Vågbroskolan in Söderhamn
Results in line with the pupil intakeA statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary →What is value-added?The school's own contribution given its pupil intake (Skolverket's SALSA model) — not a quality guarantee, and not comparable between years.
Vågbroskolan is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 280 pupils.
Vågbroskolan is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 280 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (62%) is below the national average of 72%.
- 280PupilsMunicipality: 1,600High reliability
- 62%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 52% · Sweden: 72%High reliability
- 12.3Pupils per teacherMunicipality: 12.3 · Sweden: 12.0High reliability
- 142,212 SEKCost per pupil (municipal avg.)Sweden: 144,179 SEKLimited history
The most important facts in 3 points
- Compulsory school in Söderhamn with 280 pupils.
- The latest record (2025) is a review or decision without risk classification.
- The school is not active in Skolverket's register; check status before choosing.
Skolkoll interpretation
Vågbroskolan is compared here with 16 other schools with the same school form in Söderhamn municipality; it has 280 pupils versus the municipal average of 123.
Qualified teachers: 62%, 10 percentage points above the municipal average and 10 percentage points below the national average.
Pupils per teacher is 12.3, in line with the municipal average.
3 values need extra caution
This applies only to the values listed here.
This value is missing in full or in part.
This affects
- Eligible for vocational programmes
- Merit score year 9
- SALSA score
- 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
Worth looking into. These indicators are an attention aid, not a quality grade or risk score.
- 62% qualified teachers — more than 10 percentage points below the national average (72%).
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 Söderhamn, Bäckvägen 1, Norrala
School performance
Staff
62%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 52% · Sweden: 72%
Staff
62%
Qualified teachers
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No active casesRecently inspected 2025
Safety & Inspection
No active cases
Recently inspected 2025
No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate. Latest decision: Riktad tillsyn Skolbeslut Grundskola Söderhamn Vågbroskolan åk 4-9, 2025 (pdf, 123 kB).
- Latest inspection decision Reliability: High reliability.
- 2025-03-07 — Riktad tillsyn Skolbeslut Grundskola Söderhamn Vågbroskolan åk 4-9, 2025 (pdf, 123 kB)
- Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
- 0
School Survey — all perspectives
| Dimension | Pupils (åk 8) | Guardian | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety | 8.1 / 10 | — | — |
| Study environment | 5.8 / 10 | — | — |
| Anti-bullying | 6.1 / 10 | — | — |
| Stimulation | 5.8 / 10 | — | — |
| Support | 6.4 / 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
142,212 SEKCost per pupil (total)Sweden: 144,179 SEK
Resources
142,212 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)
Cost per pupil is 1% below the national average.
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.
Who runs the school
Operator
SÖDERHAMNS KOMMUNMunicipal operator41 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
SÖDERHAMNS KOMMUN
Municipal operator
SÖDERHAMNS KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 41 other schools.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- SÖDERHAMNS 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
Contact and address
- Visiting address
- Bäckvägen 1, 82662 Norrala
- Postal address
- 82680 SÖDERHAMN
- Phone
- 0270-75000
- Website
- www.soderhamn.se/
- School unit code
42162288
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
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.
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.
Nearest and similar schools
- Stentägtskolan3 km away· 320 pupils
- Bergviksskolan åk 4-914 km away· 260 pupils
- Björktjära skola F-636 km away· 250 pupils
About Söderhamn municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 41
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 204.6−23.1
- Certified teachers
- 55%−19 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.0in line
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
Similar schools
The 5 most-similar compulsory schools based on student count, geography, teacher certification and pupil composition.
SALSA result
+13.0A statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary →Performs as expectedThe residual is actual minus expected merit value; positive means the school lifts pupils more than the model predicts.
How should SALSA be read?
SALSA is a statistical comparison metric, not a school rating. Small cohorts and individual year groups can create uncertain signals, so read it together with pupil counts, survey data and other sources.
Source: Skolverket/SALSA · See the full comparison table →
Pupils per year
Number of pupils per year group (total 283 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).
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In-depth metrics
Staff stability
Declining
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
Throughput year 6 → year 9
55.2% → 63.7%
- 37 pupils yr 6
- 69 pupils yr 9
Source: Skolverket SIRIS + Skolverket Statistical Database.
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: 83 (national 82)
- Support: 73 (national 74)
Weakest (Year 5)
- Study environment: 56 (national 57)
- Anti-bullying: 65 (national 65)
Support-needs policy · School-choice guide
Source: Skolinspektionen Skolenkäten 2026. Updated annually. · See all years and dimensions in the data view →
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 1 decision on record without critical findings. Most recent: Mar 2025.
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 ↗
Explore further
More context about Vågbroskolan, its municipality, operator and similar schools.
Compulsory schools in SöderhamnSee all compulsory schools in the municipality with results and comparisons.Schools in SöderhamnOpen the municipality page with all schools, rankings, and local aggregates.Söderhamns kommunSee all schools, municipalities, and core metrics for the same provider.Gävleborgs länCompare municipalities and school patterns across the whole county.Merit value year 9Compare year-9 merit values across municipalities and school environments.Certification vs Merit valueSee how merit values and upper-secondary eligibility move together.School size by school typeSee how school forms and unit sizes are distributed nationally.School type distributionCompare how school forms are distributed across municipalities and operators.
Data coverage
What we do not know about Vågbroskolan
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.
See Data view for full sources and fetch dates per source.
