Skrantaskolan

Compulsory school — Year 7–9 in Karlskoga , Örebro län

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  • 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.

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Skrantaskolan is a compulsory school in Karlskoga, Örebro län. The school has 340 pupils and 10.9 pupils per teacher. Average merit value in year 9 is 216.5 points. 69.8% of teachers are qualified. Provider: Karlskoga kommun.

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 absence 218446%

218446% of pupils have more than 20% unauthorised absence.

Near average
compared to national averages
Merit value yr 9
216.5
National: 227.2 Municipality: 218.1
Pupils/teacher
10.9
National: 12.1 Municipality: 11.0
Qualified teachers
69.8%
National: 73.2% Municipality: 47.0%
Eligible for upper secondary
79.5%
National: 86.1%
School National Municipality

Student support services in Karlskoga

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

Student health, compulsory school
4,633 SEK/pupil (national: 5,053 SEK)
Easy access to student health, yr 5
51.2%
Easy access to student health, yr 8
50.2%
Support from student health (staff)
78.3%
Preventive work (staff)
66.6%

View all key figures for Karlskoga · Source: Kolada

After-school care in Karlskoga

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

Children per FTE
16.5 (national: 21.6)
Pedagogical higher education
41.6% (national: 36.7%)
Cost per child
44,340 SEK/year (national: 46,712 SEK)
Enrolment rate (age 6-12)
50% (national: 57.6%)
Enrolled children in municipality
1,094

View all key figures for Karlskoga · 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 high staff stability.

High
Permanently employed
88.5%
Senior teachers
10.3%
Qualified teachers
69.8%

Teacher turnover: 10.5% — share of teachers who left or joined during the year

Municipal average qualified teachers: 47% (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 — Karlskoga (2024)
72.5% (national: 72.6%)
Qualification trend (2020–2024)
→ -0.4 percentage points (stable)
Pupils per teacher — Karlskoga
10.4 (national: 12)

Trend: qualified teachers in Karlskoga (%)

2020: 72.9% 2024: 72.5%

All staff data for Karlskoga

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.

217 Actual merit value
210 Modelled value
+6.0 School's own contribution (2024/25)

Municipality avg. (Karlskoga): -0.7

−60 0 +60
✓ High certainty Standard uncertainty: ±0.8 points (340 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
2.1 (scale 1-3)
Recently immigrated pupils
4%
Share of boys
46.0%
Pass in all subjects
70% (model: 61%, score: +9)

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 Skrantaskolan performs compared to schools with similar conditions.

+6.0 Performs above expectations

Better SALSA score than 11 of 15 comparison schools

Average SALSA score among comparison schools: -2.5

School Municipality Merit value SALSA score Qualified teachers
Skrantaskolan Karlskoga 217 +6.0 69.8%
Stora Vallaskolan Degerfors 209 +4.0 57.1%
Markaryds skola 7-9 Markaryd 204 -5.0 68.5%
Nilaskolan F-9 Malå 195 -12.0 68.7%
Apelskolan Falkenberg 217 +6.0 53.3%
Olaus Petriskolan 7-9 Örebro 193 -15.0
Järvenskolan Katrineholm 211 0.0 63.6%
Kallingeskolan 7-9 Ronneby 193 -15.0 62.3%
Hökarängsskolan Stockholm 205 -5.0 87.8%
Klockarhagsskolan åk 7-9 Hällefors 205 -3.0 51.2%
Grosvadsskolan Finspång 222 +10.0 71.2%
Tranängskolan 7-9 Tranemo 215 -1.0 71.7%
Fågelvikskolan Tibro 210 -8.0 69.4%
Gudmundråskolan Kramfors 188 -25.0 60.2%
Sjöparksskolan A Gällivare 211 +6.0 42.7%
Nordic International School Norrköping Norrköping 234 +25.0

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
340 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
10.9
Qualified teachers
69.8%
Merit value yr 9
216.5
Eligible for vocational upper secondary yr 9
79.5%
NP Swedish yr 9
13%
NP English yr 9
15.7%
NP Mathematics yr 9
11.2%
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
132,100 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
75,400 SEK
Facilities
20,200 SEK
Meals
7,400 SEK
Learning materials
2,600 SEK
Student health
4,630 SEK

Personnel

Special needs teachers qualified
49.5%
Permanently employed
88.5% 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
10.3%
Teacher turnover
10.5%
Pupils per counsellor
1021.1

Absence

High unauthorised absence (>20%)
218446% of pupils
High total absence (>20%)
382388% of pupils

Demographics & safety

Pupil demographics

Foreign background
27.9%
Gender
46.0% boys, 54.0% girls
Recently immigrated pupils
4% (SALSA model)
Parents with higher education
51.7%

Safety in the municipality

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

Reported crimes (total)
9,940 per 100,000 pop.
Violent crimes
1,074 per 100,000 pop.
Burglaries
239 per 100,000 pop.
Drug offences
1,557 per 100,000 pop.

Basic informationAbout the school

School unit code
65654358
School forms
Compulsory school
Year span
7–9
Municipality
Karlskoga
County
Örebro län
School provider
Karlskoga kommun
Organisation number
2120001991
Provider type
Municipality
Legal form
Municipality
Principal
Madeleine Wittgren

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Addresses

Postal address

1 KOMMUNSTYRELSENS HUS, 69183 KARLSKOGA

Inspection and review

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