Gränsälvsgymnasiet in Övertorneå

Upper secondary schoolOperator: Övertorneå Municipality · Övertorneå, Norrbottens County

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Skolkoll Score 55 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). Composite index.

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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.

4 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.

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Gränsälvsgymnasiet is a small municipal upper secondary school with 90 pupils.

Gränsälvsgymnasiet is a small municipal upper secondary school with 90 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (73%) is below the national average of 78%. Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, upper-secondary schools with published data; latest available value per school.

Pupils
90High reliability
Municipality: 90
Qualified teachers
73%High reliability
Sweden: 78% (Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, upper-secondary schools with published data; latest available value per school)
Graduation grade
14.1Moderate reliability
Sweden: 14.0
Pupils per teacher
8.1High reliability
Sweden: 12.1
Cost per pupil (municipal avg.)
165,357 SEKLimited history
Sweden: 144,800 SEK
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Key figures over time

Summary of the central metrics for the most recent 5 academic years. Visit each source for the full time series.

Academic yearPupilsQualified teachersAvg. gradeCost/pupil (municipality)
2025/2690———
2024/25——14.1—
2023/24——15.3—
2022/23——15.2—
2021/22——15.7—

Source: Skolverket + Kolada (cost is municipal average, not school-specific).

School history

Events from Skolverket's unit register, Skolinspektionen inspections, group history, and locally-computed statistical signals are shown in one chronology. Each row states its row type, origin and data trust so authority data is not mixed up with Skolkoll's own signals.

School history

3 priority events out of 14 total: Authority record · School started; Authority record · School types changed; Authority record · Operating name changed.

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  1. Statistics vintageStatisticsSkolverket

    Pupil count: statistics vintage available

    Pupil count is available for 2026. This is data availability, not a school event.

    high reliabilityknown year
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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  2. Computed signalSignalSkolverket

    Higher-education eligibility changed unusually much

    Higher-education eligibility decreased by 42 pp from 78% to 36% between 2024 and 2025. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    Medium: the information is derived from several sources and should be read as context.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  3. Statistics vintageStatisticsSkolverket

    Grade points: statistics vintage available

    Grade points is available for 2025. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  4. Statistics vintageStatisticsSkolverket

    Higher-education eligibility: statistics vintage available

    Higher-education eligibility is available for 2025. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  5. Computed signalSignalSkolverket

    Higher-education eligibility changed unusually much

    Higher-education eligibility increased by 14 pp from 64% to 78% between 2023 and 2024. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    Medium: the information is derived from several sources and should be read as context.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  6. Authority recordProgrammesSkolverket

    School types changed

    From "GY" to "GY, GYAN".

    high reliabilityfound in data check
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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  7. Computed signalSignalSkolverket

    Graduated within three years changed unusually much

    Graduated within three years decreased by 11 pp from 79% to 68% between 2022 and 2023. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    Medium: the information is derived from several sources and should be read as context.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  8. Statistics vintageStatisticsSkolverket

    Graduated within three years: statistics vintage available

    Graduated within three years is available for 2023. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  9. Computed signalSignalSkolverket

    Graduated within three years changed unusually much

    Graduated within three years decreased by 17 pp from 90% to 73% between 2019/20 and 2021. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    Medium: the information is derived from several sources and should be read as context.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  10. Computed signalSignalSkolverket

    Graduated within three years changed unusually much

    Graduated within three years increased by 15 pp from 76% to 90% between 2018/19 and 2019/20. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    Medium: the information is derived from several sources and should be read as context.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  11. Authority recordNameSkolverket

    Operating name changed

    From "Komvux Övertorneå" to "Gränsälvsgymnasiet".

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  12. Authority recordNameSkolverket

    School name changed

    From "Gränsälvsgymnasiet Övertorneå" to "Gränsälvsgymnasiet".

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  13. Authority recordNameSkolverket

    Operating name started being reported

    Skolverket started reporting the operating name "Komvux Övertorneå". This is source history, not a confirmed name change.

    high reliabilityfound in data check
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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  14. Authority recordLifecycleSkolverket

    School started

    Skolverket records 2013-10-01 as the school's start date.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date is a known decision, publication or register date.

Register sources: Skolverket (fetched 6 Oct 2026), the Swedish Schools Inspectorate (fetched 3 Oct 2026) and group lookup from Bolagsverket/Skolkoll. Computed signals are marked separately and use year-level date precision.

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Quality data (Skolverket Statistical Database)

Costs, personnel data and school survey results from Skolverket's quality system.

Costs per pupil

Total cost
141,900 SEK Limited historyThere is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.This affectsCost per studentCosts are affected by accounting practices, rent levels, and service mix, and should mainly be compared across similar school types.Read more about the method →
Teaching
96,300 SEK
Facilities
14,600 SEK
Meals
4,800 SEK
Learning materials
3,500 SEK
Student health
4,620 SEK
Other costs
18,000 SEK

School survey (agree, %)

Safety, upper secondary yr 2
86% Limited historyThere is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.This affectsSafety upper sec. year 2The school survey relies on voluntary responses and results can vary substantially between years for small samples.Read more about the method →
Study peace, upper secondary yr 2
78% Limited historyThere is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.This affectsStudy environment upper sec. year 2The school survey relies on voluntary responses and results can vary substantially between years for small samples.Read more about the method →
Anti-bullying, upper secondary yr 2
70%
Stimulation, upper secondary yr 2
66%

Source: Skolverket Statistical Database (Statistikdatabasen). Updated annually.

Demography

Pupil forecast — Övertorneå

Number of children in the age group ages 16–18 in the municipality, according to SCB's forecast.

Forecast covers all children in this age group across the entire municipality — not just this school's catchment. Local enrolment depends on school choice and migration patterns.

ages 16–18 (2025)106
ages 16–18 (2030)97
ages 16–18 (2035)105
Change 2025→2030-8.5%

Source: SCB (population forecast for Övertorneå municipality, by school-form age group).

Övertorneå municipality — history (school form: upper secondary school)

Municipality-aggregated key figures from Kolada over the most recent 5 years. Shown as municipality average — not school-specific values — because Kolada reports financial and pedagogical metrics at school-form level per municipality.

Measure20252024202320222021
Pupils97108123116121
Avg. graduation grade14.715.415.815.715.6
Examination rate (3 yr)68.3%70.6%51.6%72.0%53.2%
Higher-ed eligibility (3 yr)34.1%58.8%45.2%50.0%42.6%
Cost per pupil267,785 SEK221,429 SEK186,167 SEK207,195 SEK226,390 SEK

Source: Kolada (Swedish council for municipal analyses).

Data sources

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