Staff stability
Declining
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
Smedenskolan in Smedjebacken
36
Skolkoll Score 36 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). Composite index.Composite indexA composite index on a 0–100 scale. The number is not a percentile or the share of schools with a lower score. 50 is the scale midpoint, not a measured national average.Skolkoll score · scale 0–100
A composite of five open data sources — a starting point, not a grade.
Data coverageMedium3/5
Why this score?
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3 of 5 score dimensions have school-specific data.
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Smedenskolan is a small independent upper secondary school with 70 pupils.
Smedenskolan is a small independent upper secondary school with 70 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (0%) is below the national average of 78%. Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, upper-secondary schools with published data; latest available value per school.
- Pupils
- 70High reliability
- Municipality: 70
- Qualified teachers
- 0%High reliability
- Sweden: 78% (Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, upper-secondary schools with published data; latest available value per school)
- Graduation grade
- 13.4Moderate reliability
- Sweden: 14.0
- Pupils per teacher
- 7.3High reliability
- Sweden: 12.1
- Cost per pupil (municipal avg.)
- 151,507 SEKLimited history
- Sweden: 144,800 SEK
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The most important facts in 3 points
- Upper secondary school in Smedjebacken with 70 pupils.
- The latest record is a review or decision without risk classification.
- Applying? Go to the school's application link on this page.
Apply for a place? Use Smedjebacken e-service for upper-secondary application (opens in a new window).
6 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
- Certified teachers
- Cost per student
- Eligible for higher education
- Graduation rate
- Pupils per teacher
- Number of pupils
- This staffing metric is affected by FTE definitions, local reporting practices, and temporary vacancies. For preschools without a compulsory or upper-secondary school, the same field instead holds the share of staff with pedagogical higher education (see the measure Share with pedagogical higher education).
- Costs are affected by accounting practices, rent levels, and service mix, and should mainly be compared across similar school types.
- This result metric can be affected by privacy suppression, small cohorts, and changes in pupil composition between years.
- 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.
School programmes
- Upper secondary school
Things to look into
Worth looking into. These indicators are an attention aid, not a quality grade or risk score.
- 0% qualified teachers — more than 10 percentage points below the national average (78%).
School profile
The school's strengths compared with all upper-secondary schools nationally.
- Grade pointsP32
- Certified teachersP0
- Pupil-teacher ratioP88
- Eligibility (higher education)P20
- Graduated within 3 yearsP91
Source: Skolverket, Swedish Schools Inspectorate.
Aerial view of the school
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 Smedjebacken, Vasagatan 11, Smedjebacken
School performance
Results
13.4Avg. graduation gradeSweden: 14.0
Results
13.4
Avg. graduation grade
Average graduation grade is 0.6 points below the national average.
Admission scores per programme
| Programme | Avg. | Sweden | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurang- och livsmedelsprogrammet | 97.5 p · Historical 2025 | — | |
| Vård- och omsorgsprogrammet | 130 p · Historical 2025 | — |
Lowest admitted merit score from the most recent published admission round; the year is stated per programme. Scores marked "average" are Skolverket's average admission score, published when the lowest admitted score is unavailable. Smaller programmes (under 20 places) have larger year-to-year variation.
After graduation (3 years)
| Outcome | Share |
|---|---|
| In further studies (national programmes) | 39.4% |
| Established in the labor market (national programmes) | 50.5% |
| Established in the labor market (introduction programmes) | 37.3% |
Source: Skolverket Statistikdatabasen (per school unit, 3 years after graduation). Rows are independent outcome metrics and do not sum to 100%. One-year follow-up and a university-vs-other-studies split are not published in open data per school.
Moderate reliability — Mixed sources: results reported directly by the school operator; post-graduation outcomes (3 years) from Skolverket Statistikdatabasen.
Staff
0%Qualified teachersSweden: 78% · Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, upper-secondary schools with published data; latest available value per school
Staff
0%
Qualified teachers
0% certified teachers — 78 percentage points below the national average.
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No recorded deficienciesRecently inspected
Safety & Inspection
No recorded deficiencies
Recently inspected
No registered inspection decisions with deficiencies. Latest decision: Regelb. tillsyn Skolbeslut Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum Smeden, 2013 (pdf, 8248 kB).
