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Malmaskolan in Köping

Compulsory school Year 4–9 KÖPINGS Municipality · Köping, Västmanlands County

Headmaster: Johan Hallberg

42 /100
Skolkoll Score 42 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). 50 is the average. This value is below average.

Better than 23% of Sweden's compulsory schools

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Malmaskolan is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 360 pupils.

Malmaskolan is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 360 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (77%) is above the national average of 74%.

The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Compulsory school in Köping with 360 pupils.
  2. The latest record is a review or decision without risk classification.
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Skolkoll interpretation

Malmaskolan is compared here with 11 other schools with the same school form in Köping municipality; it has 360 pupils versus the municipal average of 244.

The year-9 merit value is 207.7, 4.6 points below the municipal average and 19.9 points below the national average.

Qualified teachers: 77%, 4 percentage points above the municipal average and 3 percentage points above the national average.

The SALSA residual (-17.0) indicates that outcomes are weaker than the model expects for the pupil composition.

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School programmes

  • Compulsory school

Signals from the School Inspectorate and reporting channels

  • Merit value is 17 points lower than expected given pupil composition (SALSA score: -17.0).

School profile

The school's strengths compared with all primary schools nationally.

Radar diagram: school profile across five dimensions ResultsStaffSafetyResourcesTrend
  • Merit rating P23
  • Certified teachers P58
  • Pupil-teacher ratio P64
  • Eligibility (upper secondary) P52

Source: Skolverket, Swedish Schools Inspectorate.

Aerial view of the school

Aerial view of Malmaskolan, orthophoto from Lantmäteriet

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 Köping, Skolvägen 2, Kolsva

School performance

Results

207.7
Merit value yr 9

Sweden: 227.6

Results are reported by the school operator to Skolverket.

Merit value yr 9 Reliability: High reliability.
207.7 From 177.3 (2324) to 207.7 (2425) Sweden: 227.6
Eligible for upper secondary Reliability: High reliability.
87.0% Sweden: 86.0%
NP Swedish yr 9 (mean score) Reliability: High reliability.
11.8 pts
NP Mathematics yr 9 (mean score) Reliability: High reliability.
9.6 pts
NP English yr 9 (mean score) Reliability: High reliability.
15.3 pts
High reliability — Direct data from the school operator.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 27 May 2026

Staff

77%
Qualified teachers

Municipality: 73% · Sweden: 74%

77% of teachers hold a pedagogical degree — 3% above the national average.

Qualified teachers Reliability: High reliability.
77% Municipality: 73% · Sweden: 74%
Pupils per teacher Reliability: High reliability.
11.1 Municipality: 12.0 · Sweden: 12.1
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 27 May 2026

Value-added / SALSA

-17.0
SALSA residual

Model prediction: 208.0 · Actual outcome: 225.0

The school performs below what the student composition would predict.

SALSA residual Reliability: Moderate reliability.
-17.0 0 = as expected
Model prediction Reliability: Moderate reliability.
208.0
Actual outcome Reliability: Moderate reliability.
225.0
Moderate reliability — SALSA models have natural uncertainty for small schools.

Source: Skolverket SALSA · Last updated: 3 May 2026

School environment

Safety & Inspection

No active cases
Recently inspected

No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate. Latest decision: Beslut Tematisk tillsyn, Betygssättning genom prövning efter lovskola i årskurs 9, Köping, Malmaskolan 4-9, 2025 (pdf, 237 kB).

Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
0
High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.

Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 29 Mar 2026

Resources

145,581 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)

Sweden: 142,155 SEK

Cost per pupil is 2% above the national average.

Cost per pupil (total) Reliability: Limited history.
145,581 SEK Sweden: 142,155 SEK
Teaching Reliability: Moderate reliability.
81,400 SEK
Facilities Reliability: Moderate reliability.
17,500 SEK
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.

Source: SCB & Kolada · Last updated: 3 May 2026

Who runs the school

Operator

KÖPINGS KOMMUN
Municipal operator

40 other schools in the municipality.

KÖPINGS Municipality
Municipal operator: KÖPINGS Municipality Köping kommun · 41 skolor i kommunen

KÖPINGS KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 40 other schools.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
KÖPINGS KOMMUN
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Municipal own operation
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
40
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 27 May 2026

Contact and address

Headmaster
Johan Hallberg
Visiting address
Skolvägen 2, 73110 Kolsva
Postal address
73185 KÖPING
School unit code
49665496

Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-05-27.

Nearest and similar schools

About Köping municipality

School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.

Schools
41
Avg. merit (yr 9)
212.3 −15.3
Certified teachers
78% +4 pp
Pupils per teacher
11.6 −0.5

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.

0.0 Grades close to national-test results — no clear inflation signal.

Source: SIRIS/Skolverket · See full A–F distribution in the data view →

SALSA result

−17.0 Performs below expectations

Better than 0 of 10 comparable schools.

Average residual among benchmark schools: −0.7.

Source: Skolverket/SALSA · See the full comparison table →

Pupils per year

Number of pupils per year group (total 355 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).

Yr 4 36 pupils in Yr 4
Yr 5 54 pupils in Yr 5
Yr 6 62 pupils in Yr 6
Yr 7 63 pupils in Yr 7
Yr 8 65 pupils in Yr 8
Yr 9 75 pupils in Yr 9

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Improving

70.3% qualified teachers in municipality (2025) ▲ + 5.0 pp over 5 years

Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).

Throughput year 6 → year 9

72.2% → 58.4%

▼ 13.8 pp drop year 6 → year 9

  • 62 pupils yr 6
  • 75 pupils yr 9

Source: Skolverket SIRIS + Skolverket Statistical Database.

Inspections & decisions

The Schools Inspectorate has 2 decisions on record without critical findings.

Source: Skolinspektionen tillsynsregister (open data). Updated when new decisions are published. · See all decisions and review types in the data view →