Backa Friskola in Karlstad
58
Skolkoll Score 58 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). Composite index.Composite indexA composite index on a 0–100 scale. The number is not a percentile or the share of schools with a lower score. 50 is the scale midpoint, not a measured national average.Skolkoll score · scale 0–100
A composite of five open data sources — a starting point, not a grade.
Data coverageMedium3/5
Why this score?
Skolkoll score is Skolkoll's composite indicator based on available data sources. It is not an official quality measure and should be read together with the underlying data.
3 of 5 score dimensions have school-specific data.
When school-specific data is missing for a dimension, the neutral value 50 is used. That does not automatically lower the school, but it makes the score less informative.
Backa Friskola is a small independent compulsory school with 60 pupils.
Backa Friskola is a small independent compulsory school with 60 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (75%) is above the national average of 72%. Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, compulsory schools with published data; latest available value per school.
- Pupils
- 60High reliability
- Municipality: 9,220
- Qualified teachers
- 75%High reliability
- Municipality: 79% · Sweden: 72% (Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, compulsory schools with published data; latest available value per school)
- Pupils per teacher
- 7.6High reliability
- Municipality: 13.1 · Sweden: 11.9
- Cost per pupil (municipal avg.)
- 141,174 SEKLimited history
- Sweden: 144,800 SEK
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The most important facts in 3 points
- Compulsory school in Karlstad with 60 pupils.
- The latest record (2018) is a review or decision without risk classification.
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Skolkoll interpretation
Backa Friskola is compared here with 39 other schools with the same school form in Karlstad municipality; it has 60 pupils versus the municipal average of 249.
Qualified teachers: 75%, 4 percentage points below the municipal average and 3 percentage points above the national average. Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, compulsory schools with published data; latest available value per school.
Pupils per teacher is 7.6, 5.5 lower than the municipal average.
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Eligible for vocational programmes and Merit score year 9 is hidden for privacy reasons
This applies only to the values listed here.
Skolverket withholds values for groups with fewer than 10 students (Swedish privacy law).
This affects
- Eligible for vocational programmes
- Merit score year 9
- This result metric can be affected by privacy suppression, small cohorts, and changes in pupil composition between years.
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 part of the School Inspectorate's register we import. Detailed inspection history is shown in the "Safety & Inspection" card below.
School profile
The school's strengths compared with all primary schools nationally.
- Certified teachersP52
- Pupil-teacher ratioP94
Source: Skolverket, Swedish Schools Inspectorate.
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 Karlstad, Skolgatan 7, Molkom
School performance
Staff
75%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 79% · Sweden: 72% · Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, compulsory schools with published data; latest available value per school
Staff
75%
Qualified teachers
75% certified teachers — 3 percentage points above the national average.
- Qualified teachers Reliability: High reliability.
- 75%From 53% (2425) to 75% (2526)Single cohort, uncertain basisMunicipality: 79% · Sweden: 72% · Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, compulsory schools with published data; latest available value per school
- Pupils per teacher Reliability: High reliability.
- 7.6From 7.3 (2425) to 7.6 (2526)Single cohort, uncertain basisMunicipality: 13.1 · Sweden: 11.9
- Permanently employed Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 96%
- Senior teachers (förstelärare) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- No dataThe Swedish National Agency for Education has not published this value.No data — the Swedish National Agency for Education has not published this value.
- Certified in their teaching subject Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 53%
- Teachers (FTE) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 7.7
- Share of female teachers Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 78%
Moderate reliability — Mixed sources: certification + student/teacher ratio reported directly to Skolverket; other personnel fields from Skolverket's annual Personal report (1-2 year data lag).
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No classified deficienciesLatest inspection in our data: 2018Safety index: 70 / 100
Safety & Inspection
No classified deficiencies
Latest inspection in our data: 2018
We could not classify the outcome of the school's 1 inspection document(s); read the decisions. Latest document: 2018. Our inspection data is incomplete: it mainly covers regular and targeted inspections, and most quality reviews are still missing.
- Latest inspection document Reliability: High reliability.
- 2018 — Etableringskontroll Skolbeslut Karlstad Backa Friskola, 2018 (pdf, 434 kB)
- Recorded decisions with deficiencies Reliability: High reliability.
- 0
- Safety index Reliability: High reliability.
- 70 / 100Safety: 84% · Study peace: 59% · Anti-bullying: 56% · Staff: 76%
Safety index
70/ 100(High data coverage)
- Safety84%(national 82)
- Study peace59%(national 57)
- Anti-bullying56%(national 65)
- Staff76%(no national figure)
School Survey — all perspectives
| Dimension | Pupils (åk 5) | Guardian | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety | 8.4 / 10 | — | — |
| Study environment | 5.9 / 10 | — | — |
| Anti-bullying | 5.6 / 10 | — | — |
| Stimulation | 7.1 / 10 | — | — |
| Support | 7.3 / 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: 5 Oct 2026
Resources
141,174 SEKCost per pupil (total)Sweden: 144,800 SEK
Resources
141,174 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)
Cost per pupil is 3% below the national average.
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.
Who runs the school
Operator
Nyed Friskola Ekonomisk föreningIndependent operator153 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
Nyed Friskola Ekonomisk förening
Independent operator
Nyed Friskola Ekonomisk förening operates this school independently.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- Nyed Friskola Ekonomisk förening
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Independent
- Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
- 153
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.
Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 6 Oct 2026
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Contact and address
- Visiting address
- Skolgatan 7, 65560 Molkom
- Postal address
- Skolgatan 7, 65560 MOLKOM
- Phone
- 076-0283504
- Website
- www.backafriskola.se/
- School unit code
71069295
Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-10-06.
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
- Tolitaskolan27 km away· 90 pupils
- Friskolan Stellatus29 km away· 100 pupils
- Lundsbergs grundskola28 km away· 40 pupils
About Karlstad municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 154
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 222.8−4.8
- Certified teachers
- 80%+7 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.8+0.9
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 58 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).
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In-depth metrics
Staff stability
Declining
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: 73 (national 74)
Weakest (Year 5)
- Anti-bullying: 56 (national 65)
- Study environment: 59 (national 57)
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
We have 1 inspection document from the Schools Inspectorate for the school. We have not classified the outcome; read the decisions. Most recent: 2018.
Source: Schools Inspectorate decisions via Skolverket's document archive (SIRIS). Our inspection data is incomplete: it mainly covers regular and targeted inspections, and most quality reviews are still missing. · See all decisions and review types in the data view → · Search all decisions and reviews at the Schools Inspectorate (in Swedish) ↗
Explore further
More context about Backa Friskola, its municipality, operator and similar schools.
Compulsory schools in KarlstadSee all compulsory schools in the municipality with results and comparisons.Schools in KarlstadOpen the municipality page with all schools, rankings, and local aggregates.Nyed Friskola Ekonomisk föreningSee all schools, municipalities, and core metrics for the same provider.Värmlands 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 the share of certified teachers relates to year-9 merit values.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 Backa Friskola
Open school data is not complete. Use this as a checklist for what to verify with the school, provider or municipality.
- MediumResults and score inputsMedium data coverage: 3 of 5 score dimensions have school-specific data. When school-specific data is missing for a dimension, the neutral value 50 is used. That does not automatically lower the school, but it makes the score less informative.
- MediumEligibility 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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