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Solbackeskolan in Halmstad

Compulsory school Year 4–9 HALMSTADS Municipality · Halmstad, Hallands County

Headmaster: Jenny Wiberg Jönsson

40 /100
Skolkoll Score 40 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). 50 is the average. This value is below average.

Better than 36% of Sweden's compulsory schools

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Solbackeskolan is a large municipal compulsory school with 410 pupils.

Solbackeskolan is a large municipal compulsory school with 410 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (63%) is below the national average of 74%.

The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Compulsory school in Halmstad with 410 pupils.
  2. No current inspection decision is available in the open Schools Inspectorate data.
  3. Applying? Contact the municipality or provider for the current application route.

Skolkoll interpretation

Solbackeskolan is compared here with 50 other schools with the same school form in Halmstad municipality; it has 410 pupils versus the municipal average of 203.

The year-9 merit value is 216.7, 11.1 points below the municipal average and 10.9 points below the national average.

Qualified teachers: 63%, 14 percentage points below the municipal average and 11 percentage points below the national average.

The SALSA residual (-2.0) 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

No active warnings.

No signals from key-figure deviations or the School Inspectorate's public register. Detailed inspection history is shown in the "Safety & Inspection" card below.

School profile

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

Radar diagram: school profile across five dimensions ResultsStaffSafetyResourcesTrend
  • Merit rating P36
  • Certified teachers P21
  • Pupil-teacher ratio P70
  • Eligibility (upper secondary) P27

Source: Skolverket, Swedish Schools Inspectorate.

Aerial view of the school

Aerial view of Solbackeskolan, 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

Halmstad, Gäddvägen 181, Halmstad Schoolyard: approx. 23,600 m²

Entrances: 1 Halmstad, Gäddvägen 181, Halmstad

School performance

Results

216.7
Merit value yr 9

Sweden: 227.6

Results are reported by the school operator to Skolverket.

Merit value yr 9 Reliability: High reliability.
216.7 From 225.3 (2324) to 216.7 (2425) Sweden: 227.6
Eligible for upper secondary Reliability: High reliability.
79.2% Sweden: 86.0%
NP Swedish yr 9 (mean score) Reliability: High reliability.
12.8 pts
NP Mathematics yr 9 (mean score) Reliability: High reliability.
10.2 pts
NP English yr 9 (mean score) Reliability: High reliability.
14.4 pts
SVA test-takers yr 9 Reliability: High reliability.
≥10 test-takers
High reliability — Direct data from the school operator.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 27 May 2026

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Staff

63%
Qualified teachers

Municipality: 77% · Sweden: 74%

63% of teachers hold a pedagogical degree — 11% below the national average.

Qualified teachers Reliability: High reliability.
63% Municipality: 77% · Sweden: 74%
Pupils per teacher Reliability: High reliability.
10.7 Municipality: 12.2 · Sweden: 12.1
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 27 May 2026

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Value-added / SALSA

-2.0
SALSA residual

Model prediction: 217.0 · Actual outcome: 219.0

The school performs below what the student composition would predict.

SALSA residual Reliability: Moderate reliability.
-2.0 0 = as expected
Model prediction Reliability: Moderate reliability.
217.0
Actual outcome Reliability: Moderate reliability.
219.0
Moderate reliability — SALSA models have natural uncertainty for small schools.

Source: Skolverket SALSA · Last updated: 3 May 2026

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School environment

Safety & Inspection

No active cases
Recently inspected

No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate.

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

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

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Resources

137,744 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)

Sweden: 142,155 SEK

Cost per pupil is 3% below the national average.

Cost per pupil (total) Reliability: Limited history.
137,744 SEK Sweden: 142,155 SEK
Teaching Reliability: Moderate reliability.
77,800 SEK
Facilities Reliability: Moderate reliability.
23,600 SEK
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.

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

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Who runs the school

Operator

HALMSTADS KOMMUN
Municipal operator

170 other schools in the municipality.
HALMSTADS Municipality
Municipal operator: HALMSTADS Municipality Halmstad kommun · 171 skolor i kommunen

HALMSTADS KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 170 other schools.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
HALMSTADS KOMMUN
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Municipal own operation
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
170
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 27 May 2026

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Contact and address

Headmaster
Jenny Wiberg Jönsson
Visiting address
Gäddvägen 181, 31044 Halmstad
Postal address
BOX 153, 30105 HALMSTAD
School unit code
50826766

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

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Nearest and similar schools

About Halmstad municipality

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

Schools
171
Avg. merit (yr 9)
227.8 in line
Certified teachers
79% +5 pp
Pupils per teacher
12.4 in line

Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).

Similar schools

The 5 most-similar compulsory schools based on student count, geography, teacher certification and pupil composition.

Klaraskolan 5-9
Halmstad
Merit: 199.3 Cert: 64% 350 pupils
5 km away 88% similarity
Ranagårdsskolan F-9
Halmstad
Merit: — Cert: 65% 520 pupils
10 km away 86% similarity
Veingeskolan 4-9
Laholm
Merit: 212.3 Cert: 75% 380 pupils
14 km away 86% similarity
Österledskolan 7-9
Halmstad
Merit: 198.6 Cert: 64% 300 pupils
17 km away 86% similarity
Förslövs skola F-9
Båstad
Merit: 217.0 Cert: 65% 480 pupils
33 km away 85% similarity

Grade distribution

Share of pupils per grade, school year 2024/25.

+0.3 Grades close to national-test results — no clear inflation signal.

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

SALSA result

−2.0 Performs below expectations

Better than 4 of 10 comparable schools.

Average residual among benchmark schools: −2.4.

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

Pupils per year

Number of pupils per year group (total 405 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).

Yr 4 69 pupils in Yr 4
Yr 5 61 pupils in Yr 5
Yr 6 59 pupils in Yr 6
Yr 7 58 pupils in Yr 7
Yr 8 73 pupils in Yr 8
Yr 9 85 pupils in Yr 9

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Stable

74.7% qualified teachers in municipality (2025) ≈ unchanged over 5 years

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

Throughput year 6 → year 9

67.9% → 66.4%

▼ 1.5 pp drop year 6 → year 9

  • 59 pupils yr 6
  • 85 pupils yr 9

Source: Skolverket SIRIS + Skolverket Statistical Database.

Last updated: Source: Skolverket, SALSA, Skolinspektionen, SCB, Kolada, Lantmäteriet

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