- Recorded decisions with deficiencies Reliability: High reliability.
- 0
High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.
Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Oct 2026
Resources
151,507 SEKCost per pupil (total)Sweden: 144,800 SEK
Resources
151,507 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)
Cost per pupil is 5% above the national average.
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.
Who runs the school
Operator
VÄSTERBERGSLAGENS UTBILDNINGSFÖRBUND,VBUIndependent operator15 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
VÄSTERBERGSLAGENS UTBILDNINGSFÖRBUND,VBU
Independent operator
VÄSTERBERGSLAGENS UTBILDNINGSFÖRBUND,VBU operates this school independently.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- VÄSTERBERGSLAGENS UTBILDNINGSFÖRBUND,VBU
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Independent
- Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
- 15
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.
Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Oct 2026
Next step: Apply for a place
Apply through Smedjebacken e-service for upper-secondary application.
Contact and address
- Visiting address
- Vasagatan 11, 77730 Smedjebacken
- Postal address
- BOX 830, 77128 LUDVIKA
- Phone
- 0240-86500
- info@vbu.ludvika.se
- Website
- www.vbu.se/
- School unit code
12496135
Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-10-05.
Everyday travelAreas that reach the school within 15 minutes.
Reachability from the school
15 min on foot
15 min by bike
School
Nearest and similar schools
- Gymnasieutbildningen Hallstahammar74 km away· 40 pupils
- IM-programmet i Nora72 km away· 10 pupils
- Skultuna gymnasieenhet74 km away· 20 pupils
About Smedjebacken municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 16
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 226.1−1.5
- Certified teachers
- 53%−21 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 10.4−1.5
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
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In-depth metrics
Trend over time
Safety and study environment over time
Trends are shown only when the same indicator and source has at least two comparable years. Missing years, too few responses, and low response rates are marked.
Safety
-0.4change between first and latest comparable year
- 20248.9
- 20268.5
Source: Pupils upper-sec. year 2 · missing years: 2025
Study environment
+1.3change between first and latest comparable year
- 20246.3
- 20267.6
Source: Pupils upper-sec. year 2 · missing years: 2025
School meals
Weekly menus and meal provider for this school's municipality.
No menu provider registered for this municipality yet.
Source: municipality's own meal portal — Skolkoll does not host menu content.
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 → · Check current status at the Schools Inspectorate ↗
Admissions pressure & cutoffs
Applicants per place and latest admission cutoff per programme (2025).
High demand reflects popularity, which depends on location and reputation as well as quality. Cutoffs measure entry difficulty, not school quality.
- Restaurang- och livsmedelsprogrammet97.5points
- Vård- och omsorgsprogrammet130points
Source: Gymnasieantagningen (regional admission databases). Latest year: 2025.
Graduation rate within 3 years
94%graduate within 3 years
Not graduated6%
vs national avg.16 percentage points above national average (78%)
Source: Skolverket (graduation rate within 3 years). Updated annually.
After upper secondary
Source: Skolverket (higher-education eligibility).
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Data coverage
What we do not know about Smedenskolan
Open school data is not complete. Use this as a checklist for what to verify with the school, provider or municipality.
- MediumResults and score inputsMedium data coverage: 3 of 5 score dimensions have school-specific data. When school-specific data is missing for a dimension, the neutral value 50 is used. That does not automatically lower the school, but it makes the score less informative.
- MediumEligibility and goal attainmentGrades, eligibility and goal-attainment data may be missing, suppressed or available only for some grades and school types.
- UncertainResources, teachers and staffTeacher and resource metrics do not always show subject mix, vacancies, student-health workflows or everyday staffing.
- MissingSupport resources and student healthWe do not yet have a verified national data source for special education, student health, adaptations, language support or contact routes per school.
- MissingSafety and study environmentWe lack current or displayable survey data about safety and study environment for this school.
- PartialAdmissions, placement and important datesAdmission data is available for upper-secondary programmes where sources publish it, but it is historical and not a forecast.
- MissingVisits, facilities and everyday environmentWe lack sourced open-house information for this school. Facilities, accessibility and everyday environment are often not open comparable data.
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