Lidens skola in Sundsvall

Adapted compulsory school, After-school care, Compulsory school, Preschool class — Year 1–9 in Sundsvall, Västernorrlands län · SUNDSVALLS KOMMUN

3 values has limited history

This applies only to the values listed here.

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

This affects

  • Cost per student
  • Permanently employed teachers
  • Number of pupils
  • Costs are affected by accounting practices, rent levels, and service mix, and should mainly be compared across similar school types.
  • 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.

Skolkoll score: 27 of 100 Improving How is it calculated?
This school performs below average
130 pupils 39.4% qualified teachers Merit 189.5 7 pupils/teacher Grade deviation +0.3 2 warning signals
Quality dimensions
Results 6
Staff 2
Value-added 37
Safety* 50
Resources 96
* Missing school-specific data — using national median (50). Based on 4 of 5 dimensions.

Lidens skola is a compulsory school in Sundsvall, Västernorrlands län. The school has 130 pupils and 7 pupils per teacher. Average merit value in year 9 is 189.5 points. 39.4% of teachers are qualified. Provider The organisation that runs the school — a municipality, foundation or limited company.Read more in glossary → : Sundsvalls kommun.

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

Result history: 5 years
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Warning signals

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2 warning signals identified
Low share of qualified teachers 39%

39% qualified teachers — significantly below the national average (74%).

SALSA underperformance -16.0

Merit value is 16 points lower than expected given pupil composition (SALSA score: -16.0).

School signal summary

Above average
compared to national averages
Merit value yr 9
189.5
National: 227.7 Municipality: 223.1
Pupils/teacher
7
National: 12.1 Municipality: 11.7
Qualified teachers
39.4%
National: 74.0% Municipality: 74.9%
Eligible for upper secondary
100%
National: 86.1%
School National Municipality

School profileSchool strengths and profile

School's strengths compared to all compulsory schools nationally. Source: Skolverket, Schools Inspectorate. Method.

Radar chart: school profile across five dimensions ResultsStaffSafetyResourcesTrend

Percentile ranking

School's position among all compulsory schools in Sweden.

Merit score P6
Qualified teachers P2
Teacher density P96
Upper secondary eligibility P86

Cost per pupil The municipality’s total cost for compulsory school per student per year. Ranges from under SEK 100,000 to over SEK 200,000.Read more in glossary → — Sundsvall

Municipality average cost per pupil. Source: Kolada.

139,452 SEK Total cost/pupil National avg: 142,155 SEK
74,617 SEK Teaching
29,010 SEK Facilities
9,977 SEK Meals
6,851 SEK Learning materials
5,585 SEK Student health

Municipal schools: 145,425 SEK/pupil.

Student support services Collective term for the school’s medical, psychological, psychosocial, and special-educational services.Read more in glossary → in Sundsvall

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

Student health, compulsory school
5,585 SEK/pupil (national: 5,053 SEK)
Easy access to student health, yr 5
55.3%
Easy access to student health, yr 8
53%
Support from student health (staff)
68.1%
Preventive work (staff)
54.8%

View all key figures for Sundsvall · Source: Kolada

After-school care in Sundsvall

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

Children per FTE
24.5 (national: 21.6)
Pedagogical higher education
38.2% (national: 36.7%)
Cost per child
41,291 SEK/year (national: 46,712 SEK)
Enrolment rate (age 6-12)
64% (national: 57.9%)
Enrolled children in municipality
4,874

View all key figures for Sundsvall · Source: Kolada

Student forecast — Sundsvall

Population forecast for children ages 6–15 in Sundsvall. Source: SCB.

11,086 ages 6–15 (2025)
10,253 ages 6–15 (2030)
8,980 ages 6–15 (2035)
-7.5 % Change

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
94.8%
Senior teachers
11.7%
Qualified teachers
39.4%

Teacher turnover: 10.8% — share of teachers who left or joined during the year

Municipal average qualified teachers: 74.9% (national: 74%).

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 The proportion of teachers with a teaching licence and qualification in the subjects they teach.Read more in glossary → — Sundsvall (2025)
76.2% (national: 73.3%)
Qualification trend (2020–2025)
↑ +2.3 percentage points (improving)
Pupils per teacher — Sundsvall
11 (national: 11.9)

Trend: qualified teachers in Sundsvall (%)

2020: 73.9% 2025: 76.2%

All staff data for Sundsvall

Merit value The sum of a student’s 16 best grades in year 9, max 320 points (340 with modern languages). The national average is around 225–230.Read more in glossary → vs. expected ( SALSA A statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary → )

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

190 Actual merit value
205 Modelled value
-16.0 (expected: 0) School's own contribution (2024/25)

Municipality avg. (Sundsvall): -8.2

−60 0 +60
○ Moderate certainty Standard uncertainty: ±1.3 points (130 pupils)
Medium-sized school — the SALSA score is reasonably stable but individual cohorts can have an impact.

