Independent vs municipal compulsory schools in Örebro

Örebro: 15 independent and 53 municipal compulsory schools. Merit score, teacher certification and pupils per teacher — with school year, the number of schools behind each figure, and what is missing.

These figures describe differences; they do not explain them. Schools differ in pupil composition, size and catchment area, and those differences do not follow the type of operator. Two schools with the same operator can differ more than the groups do.

The data behind this comparison in Örebro

The comparison covers 15 compulsory schools with an independent operator and 53 with a municipal operator. Each metric is reported against its own data: how many of the schools have a published value, which school year that value refers to, and what is missing.

Key figures side by side

Metric	Independent operator	Municipal operator
Number of compulsory schools	15	53
Merit score year 9	248.3 pointsmedian 250.1 · range 199.3–281.910 of 11 schools · school year 2025/261 value withheld for confidentiality	210.4 pointsmedian 208.7 · range 184–234.910 of 16 schools · school year 2025/265 values withheld for confidentiality · 1 school without a published value
Certified teachers	67.6%median 65 · range 44–94.213 of 15 schools · school year 2025/262 schools without a published value	69.9%median 73.5 · range 17.3–94.248 of 53 schools · school year 2025/264 values withheld for confidentiality · 1 school without a published value · the values come from 2 different school years
Pupils per teacher	11.6median 11.9 · range 2.1–1715 of 15 schools · school year 2025/26the values come from 2 different school years	12.2median 12.8 · range 2.4–2048 of 53 schools · school year 2025/264 values withheld for confidentiality · 1 school without a published value · the values come from 2 different school years

How we calculate — and what these figures cannot tell you

Each value is an unweighted mean of the school-level values: a school with 40 pupils counts as much as one with 500. That is why we also show the median and the range, so a difference between two means is not read as an even gap between the groups.

We publish no group average based on fewer than 3 schools with a published value, or covering less than 60% of the schools in the group. An average of one or two schools describes those schools rather than a type of operator. Nor do we compare two groups whose values refer to different school years.

The comparison covers compulsory school (grundskola). Preschool class, leisure-time centres and adapted compulsory school are not included in the figures even where the school unit also runs them, and units running both compulsory and upper-secondary education are excluded because their teacher and pupil figures cannot be separated by school form. Schools whose operator type is neither municipal nor independent, or is not recorded, belong to neither group.

Skolverket withholds values for groups with fewer than ten pupils. Such gaps are not random — they hit small schools hardest — and are therefore reported separately from values that are simply absent.

Merit score year 9

Definition: Average merit score for year 9 students. Calculated as the sum of the 16 best grades (max 320 points, 340 with modern languages), where each grade gives 0–20 points.
Unit: poäng (0–340)
Source: Skolverket
Level: School level

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Certified teachers

Definition: The share of teachers (in full-time equivalents) who hold a Swedish teaching licence (lärarlegitimation) and are qualified to teach, where qualification covers the school type, subject and, in compulsory school, the grade band of the teaching they do.
Unit: % (0–100)
Source: Skolverket
Level: School level

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Pupils per teacher

Definition: Number of students per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower values indicate more teaching resources per student.
Unit: ratio
Source: Skolverket
Level: School level

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Compulsory schools with an independent operator (15)

Listed alphabetically — this page does not rank schools.

School	Merit score yr 9	Certified teachers	Compulsory-school pupils	Operator
Entréskolan Örebro	228.9	63%	240	AmiSgo AB
Fridhems friskola	–	62%	30	FRIDHEMS FRISKOLAS EKONOMISKA FÖRENING
Fyren Ekalmens skola	–	76%	260	Fyren EkAlmen AB
Föräldrakoop. Tysslinge skola	–	65%	90	Föräldrakooperativet TYSSLINGE SKOLA, Ekonomisk förening
Grenadjärskolan	248.6	44%	210	STIFTELSEN GRENADJÄRSKOLAN
Hannaskolan	257.9	76%	290	STIFTELSEN HANNASKOLAN
Internationella Engelska Skolan Örebro	281.9	–	620	Internationella Engelska Skolan i Sverige AB
JENSEN grundskola Örebro	263.4	79%	350	JENSEN EDUCATION COLLEGE AB
Johannaskolan Örebro Waldorfskola	251.7	–	–	STIFTELSEN JOHANNASKOLAN; ÖREBRO WALDORFSKOLA
Karlslundsskolan	–	56%	170	KARLSLUNDS IF FK
Kunskapsskolan Örebro	243.7	94%	420	Kunskapsskolan i Sverige Aktiebolag
Magelungens Grundskola Örebro	–	47%	10	Magelungen Utveckling AB
Pops Academy Karl Johan	270.2	92%	550	Pops Academy AB
Viktoriaskolan	199.3	78%	180	BRICKEBERGSKYRKANS SKOLSTIFTELSE
Vittra Örebro	236.9	48%	150	Vittraskolorna AB

Compulsory schools with a municipal operator (53)

Listed alphabetically — this page does not rank schools.

School	Merit score yr 9	Certified teachers	Compulsory-school pupils
Adolfsbergsskolan 7-9	224.2	74%	520
Adolfsbergsskolan 7-9 resursskola	–	–	10
Adolfsbergsskolan anpassad grundskola	–	80%	10
Adolfsbergsskolan F-6	–	73%	340
Adolfsbergsskolan F-6 resursskola	–	34%	10
Adolfsbergsskolan F-9 resursskola	–	–	10
Almbro skola	–	61%	100
Almby skola F-9	234.9	75%	890
Askers skola	–	61%	30
Björkhagaskolan	–	93%	90
Brickebackens skola	–	62%	210
Brickebackens skola resursskola	–	26%	10
Brukets skola	–	85%	90
Brunnsskolan	–	72%	410
Drakenbergsskolan	–	71%	230
EFF	–	–	–
Engelbrektsskolan	219	67%	550
Ervalla skola	–	38%	80
Garphyttans skola	–	79%	130
Glanshammars skola	–	79%	290
Gumaeliusskolan	201	67%	680
Gumaeliusskolan resursskola	–	–	10
Hagaskolan	–	94%	290
Hampetorps skola	–	17%	30
Hovstaskolan F-6	–	70%	350
Latorps skola	–	73%	40
Lillåns skola F-9	221.9	74%	850
Lillåns Södra skola	–	94%	200
Lundbyskolan	–	52%	270
Mariebergsskolan	–	89%	250
Mellringeskolan F-9	203.3	68%	430
Mellringeskolan F-9 resursskola	–	61%	20
Mosjö skola	–	75%	240
Navet	201.2	76%	430
Norrbyskolan	–	29%	580
Närkes Kils skola	–	84%	90
Odenskolan	184	60%	280
Olaus Petriskolan 7-9	200.5	82%	530
Olaus Petriskolan F-6	–	82%	300
Olaus Petriskolan F-6 resursskola	–	–	10
Rostaskolan F-6	–	65%	430
Stora Mellösa skola	–	78%	170
Stureskolan	–	85%	180
Svealundsskolan	–	65%	430
Tegnérskolan	–	86%	140
Tybblelundsskolan	–	83%	430
Vintrosa skola	–	85%	190
Vivallaskolan	–	69%	470
Västra Engelbrektsskolan	214	62%	410
Wallerska skolan	–	83%	220
Änglandaskolan 4-6	–	65%	150
Änglandaskolan F-3	–	77%	200
Ölmbrotorps skola	–	75%	80

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Source: Skolverket. The school year is stated per metric in the table, because the metrics are collected at different times.