemi Friskola is a small independent compulsory school with 70 pupils.
Hietaniemi Friskola is a small independent compulsory school with 70 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (12%) is below the national average of 72%.
- 70PupilsMunicipality: 330High reliability
- 12%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 47% · Sweden: 72%High reliability
- 9.9Pupils per teacherMunicipality: 8.6 · Sweden: 12.0High reliability
- 165,357 SEKCost per pupil (municipal avg.)Sweden: 144,179 SEKLimited history
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The most important facts in 3 points
- Compulsory school in Övertorneå with 70 pupils.
- The latest record (2005) is a review or decision without risk classification.
- Applying? Go to the school's application link on this page.
Skolkoll interpretation
Hietaniemi Friskola is compared here with 3 other schools with the same school form in Övertorneå municipality; it has 70 pupils versus the municipal average of 83.
Qualified teachers: 12%, 35 percentage points below the municipal average and 60 percentage points below the national average.
Pupils per teacher is 9.9, 1.3 higher than the municipal average.
Apply for a place? See Övertorneå school portal (opens in a new window) for information about school choice.
4 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
- Group name
- Merit score year 9
- SALSA score
- This result metric can be affected by privacy suppression, small cohorts, and changes in pupil composition between years.
- 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.
- 12% 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 teachersP0
- Pupil-teacher ratioP81
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 Övertorneå, Skolbacken 20, Hedenäset
School performance
Staff
12%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 47% · Sweden: 72%
Staff
12%
Qualified teachers
12% of teachers hold a pedagogical degree — 60 percentage points below the national average.
- Qualified teachers Reliability: High reliability.
- 12%From 15% (2425) to 12% (2526)Single cohort, uncertain basisMunicipality: 47% · Sweden: 72%
- Pupils per teacher Reliability: High reliability.
- 9.9From 8.3 (2425) to 9.9 (2526)Single cohort, uncertain basisMunicipality: 8.6 · Sweden: 12.0
- Permanently employed Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 19%
- Senior teachers (förstelärare) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- —Data missing — the Swedish National Agency for Education has not published this value.
- Certified in their teaching subject Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 15%
- Teachers (FTE) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 7.4
- Share of female teachers Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 58%
- Teacher turnover Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 8%
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).
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No active casesRecently inspected 2005Safety index: 63 / 100
Safety & Inspection
No active cases
Recently inspected 2005
No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate. Latest decision: Utb.insp Övertorneå Hietaniemi friskola, 2004 (pdf 120 kB).
- Latest inspection decision Reliability: High reliability.
- 2005-03-31 — Utb.insp Övertorneå Hietaniemi friskola, 2004 (pdf 120 kB)
- Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
- 0
- Safety index Reliability: High reliability.
- 63 / 100Safety: 74% · Study peace: 52% · Anti-bullying: 46% · Staff: 83%
Safety index
63/ 100(High data coverage)
- Safety74%(national 78)
- Study peace52%(national 56)
- Anti-bullying46%(national 56)
- Staff83%(no national figure)
School Survey — all perspectives
| Dimension | Pupils (åk 8) | Guardian | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety | 7.4 / 10 | — | — |
| Study environment | 5.2 / 10 | — | — |
| Anti-bullying | 4.6 / 10 | — | — |
| Stimulation | 5.0 / 10 | — | — |
| Support | 6.2 / 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
165,357 SEKCost per pupil (total)Sweden: 144,179 SEK
Resources
165,357 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)
Cost per pupil is 15% above the national average.
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.
Who runs the school
Operator
HIETANIEMI FRISKOLEFÖRENINGIndependent operator10 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
HIETANIEMI FRISKOLEFÖRENING
Independent operator
HIETANIEMI FRISKOLEFÖRENING operates this school independently.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- HIETANIEMI FRISKOLEFÖRENING
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Independent
- Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
- 10
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.
Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026
Next step: Apply for a place
Use Övertorneå school portal for information about school choice.
Contact and address
- Headmaster
- Mattias Söder
- Visiting address
- Skolbacken 20, 95795 Hedenäset
- Postal address
- c/o , SKOLBACKEN 20, 95795 HEDENÄSET
- Phone
- 070-5861928
- rektor@hfskola.com
- Website
- www.hietaniemifriskola.se/
- School unit code
46252858
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
- Överkalix Friskola38 km away· 70 pupils
- Vitådalens skola65 km away· 40 pupils
- Älvskolan86 km away· 20 pupils
About Övertorneå municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 11
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 201.1−26.6
- Certified teachers
- 52%−22 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 8.5−3.5
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
Similar schools
The 5 most-similar compulsory schools based on student count, geography, teacher certification and pupil composition.
Pupils per year
Number of pupils per year group (total 70 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).
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In-depth metrics
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: 2 displayed year groups · year 2026.
Strongest (Year 5)
- Safety: 89 (national 82)
- Support: 70 (national 74)
Weakest (Year 5)
- Study environment: 48 (national 57)
- Stimulation: 62 (national 66)
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
The Schools Inspectorate has 5 decisions on record without critical findings. Most recent: Mar 2005.
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 Hietaniemi Friskola, its municipality, operator and similar schools.
Compulsory schools in ÖvertorneåSee all compulsory schools in the municipality with results and comparisons.Schools in ÖvertorneåOpen the municipality page with all schools, rankings, and local aggregates.Hietaniemi FriskoleföreningSee all schools, municipalities, and core metrics for the same provider.Norrbottens 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 Hietaniemi Friskola
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: 3 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.
- 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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