Staff stability
Declining
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
Smedenskolan is a small independent upper secondary school with 70 pupils.
Smedenskolan is a small independent upper secondary school with 70 pupils.
- 70PupilsMunicipality: 70High reliability
- 7.3Pupils per teacherSweden: 12.1High reliability
- 151,507 SEKCost per pupil (municipal avg.)Sweden: 144,179 SEKLimited history
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).
4 values need extra caution
This applies only to the values listed here.
This value is missing in full or in part.
This affects
- Certified teachers
- Eligible for higher education
- Graduation rate
- Grade points (upper secondary)
- This staffing metric is affected by FTE definitions, local reporting practices, and temporary vacancies.
- This result metric can be affected by privacy suppression, small cohorts, and changes in pupil composition between years.
Other values here do not have this specific note.
School programmes
- Upper secondary school
Things to look into
No clear flag.
No clear attention flags from key-figure deviations or the School Inspectorate's public register. Detailed inspection history is shown in the "Safety & Inspection" card below.
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
39.4%Studying in higher education
Results
39.4%
Studying in higher education
Shows what former students do 3 years after graduation, per Skolverket Statistikdatabasen.
Admission scores per programme
| Programme | Avg. | Sweden | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurang- och livsmedelsprogrammet | 97.5 | — | |
| Vård- och omsorgsprogrammet | 130 | — |
Lowest admitted merit score from latest admission round. Smaller programmes (under 20 places) have larger year-to-year variation.
After graduation (3 years)
| Outcome | Share |
|---|---|
| Studying in higher education | 39.4% |
| Established in the labor market (vocational 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 — Source: Skolverket Statistikdatabasen (post-graduation outcomes, 3 years after graduation).
Staff
7.3Pupils per teacherSweden: 12.1
Staff
7.3
Pupils per teacher
Staff data reported by the school operator.
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No active casesRecently inspected
Safety & Inspection
No active cases
Recently inspected
No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate. Latest decision: Regelb. tillsyn Skolbeslut Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum Smeden, 2013 (pdf, 8248 kB).
- Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
- 0
High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.
Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026
Resources
151,507 SEKCost per pupil (total)Sweden: 144,179 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 Jul 2026
Next step: Apply for a place
Apply through Smedjebacken e-service for upper-secondary application.
Contact and address
- Headmaster
- Fredrik Hammarbäck
- 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 2026-07-05.
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
- Hitachigymnasiet Ludvika13 km away· 110 pupils
- Dahlander kunskapscentrum28 km away· 40 pupils
- VBU Malmen24 km away· 120 pupils
About Smedjebacken municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 16
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 210.6−17.1
- Certified teachers
- 62%−12 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 10.4−1.6
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
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In-depth metrics
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 (2026).
High demand reflects popularity, which depends on location and reputation as well as quality. Cutoffs measure entry difficulty, not school quality.
- Introduktionsprogram IM
- Restaurang- och livsmedelsprogrammet97.5points
- Vård- och omsorgsprogrammet130points
Source: Gymnasieantagningen (regional admission databases). Latest year: 2026.
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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.
- MissingResults and score inputsSkolkoll score is not shown for this school type or lacks enough underlying data.
- MissingEligibility 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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