Strandskolan in Älvdalen

After-school care, Compulsory school, Preschool class — Year 1–9 in Älvdalen, Dalarnas län · ÄLVDALENS KOMMUN

3 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

  • 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.

Other values here do not have this specific note.

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Skolkoll score: 50 of 100 Declining How is it calculated?
This school performs near average
120 pupils 46.3% qualified teachers Merit 237 5.9 pupils/teacher Grade deviation +1.5 1 warning signal
Quality dimensions
Results 64
Staff 5
Value-added 60
Safety* 50
Resources 97
* Missing school-specific data — using national median (50). Based on 4 of 5 dimensions.

Strandskolan is a compulsory school in Älvdalen, Dalarnas län. The school has 120 pupils and 5.9 pupils per teacher. Average merit value in year 9 is 237 points. 46.3% of teachers are qualified. Provider The organisation that runs the school — a municipality, foundation or limited company.Read more in glossary → : Älvdalens kommun.

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

Result history: 5 years
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Warning signals

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1 warning signal identified
Low share of qualified teachers 46%

46% qualified teachers — significantly below the national average (74%).

School signal summary

Above average
compared to national averages
Merit value yr 9
237 ↓
National: 227.7 Municipality: 216.0
Pupils/teacher
5.9 ↓
National: 12.1 Municipality: 7.0
Qualified teachers
46.3% ↑
National: 74.0% Municipality: 49.6%
Eligible for upper secondary
100% →
National: 86.1%
School National Municipality

School profileSchool strengths and profile

School's strengths compared to all compulsory schools nationally. Source: Skolverket, Schools Inspectorate. Method.

Radar chart: school profile across five dimensions ResultsStaffSafetyResourcesTrend

Percentile ranking

School's position among all compulsory schools in Sweden.

Merit score P64
Qualified teachers P5
Teacher density P97
Upper secondary eligibility P86

Cost per pupil The municipality’s total cost for compulsory school per student per year. Ranges from under SEK 100,000 to over SEK 200,000.Read more in glossary → — Älvdalen

Municipality average cost per pupil. Source: Kolada.

197,819 SEK Total cost/pupil National avg: 142,155 SEK
101,662 SEK Teaching
41,793 SEK Facilities
11,311 SEK Meals
5,824 SEK Learning materials
10,893 SEK Student health

Municipal schools: 193,768 SEK/pupil.

Student support services Collective term for the school’s medical, psychological, psychosocial, and special-educational services.Read more in glossary → in Älvdalen

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

Student health, compulsory school
10,893 SEK/pupil (national: 5,053 SEK)
Easy access to student health, yr 5
60.6%
Easy access to student health, yr 8
46.5%
Support from student health (staff)
52.5%

View all key figures for Älvdalen · Source: Kolada

After-school care in Älvdalen

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

Children per FTE
18.3 (national: 21.6)
Pedagogical higher education
10.6% (national: 36.7%)
Cost per child
44,268 SEK/year (national: 46,712 SEK)
Enrolment rate (age 6-12)
53.5% (national: 57.9%)
Enrolled children in municipality
216

View all key figures for Älvdalen · Source: Kolada

Student forecast — Älvdalen

Population forecast for children ages 6–15 in Älvdalen. Source: SCB.

695 ages 6–15 (2025)
611 ages 6–15 (2030)
542 ages 6–15 (2035)
-12.1 % Change

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 moderate staff stability.

Medium
Permanently employed
86.7%
Senior teachers
10.2%
Qualified teachers
46.3%

Teacher turnover: 8.4% — share of teachers who left or joined during the year

Municipal average qualified teachers: 49.6% (national: 74%).

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 The proportion of teachers with a teaching licence and qualification in the subjects they teach.Read more in glossary → — Älvdalen (2025)
59.5% (national: 73.3%)
Qualification trend (2020–2025)
↓ -5.3 percentage points (declining)
Pupils per teacher — Älvdalen
7.3 (national: 11.9)

Trend: qualified teachers in Älvdalen (%)

2020: 64.8% 2025: 59.5%

All staff data for Älvdalen

Merit value The sum of a student’s 16 best grades in year 9, max 320 points (340 with modern languages). The national average is around 225–230.Read more in glossary → vs. expected ( SALSA A statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary → )

SALSA compares the school's actual merit value with a modelled value based on pupil composition. School year 2024/25.

237 Actual merit value
225 Modelled value
+12.0 (expected: 0) School's own contribution (2024/25)

Municipality avg. (Älvdalen): -3.0

−60 0 +60
○ Moderate certainty Standard uncertainty: ±1.4 points (120 pupils)
Medium-sized school — the SALSA score is reasonably stable but individual cohorts can have an impact.

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
2.3 (scale 1-3)
Recently immigrated pupils
7%
Share of boys
40.0%
Pass in all subjects
100% (model: 67%, score: +33)

SALSA score over time

2021/22: -29.0 2024/25: +12.0

Positive SALSA score = higher results than expected given pupil composition. Source: SIRIS/Skolverket. Read more about SALSA.

