JENSEN grundskola Västerås

Compulsory school — Year 7–9 in Västerås , Västmanlands län

Permanently employed teachers and Number of pupils has limited history

This applies only to the values listed here.

There is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.

This affects

  • Permanently employed teachers
  • Number of pupils
  • 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.

JENSEN grundskola Västerås is a compulsory school in Västerås, Västmanlands län. The school has 350 pupils and 18 pupils per teacher. Average merit value in year 9 is 262 points. 70.4% of teachers are qualified. Provider: Jensen Education College AB (group: JENSEN group AB).

Statistics: school year 2023/24. Source: Skolverket, SCB, Kolada. Glossary · About the data. For the full Swedish profile with surveys, trend charts and extended commentary, you can also open the Swedish school page.

Warning signals

Objective assessment based on statistics — not a quality stamp. Glossary.

Notable concerns
High pupil-to-teacher ratio 18.0

18.0 pupils per teacher — significantly above the national average (12.1).

Above average
compared to national averages
Merit value yr 9
262
National: 227.2 Municipality: 217.8
Pupils/teacher
18
National: 12.1 Municipality: 12.8
Qualified teachers
70.4%
National: 73.2% Municipality: 48.1%
Eligible for upper secondary
100%
National: 86.1%
School National Municipality

Student support services in Västerås

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

Student health, compulsory school
4,426 SEK/pupil (national: 5,053 SEK)
Easy access to student health, yr 5
63.7%
Easy access to student health, yr 8
54.8%
Support from student health (staff)
82.9%
Preventive work (staff)
77.6%

View all key figures for Västerås · Source: Kolada

After-school care in Västerås

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

Children per FTE
20.6 (national: 21.6)
Pedagogical higher education
25.7% (national: 36.7%)
Cost per child
45,848 SEK/year (national: 46,712 SEK)
Enrolment rate (age 6-12)
55.3% (national: 57.6%)
Enrolled children in municipality
7,581

View all key figures for Västerås · Source: Kolada

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
83.7%
Senior teachers
13.1%
Qualified teachers
70.4%

Teacher turnover: 17.7% — share of teachers who left or joined during the year

Municipal average qualified teachers: 48.1% (national: 73%).

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 — Västerås (2024)
63.5% (national: 72.6%)
Qualification trend (2020–2024)
↓ -1 percentage points (declining)
Pupils per teacher — Västerås
11.7 (national: 12)

Trend: qualified teachers in Västerås (%)

2020: 64.5% 2024: 63.5%

All staff data for Västerås

Merit value vs. expected (SALSAStatistical model adjusting results for student demographics)

SALSA compares the school's actual merit value with a modelled value based on pupil composition. School year 2024/25.

262 Actual merit value
259 Modelled value
+3.0 School's own contribution (2024/25)

Municipality avg. (Västerås): -4.9

−60 0 +60
✓ High certainty Standard uncertainty: ±0.8 points (350 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
2.8 (scale 1-3)
Recently immigrated pupils
1%
Share of boys
45.0%
Pass in all subjects
93% (model: 88%, score: +5)

Positive SALSA score = higher results than expected given pupil composition. Source: SIRIS/Skolverket. Read more about SALSA.

Schools with similar pupil composition

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

+3.0 Performs above expectations

Better SALSA score than 6 of 15 comparison schools

Average SALSA score among comparison schools: +12.5

School Municipality Merit value SALSA score Qualified teachers
JENSEN grundskola Västerås Västerås 262 +3.0 70.4%
Hjärupslundsskolan Staffanstorp 262 0.0 77%
Kunskapsskolan Västerås Västerås 255 -7.0 79.8%
Bladins grundskola Malmö 278 +15.0 83.5%
Carlssons skola Stockholm 302 +41.0 86.8%
Höglandsskolan Stockholm 282 +22.0 88.2%
Europaskolan Stockholm 300 +33.0
Franska Skolan/Ecole francaise Stockholm 296 +31.0 77.8%
Lunds Montessorigrundskola Lund 275 +9.0 75.3%
Montessoriskolan Floda säteri Lerum 256 -5.0 81.2%
Böskolans friskola Göteborg 255 -5.0 84.6%
Lerbäckskolan Lund 261 -3.0 86.8%
Enskilda gymnasiet, gr Stockholm 301 +40.0 89.9%
Internationella Engelska Skolan Sundsvall Sundsvall 263 +7.0
Kunskapsskolan Uppsala Norra Uppsala 266 +13.0 85.1%
Montessoriskolan Skäret Göteborg 259 -3.0 88%

SALSA score = actual merit value minus SALSA model's expected value. Positive (green) = better than expected. Source: SIRIS/Skolverket. School year 2024/25.

Statistics

Number of pupils
350 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
18
Qualified teachers
70.4%
Merit value yr 9
262
Eligible for vocational upper secondary yr 9
100%
NP Swedish yr 9
14.4%
NP English yr 9
16.7%
NP Mathematics yr 9
12.8%
School library
No

Quality dataQuality and finance (Skolverket Statistical Database)

Costs, personnel data and school survey results from Skolverket's quality system.

Personnel

Special needs teachers qualified
23.6%
Permanently employed
83.7% 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
13.1%
Teacher turnover
17.7%
Pupils per counsellor
1959.2

Demographics & safety

Pupil demographics

Foreign background
33.7%
Gender
45.0% boys, 55.0% girls
Recently immigrated pupils
1% (SALSA model)
Parents with higher education
71.3%

Safety in the municipality

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

Reported crimes (total)
13,317 per 100,000 pop.
Violent crimes
923 per 100,000 pop.
Burglaries
373 per 100,000 pop.
Drug offences
1,665 per 100,000 pop.

Basic informationAbout the school

School unit code
44284183
School forms
Compulsory school
Year span
7–9
Municipality
Västerås
County
Västmanlands län
School provider
Jensen Education College AB
Organisation number
5566358759
Provider type
Independent
Legal form
Limited company
School group
JENSEN group AB
Principal
Sara Hjernberg

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Addresses

Postal address

Box 11124, 10061 STOCKHOLM

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