Virestads Friskola is a small independent compulsory school with 30 pupils.
Virestads Friskola is a small independent compulsory school with 30 pupils.
- 30PupilsMunicipality: 2,150High reliability
- 163,539 SEKCost per pupil (municipal avg.)Sweden: 144,179 SEKLimited history
The most important facts in 3 points
- Compulsory school in Älmhult with 30 pupils.
- The latest record (2022) is a review or decision without risk classification.
- Applying? Go to the school's application link on this page.
Apply for a place? See Älmhult school portal (opens in a new window) for information about school choice.
3 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
- Group name
- Pupils per teacher
- This staffing metric is affected by FTE definitions, local reporting practices, and temporary vacancies.
- Annual reports are not real-time data, so group links may lag behind reorganisations or recent ownership changes. Manual overrides are used only as exceptions.
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 school's surroundings. The property is marked from the register; building use has not been verified. Updated 2026. Source: Lantmäteriet · CC BY 4.0
Entrances:1 Älmhult, Bråthult 2063, Älmhult
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No active casesRecently inspected 2022Safety index: 76 / 100
Safety & Inspection
No active cases
Recently inspected 2022
No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate. Latest decision: Riktad tillsyn Skolbeslut Grundskolan Älmhult Bråthults Friskola, 2021 (pdf, 275 kB).
- Latest inspection decision Reliability: High reliability.
- 2022-01-14 — Riktad tillsyn Skolbeslut Grundskolan Älmhult Bråthults Friskola, 2021 (pdf, 275 kB)
- Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
- 0
- Safety index Reliability: High reliability.
- 76 / 100Safety: 84% · Study peace: 68% · Anti-bullying: 74% · Staff: 76%
Safety index
76/ 100(High data coverage)
- Safety84%(national 82)
- Study peace68%(national 57)
- Anti-bullying74%(national 65)
- Staff76%(no national figure)
School Survey — all perspectives
| Dimension | Pupils (åk 5) | Guardian | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety | 8.4 / 10 | — | — |
| Study environment | 6.8 / 10 | — | — |
| Anti-bullying | 7.4 / 10 | — | — |
| Stimulation | 7.4 / 10 | — | — |
| Support | 8.2 / 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 SEKCost per pupil (total)Sweden: 144,179 SEK
Resources
163,539 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)
Cost per pupil is 13% above the national average.
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.
Who runs the school
Operator
Virestads Friskola Ekonomisk föreningIndependent operator41 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
Virestads Friskola Ekonomisk förening
Independent operator
Virestads Friskola Ekonomisk förening operates this school independently.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- Virestads Friskola Ekonomisk förening
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Independent
- 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
- Jakob Sträng
- Visiting address
- Bråthults Bygdegård, 34391 Älmhult
- Postal address
- Pehr Hörbergs väg 14, 34373 VIRESTAD
- Phone
- 0476-23000
- Website
- www.virestadsfriskola.se/
- School unit code
57408646
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
Daily-life profile
Everyday life at the school
Everyday facts are shown with a source where available. Fields not yet collected are listed together and do not affect score or ranking.
Not collected yet: School day times, After-school care, Language choices, Food and dining, Facilities and outdoor environment, Homework and study support. Suggest an addition →
Nearest and similar schools
- Urfjälls Montessoriskola· 50 pupils
- Novaskolan10 km away· 10 pupils
- Liatorps skola12 km away· 30 pupils
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 30 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).
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In-depth metrics
Staff stability
Improving
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: 1 displayed year group · year 2026.
Strongest (Year 5)
- Safety: 84 (national 82)
- Support: 82 (national 74)
Weakest (Year 5)
- Study environment: 68 (national 57)
- Stimulation: 74 (national 66)
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 3 decisions on record without critical findings. Most recent: Jan 2022.
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 Virestads Friskola, its municipality, operator and similar schools.
Compulsory schools in ÄlmhultSee all compulsory schools in the municipality with results and comparisons.Schools in ÄlmhultOpen the municipality page with all schools, rankings, and local aggregates.Virestads Friskola Ekonomisk föreningSee all schools, municipalities, and core metrics for the same provider.Kronobergs 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 Virestads Friskola
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.
- MissingSupport resources and student healthWe do not yet have a verified national data source for special education, student health, adaptations, language support or contact routes per school.
- 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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