The International School of Älmhult

Compulsory schoolYear 1–9Operator: Älmhult Municipality · Älmhult, Kronobergs County

Headmaster: Maria Haglund

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The International School of Älmhult is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 260 pupils.

The International School of Älmhult is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 260 pupils.

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The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Compulsory school in Älmhult with 260 pupils.
  2. The latest inspection (2023) has no recorded deficiencies in our data.
  3. Applying? Go to the school's application link on this page.

Skolkoll interpretation

The International School of Älmhult is compared here with 16 other schools with the same school form in Älmhult municipality; it has 260 pupils versus the municipal average of 134.

Pupils per teacher is 8.4, 2.7 lower than the municipal average.

Apply for a place? See Älmhult school portal (opens in a new window) for information about school choice.

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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 vocational programmes
  • Merit score year 9
  • SALSA score
  • 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.
  • SALSA is model-based and becomes less stable for small pupil groups or schools with rapidly changing pupil composition.

Other values here do not have this specific note.

School programmes

  • Compulsory 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

Aerial view of The International School of Älmhult, 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

Entrances:1 Älmhult, Stenhuggarevägen 24, Älmhult

School performance

Staff

8.4
Pupils per teacher

Municipality: 11.1 · Sweden: 12.0

Staff data reported by the school operator.

Pupils per teacher Reliability: High reliability.
8.4From 9.0 (2425) to 8.4 (2526)Municipality: 11.1 · Sweden: 12.0
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

School environment

Safety & Inspection

No active cases
Recently inspected 2023

Safety index: 59 / 100

No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate. Latest decision: Riktad tillsyn Uppföljning skolbeslut Grundskolan Älmhult The Intern. School of Älmhult, 2023 (pdf, 192 kB).

Latest inspection decision Reliability: High reliability.
2023-06-12 — Riktad tillsyn Uppföljning skolbeslut Grundskolan Älmhult The Intern. School of Älmhult, 2023 (pdf, 192 kB)
Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
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Safety index Reliability: High reliability.
59 / 100Safety: 68% · Study peace: 53% · Anti-bullying: 49% · Staff: 65%

Safety index

59/ 100(High data coverage)
  • Safety68%(national 78)
  • Study peace53%(national 56)
  • Anti-bullying49%(national 56)
  • Staff65%(no national figure)

School Survey — all perspectives

DimensionPupils (åk 8)GuardianStaff
Safety6.8 / 10
Study environment5.3 / 10
Anti-bullying4.9 / 10
Stimulation5.3 / 10
Support6.2 / 10

Scale 0–10 (rescaled from Skolverket's 0–100). Guardian and staff perspectives are often not in open data.

High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.

Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Resources

163,539 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)

Sweden: 144,179 SEK

Cost per pupil is 13% above the national average.

Cost per pupil (total) Reliability: Limited history.
163,539 SEKSweden: 144,179 SEK
Teaching Reliability: Moderate reliability.
78,300 SEK
Facilities Reliability: Moderate reliability.
21,500 SEK
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.

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

Who runs the school

Operator

ÄLMHULTS KOMMUN
Municipal operator

41 other schools in the municipality.

Älmhult Municipality
Municipal operator:Älmhult MunicipalityÄlmhult Municipality · 42 schools in the municipality

ÄLMHULTS KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 41 other schools.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
ÄLMHULTS KOMMUN
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Municipal own operation
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
41
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Next step: Apply for a place

Use Älmhult school portal for information about school choice.

Contact and address

Headmaster
Maria Haglund
Visiting address
Stenhuggarevägen 24, 34333 Älmhult
Postal address
BOX 500, 34323 ÄLMHULT
School unit code
64505955

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
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Support and inclusion

Support and student health

This panel shows sourced support-resource data where available and marks the rest as missing or uncertain. These fields do not affect score or ranking.

SourcedSpecial education competence35% qualified special needs teachers/special educatorsThe source reports an aggregate staffing metric. It is not used in support-needs scoring or ranking.Source: Skolverket Statistikdatabasen · 2026-06-21
SourcedCounsellor1,815 pupils per counsellorThe resource metric is statistical and should be read together with the school's own processes and contact routes.Source: Skolverket Statistikdatabasen · 2026-06-21
Missing or uncertain support-resource fields
  • MissingStudent health teamIs there sourced information about student health functions at the school?
  • PartialSpecial educatorThe source does not split special educators and special needs teachers per school unit in this model.
  • PartialSpecial needs teacherThe source does not split special educators and special needs teachers per school unit in this model.
  • MissingSchool nurseIs there sourced information about school nurse resources?
  • MissingPsychologistIs there sourced information about psychologist resources?
  • MissingStudy and career guidanceIs there sourced information about study and career guidance?
  • MissingLanguage supportIs there sourced information about language or mother-tongue support?
  • MissingAdaptations and special supportIs there verified process information for adaptations and special support?
  • MissingAccessibilityIs there sourced information about physical or pedagogical accessibility?
  • MissingContact routeIs there a verified contact route for support questions?

Privacy rule: no individual pupil health, diagnosis, support decision or personal case data may be stored.

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Nearest and similar schools

About Älmhult municipality

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

Schools
42
Avg. merit (yr 9)
185.5−42.2
Certified teachers
68%−5 pp
Pupils per teacher
10.8−1.2

Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).

Similar schools

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

Pupils per year

Number of pupils per year group (total 257 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).

Yr 130 pupils in Yr 1
Yr 229 pupils in Yr 2
Yr 324 pupils in Yr 3
Yr 428 pupils in Yr 4
Yr 539 pupils in Yr 5
Yr 633 pupils in Yr 6
Yr 722 pupils in Yr 7
Yr 827 pupils in Yr 8
Yr 925 pupils in Yr 9

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Improving

67.8% qualified teachers in municipality (2025) ▲ +4.5 pp over 5 years

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

Safety and study environment (SkolenkätenThe Schools Inspectorate’s survey sent to pupils, parents, and staff about safety, classroom order, and teaching.Read more in glossary →)

The school survey shows pupil experience where responses are available. Read values together with year, response coverage and unknowns.

Coverage: 2 displayed year groups · year 2026.

Strongest (Year 5)

  • Safety: 79 (national 82)
  • Support: 73 (national 74)

Weakest (Year 5)

  • Study environment: 57 (national 57)
  • Stimulation: 67 (national 66)

Source: Skolinspektionen Skolenkäten 2026. Updated annually. · See all years and dimensions in the data view →

Inspections & decisions

The Schools Inspectorate has 4 decisions on record without critical findings. Most recent: Jun 2023.

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 ↗

Data coverage

What we do not know about The International School of Älmhult

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.
  • PartialSupport resources and student healthSome support-resource fields have sourced statistics, but several parts are still missing or reported only in aggregate.
  • PartialSafety and study environmentThe school survey is shown where available, but not every grade and perspective is always covered.
  • UncertainAdmissions, placement and important datesMunicipal placement rules, queues and important dates require a local source and should be checked with the municipality or school.
  • 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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