Similar schools

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

Furulundsskolan
Härjedalen
20 pupils
71 km away 66% similarity
Buskoviusskolan
Älvdalen
Qual: 20% 30 pupils
29 km away 65% similarity
Södra Skolan
Härjedalen
Merit: 219.3 Qual: 50.2% 170 pupils
88 km away 64% similarity
Sälens skola
Malung – Sälen
Qual: 61.8% 120 pupils
83 km away 63% similarity
Norra Skolan
Härjedalen
Qual: 56.1% 220 pupils
88 km away 62% similarity

Schools with similar pupil composition

Schools with similar SALSA background variables (parents' education, recently immigrated, gender). Shows how Strandskolan performs compared to schools with similar conditions.

+12.0 Performs above expectations

Better SALSA score than 13 of 15 comparison schools

Average SALSA score among comparison schools: -8.9

School Municipality Merit value SALSA score Qualified teachers
Strandskolan Älvdalen 237 +12.0 46.3%
Vittra Röda stan Norrköping 209 -23.0 63.2%
Örbyskolan Stockholm 241 +26.0 86.1%
Fågelsångens skola Salem 214 +1.0 72.2%
Christinaskolan 7-9 Piteå 214 -20.0 76.7%
Norrsätraskolan Sandviken 201 -18.0 48.3%
Hagaskolan 1 Norrköping 222 -1.0 72.2%
Väståkraskolan Trelleborg 203 -25.0 54.3%
Tranmursskolan GKS Gävle 193 -28.0 58.8%
Internationella Engelska Skolan Östersund Östersund 248 +15.0 –
Baldersskolan 7-9 Staffanstorp 199 -16.0 73.9%
Astradskolan 3 Ljungby 219 -4.0 84%
Tegnérskolan Säffle 207 -5.0 72.6%
Thorildskolan 1 Kungälv 215 -20.0 78.2%
Östervåla skola 7-9 Heby 201 -15.0 84.2%
Kista grundskola Stockholm 206 -1.0 85%

SALSA score = actual merit value minus SALSA model's expected value. Positive (green) = better than expected. Source: SIRIS/Skolverket. School year 2024/25.

Student throughput The proportion of upper secondary students who graduate within three years. An important quality measure for upper secondary schools.Read more in glossary →

Proxy: difference in pass rate (all subjects) year 6 vs year 9.

15 Pupils yr 6
18 Pupils yr 9
+0.5 pp Pass rate yr 6 vs 9
100% Upper secondary eligibility National avg: 86% (national: 86.1%)

Pupils per year group

Year 1
7
Year 2
11
Year 3
8
Year 4
10
Year 5
9
Year 6
15
Year 7
23
Year 8
18
Year 9
18

Statistics

Number of pupils
120 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
5.9 (municipal avg: 7, national: 12.1)
Qualified teachers
46.3% (municipal avg: 49.6%, national: 74%)
Merit value yr 9
237 (municipal avg: 216, national: 227.7)
Eligible for vocational upper secondary yr 9
100% (national: 86.1%)
NP Swedish yr 9
12.3%
NP English yr 9
14.3%
NP Mathematics yr 9
10.8%
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
193,800 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
101,700 SEK
Facilities
41,800 SEK
Meals
11,300 SEK
Learning materials
5,800 SEK
Student health
10,890 SEK

Personnel

Special needs teachers qualified
33.3%
Permanently employed
86.7% 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
10.2%
Teacher turnover The proportion of staff replaced during a year. High staff turnover may indicate instability or recruitment difficulties.Read more in glossary →
8.4%
Pupils per counsellor
641
Certified in subject(s)
61.5% (licensed and certified for teaching subject)
Teachers (FTE)
76.6
Share of female teachers
87.1%

Demographics & safety

Pupil demographics

Foreign background
10.9%
Gender
40.0% boys, 60.0% girls
Recently immigrated pupils
7% (SALSA model)
Other mother tongue than Swedish
6.7% (municipality avg.)
Swedish as a second language
2.3% (municipality avg.)
Parents with higher education
42.9%

Safety in the municipality

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

Reported crimes (total)
7,555 per 100,000 pop.
Violent crimes
569 per 100,000 pop.
Burglaries
146 per 100,000 pop.
Drug offences
306 per 100,000 pop.

Contact & AboutAbout the school

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Eligible for upper secondary
100% (national: 86.1%)

Postal address

BOX 100, 79622 ÄLVDALEN

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About data and sources

Statistics are sourced from Skolverket, Kolada/RKA and SCB. Latest known data update: . Empty values mean the data is missing at source or not applicable to this school type.

School unit code
81918902
School forms
After-school care, Compulsory school, Preschool class
Year span
1–9
School provider
Älvdalens kommun
Organisation number
2120002197
Provider type
Municipality
Municipality
Älvdalen
County
Dalarnas län
Legal form
Municipality
Principal
Karin Åsén Elfving

For definitions and methodology: method, data sources and glossary.

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