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Viksängsskolan 1 in Västerås

Compulsory school Year 6–9 VÄSTERÅS Municipality · Västerås, Västmanlands County

Headmaster: Monica Carlsson

Viksängsskolan 1 is a small municipal compulsory school.

Viksängsskolan 1 is a small municipal compulsory school.

The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Adapted compulsory school in Västerås. Pupil count is missing from the latest open data.
  2. No current inspection decision is available in the open Schools Inspectorate data.
  3. The school is not active in Skolverket's register; check status before choosing.
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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

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 performance

Staff

89%
Permanently employed

Staff data reported by the school operator.

Permanently employed Reliability: Moderate reliability.
89%
Senior teachers (förstelärare) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
Data missing — the Swedish National Agency for Education has not published this value.
Pupils per counsellor Reliability: Moderate reliability.
1,183.2
Certified in their teaching subject Reliability: Moderate reliability.
64%
Teachers (FTE) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
1,077.6
Share of female teachers Reliability: Moderate reliability.
78%
Teacher turnover Reliability: Moderate reliability.
11%
Moderate reliability — Personnel fields from Skolverket's annual Personal report (1-2 year data lag).

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 31 May 2026

School environment

Safety & Inspection

No active cases
Recently inspected

Safety index: 64 / 100

No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate.

Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
0
Safety index Reliability: High reliability.
64 / 100 Safety: 77% · Study peace: 54% · Anti-bullying: 52% · Staff: 65%

Safety index

64 / 100 (High data coverage)
  • Safety 77%
  • Study peace 54%
  • Anti-bullying 52%
  • Staff 65%

School Survey — all perspectives

Dimension Pupils (åk 8) Guardian Staff
Safety 7.7 / 10
Study environment 5.4 / 10
Anti-bullying 5.2 / 10
Stimulation 5.4 / 10
Support 6.3 / 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: 31 May 2026

Resources

136,647 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)

Sweden: 142,155 SEK

Cost per pupil is 4% below the national average.

Cost per pupil (total) Reliability: Limited history.
136,647 SEK Sweden: 142,155 SEK
Teaching Reliability: Moderate reliability.
77,200 SEK
Facilities Reliability: Moderate reliability.
23,900 SEK
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.

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

Who runs the school

Operator

VÄSTERÅS KOMMUN
Municipal operator

235 other schools in the municipality.

VÄSTERÅS Municipality
Municipal operator: VÄSTERÅS Municipality Västerås kommun · 235 skolor i kommunen

VÄSTERÅS KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 235 other schools.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
VÄSTERÅS KOMMUN
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Municipal own operation
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
235
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 31 May 2026

Contact and address

Headmaster
Monica Carlsson
Visiting address
Viksängsgatan 23, 72347 VÄSTERÅS
Postal address
72187 VÄSTERÅS
School unit code
15622675

Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-05-31.

Geographic coordinates are not available for this school — map cannot be shown.

Nearest and similar schools

  • Almaskolan Same municipality · 140 pupils
  • Apalbyskolan Same municipality · 270 pupils
  • Barkaröskolan Same municipality · 250 pupils

About Västerås municipality

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

Schools
235
Avg. merit (yr 9)
217.8 −9.8
Certified teachers
69% −5 pp
Pupils per teacher
12.9 +0.8

Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Improving

66.3% qualified teachers in municipality (2025) ▲ + 1.8 pp over 5 years

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

Throughput year 6 → year 9

71.9% → 61.6%

▼ 10.3 pp drop year 6 → year 9

Source: Skolverket SIRIS + Skolverket Statistical Database.

How do pupils feel? ( Skolenkäten The Schools Inspectorate’s survey sent to pupils, parents, and staff about safety, classroom order, and teaching. Read more in glossary → )

Strongest (Year 5)

  • Safety: 81 (national 82)
  • Support: 74 (national 74)

Weakest (Year 5)

  • Study environment: 57 (national 57)
  • Anti-bullying: 62 (national 65)

Source: Skolinspektionen Skolenkäten 2025. Updated annually.