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
2.1 (scale 1-3)
Recently immigrated pupils
0%
Share of boys
57.0%
Pass in all subjects
62% (model: 61%, score: 0)

SALSA score over time

2020/21: -24.0 2024/25: -16.0

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

Similar schools

The 5 most similar compulsory schools based on pupil count, geography, teacher qualifications and pupil composition.

Schools with similar pupil composition

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

-16.0 Performs below expectations

Better SALSA score than 2 of 15 comparison schools

Average SALSA score among comparison schools: +3.3

School Municipality Merit value SALSA score Qualified teachers
Lidens skola Sundsvall 190 -16.0 39.4%
Fränstaskolan Ånge 184 -19.0 62.2%
Åvestadalskolan Avesta 197 -12.0 58.9%
Kristna skolan Oasen Sundsvall 236 +27.0 23.4%
Ljungbyhedsskolan Klippan 217 +6.0 77.6%
Hölöskolan Södertälje 239 +33.0 69.4%
Våxtorpsskolan 7-9 Laholm 190 -19.0 79.4%
Djäkneparksskolan 1 Norrköping 225 +15.0 73.4%
Transtenskolan Hallsberg 195 -10.0 71.5%
Bergviksskolan åk 4-9 Söderhamn 208 -1.0 64.8%
Norrsundsskolan Norrtälje 195 -11.0 66.2%
Parkskolan Hallstahammar 222 +16.0 70%
Örjanskolan Skellefteå 216 -1.0 70.5%
Flobyskolan Falköping 216 0.0 64.5%
Vittra Jakobsberg Järfälla 234 +33.0 65%
Lyckeskolan Mark 210 -8.0 68.1%

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

Student throughput The proportion of upper secondary students who graduate within three years. An important quality measure for upper secondary schools.Read more in glossary →

Proxy: difference in pass rate (all subjects) year 6 vs year 9.

7 Pupils yr 6
26 Pupils yr 9
+2.8 pp Pass rate yr 6 vs 9
100% Upper secondary eligibility National avg: 86% (national: 86.1%)

Pupils per year group

Year 1
12
Year 2
13
Year 3
10
Year 4
15
Year 5
9
Year 6
7
Year 7
17
Year 8
21
Year 9
26

Statistics

Number of pupils
130 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
7 (municipal avg: 11.7, national: 12.1)
Qualified teachers
39.4% (municipal avg: 74.9%, national: 74%)
Merit value yr 9
189.5 (municipal avg: 223.1, national: 227.7)
Eligible for vocational upper secondary yr 9
100% (national: 86.1%)
NP Swedish yr 9
10.3%
NP English yr 9
11.5%
NP Mathematics yr 9
10.6%
School library
No

Quality dataQuality and finance (Skolverket Statistical Database)

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

Costs per pupil

Total cost
145,400 SEK Limited historyThere is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.This affectsCost per studentCosts are affected by accounting practices, rent levels, and service mix, and should mainly be compared across similar school types.Read more about the method →
Teaching
74,600 SEK
Facilities
29,000 SEK
Meals
10,000 SEK
Learning materials
6,900 SEK
Student health
5,590 SEK

Personnel

Special needs teachers qualified
62.3%
Permanently employed
94.8% 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
11.7%
Teacher turnover The proportion of staff replaced during a year. High staff turnover may indicate instability or recruitment difficulties.Read more in glossary →
10.8%
Pupils per counsellor
907.4
Certified in subject(s)
80.4% (licensed and certified for teaching subject)
Teachers (FTE)
636.8
Share of female teachers
78.7%

Demographics & safety

Pupil demographics

Foreign background
18.7%
Gender
57.0% boys, 43.0% girls
Recently immigrated pupils
0% (SALSA model)
Other mother tongue than Swedish
20.5% (municipality avg.)
Swedish as a second language
7.5% (municipality avg.)
Parents with higher education
58.9%

Safety in the municipality

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

Reported crimes (total)
9,650 per 100,000 pop.
Violent crimes
1,158 per 100,000 pop.
Burglaries
151 per 100,000 pop.
Drug offences
1,128 per 100,000 pop.

Contact & AboutAbout the school

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Result tracking

Eligible for upper secondary
100% (national: 86.1%)

Postal address

85185 SUNDSVALL

About data and sources

Statistics are sourced from Skolverket, Kolada/RKA and SCB. Latest known data update: . Empty values mean the data is missing at source or not applicable to this school type.

School unit code
64029211
School forms
Adapted compulsory school, After-school care, Compulsory school, Preschool class
Year span
1–9
School provider
Sundsvalls kommun
Organisation number
2120002411
Provider type
Municipality
Municipality
Sundsvall
County
Västernorrlands län
Legal form
Municipality
Principal
Riitta Rennerhag

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