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Montessoriskolan Älvkullen in Kungälv

Compulsory school Year 1–9 STIFTELSEN MONTESSORI FÖR ALLA BARN · Kungälv, Västra Götalands County

Headmaster: Samuel Hoppe

43
top 36% Below average Compared to all compulsory schools nationally
Skolkoll Score 43 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). 50 is the average. This school performs below average. Better than 64% of Sweden’s compulsory schools

A composite of five open data sources — a starting point, not a grade.

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Montessoriskolan Älvkullen is a medium-sized independent compulsory school with 130 pupils.

Montessoriskolan Älvkullen is a medium-sized independent compulsory school with 130 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (46%) is below the national average of 72%.

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Key figures over time

Summary of the central metrics for the most recent 5 academic years. Visit each source for the full time series.

Academic year Pupils Qualified teachers Avg. grade Cost/pupil (municipality)
2025/26 130 46% — —
2024/25 — 58% 236.8 —
2023/24 — 65% 246.7 —
2022/23 — 70% 266.4 —
2021/22 — 64% 259.5 —

Source: Skolverket + Kolada (cost is municipal average, not school-specific).

School history

Events from Skolverket's unit register, Skolinspektionen inspections, group history, and locally-computed statistical signals are shown in one chronology. Each row states its row type, origin and data trust so authority data is not mixed up with Skolkoll's own signals.

School history

3 priority events out of 16 total: Authority record · Operator name changed; Authority decision · Inspection decision published; Authority record · School started.

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  1. Computed signal Signal Skolverket

    Qualified teachers changed unusually much

    Qualified teachers decreased by 12 pp from 58% to 46% between 2025 and 2026. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

    medium reliability known year
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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    Medium: the information is derived from several sources and should be read as context.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  2. Statistics vintage Statistics Skolverket

    Pupil count: statistics vintage available

    Pupil count is available for 2026. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  3. Statistics vintage Statistics Skolverket

    Pupils per teacher: statistics vintage available

    Pupils per teacher is available for 2026. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  4. Statistics vintage Statistics Skolverket

    Qualified teachers: statistics vintage available

    Qualified teachers is available for 2026. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  5. Statistics vintage Statistics Skolverket

    Merit rating: statistics vintage available

    Merit rating is available for 2025. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  6. Statistics vintage Statistics Skolverket

    Upper-secondary eligibility: statistics vintage available

    Upper-secondary eligibility is available for 2025. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  7. Computed signal Signal Skolverket

    Merit rating changed unusually much

    Merit rating decreased by 19.7 points from 266.4 to 246.7 between 2023 and 2024. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

    medium reliability known year
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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    Medium: the information is derived from several sources and should be read as context.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  8. Authority record Headmaster Skolverket

    Head changed

    The principal changed in the register. The name is not shown in history.

    high reliability found in data check
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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  9. Authority record Name Skolverket

    Operating name changed

    From "unknown" to "Montessoriskolan Älvkullen".

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  10. Computed signal Signal Skolverket

    Merit rating changed unusually much

    Merit rating increased by 35.3 points from 224.2 to 259.5 between 2021 and 2022. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

    medium reliability known year
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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    Medium: the information is derived from several sources and should be read as context.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  11. Authority record Contact Skolverket

    Contact details changed

    From "url: http://www.alvkullen.se, email: mail@alvkullen.se, phone: 0303-15705" to "url: http://www.alvkullen.se, email: rektor@alvkullen.se, phone: 0760-076810".

    high reliability found in data check
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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  12. Authority record Operator Skolverket

    Operator name changed

    From "Stift Montessori för alla barn" to "STIFTELSEN MONTESSORI FÖR ALLA BARN".

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  13. Authority decision Inspection Swedish Schools Inspectorate

    Inspection decision published

    Decision includes injunction, fine or serious deficiency. Document title: Regelb. tillsyn Skolbeslut Kungälv Montessoriskolan Älvkullen, 2015 (pdf, 5641 kB).

    high reliability known date

    Read decision (PDF) ↗

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    Swedish Schools Inspectorate
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date is a known decision, publication or register date.

  14. Authority record Contact Skolverket

    Contact details changed

    From "url: http://www.alvkullen.com, email: mail@alvkullen.com, phone: 0303-15705" to "url: http://www.alvkullen.se, email: mail@alvkullen.se, phone: 0303-15705".

    high reliability found in data check
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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  15. Authority record Headmaster Skolverket

    Head changed

    The principal changed in the register. The name is not shown in history.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  16. Authority record Lifecycle Skolverket

    School started

    Skolverket records 2013-10-01 as the school's start date.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date is a known decision, publication or register date.

Register sources: Skolverket (fetched 20 Jun 2026), the Swedish Schools Inspectorate (fetched 17 Jun 2026) and group lookup from Bolagsverket/Skolkoll. Computed signals are marked separately and use year-level date precision.

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Quality data (Skolverket Statistical Database)

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

Personnel

Permanently employed
90.9% Limited history There is still too little history to interpret the trend safely. This affects Permanently employed teachers This staffing metric is affected by FTE definitions, local reporting practices, and temporary vacancies. Read more about the method →
Senior teachers (förstelärare)
— Data missing — the Swedish National Agency for Education has not published this value.
Teacher turnover The proportion of staff replaced during a year. High staff turnover may indicate instability or recruitment difficulties. Read more in glossary →
11.8%
Pupils per counsellor
2,580
Certified in subject(s)
58.4% (licensed and certified for teaching subject)
Teachers (FTE)
11
Share of female teachers
80.4%

Source: Skolverket Statistical Database (Statistikdatabasen). Updated annually.

Demography

Pupil forecast — Kungälv

Number of children in the age group ages 6–15 in the municipality, according to SCB's forecast.

Forecast covers all children in this age group across the entire municipality — not just this school's catchment. Local enrolment depends on school choice and migration patterns.

ages 6–15 (2025) 6,178
ages 6–15 (2030) 6,498
ages 6–15 (2035) 6,400
Change 2025→2030 +5.2%

Source: SCB (population forecast for Kungälv municipality, by school-form age group).

Kungälv municipality — history (school form: compulsory school)

Municipality-aggregated key figures from Kolada over the most recent 5 years. Shown as municipality average — not school-specific values — because Kolada reports financial and pedagogical metrics at school-form level per municipality.

Measure 20252024202320222021
Pupils 5,3815,4315,4745,4635,409
Merit value yr 9 225.6223.3230.4234.4230.0
Eligibility for upper secondary 74.5%75.3%75.4%75.2%77.9%
Pupils per teacher 12.312.112.412.612.6
Cost per pupil 135,457 SEK131,210 SEK126,627 SEK116,397 SEK113,703 SEK

Source: Kolada (Swedish council for municipal analyses).

Data sources

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