Hortlax skola in Piteå
62
Skolkoll Score 62 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.
The score reflects results directly. Given the pupil intake, the school still performs in line with expectations — see value-added.
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.
Results in line with the pupil intakeA statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary →What is value-added?The school's own contribution given its pupil intake (Skolverket's SALSA model) — not a quality guarantee, and not comparable between years.
Hortlax skola is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 270 pupils.
Hortlax skola is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 270 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (89%) is above the national average of 72%. Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, compulsory schools with published data; latest available value per school.
- Pupils
- 270High reliability
- Municipality: 4,190
- Qualified teachers
- 89%High reliability
- Municipality: 79% · Sweden: 72% (Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, compulsory schools with published data; latest available value per school)
- Year 9 merit value
- 230.6Moderate reliability
- Municipality: 221.0 · Sweden: 227.6
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.7High reliability
- Municipality: 11.2 · Sweden: 11.9
- Cost per pupil (municipal avg.)
- 135,599 SEKLimited history
- Sweden: 144,800 SEK
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The most important facts in 3 points
- Compulsory school in Piteå with 270 pupils.
- The latest record (2010) is a review or decision without risk classification.
- Applying? Go to the school's application link on this page.
Skolkoll interpretation
Hortlax skola is compared here with 28 other schools with the same school form in Piteå municipality; it has 270 pupils versus the municipal average of 145.
The year-9 merit value is 230.6, 9.6 points above the municipal average and 3.0 points above the national average.
Qualified teachers: 89%, 10 percentage points above the municipal average and 17 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 11.7, 0.5 higher than the municipal average.
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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.
- Merit ratingP55
- Certified teachersP91
- Pupil-teacher ratioP54
- Eligibility (upper secondary)P69
Percentiles compare schools with each other, not individual pupils. What is a good merit value?
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 Piteå, Hortlaxvägen 14A, Hortlax
School performance
Results
230.6Merit value yr 9Sweden: 227.6
Results
230.6
Merit value yr 9
Staff
89%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 79% · Sweden: 72% · Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, compulsory schools with published data; latest available value per school
Staff
89%
Qualified teachers
89% certified teachers — 17 percentage points above the national average.
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.
Value-added / SALSA
-2.0SALSA residualModel prediction: 234.0 · Actual outcome: 232.0
Value-added / SALSA
-2.0
SALSA residual
The school performs below what the student composition would predict.
- Model prediction Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 234.0
- Actual outcome Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 232.0
Moderate reliability — SALSA models have natural uncertainty for small schools.
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No classified deficienciesLatest inspection in our data: 2010
Safety & Inspection
No classified deficiencies
Latest inspection in our data: 2010
We could not classify the outcome of the school's 1 inspection document(s); read the decisions. Latest document: 2010. 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.
- 2010 — Regelb. tillsyn Piteå Hortlax Centralskola, 2010 (pdf, 1465 kB)
- Recorded decisions with deficiencies Reliability: High reliability.
- 0
High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.
Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Oct 2026
Resources
135,599 SEKCost per pupil (total)Sweden: 144,800 SEK
Resources
135,599 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)
Cost per pupil is 6% below the national average.
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.
Who runs the school
Operator
PITEÅ KOMMUNMunicipal operator79 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
PITEÅ KOMMUN
Municipal operator
PITEÅ KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 79 other schools.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- PITEÅ KOMMUN
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Municipal own operation
- Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
- 79
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.
Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 6 Oct 2026
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Contact and address
- Visiting address
- Hortlaxvägen 14C, 94432 Hortlax
- Postal address
- 94185 PITEÅ
- Phone
- 0911-697380
- bu-namnd@pitea.se
- Website
- www.pitea.se/
- School unit code
10185533
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
Support and inclusion
Support and student health
This panel shows sourced support-resource data where available and marks the rest as missing or uncertain. These fields do not affect score or ranking.
Missing or uncertain support-resource fields
- MissingStudent health teamIs there sourced information about student health functions at the school?
- PartialSpecial educatorThe source does not split special educators and special needs teachers per school unit in this model.
- PartialSpecial needs teacherThe source does not split special educators and special needs teachers per school unit in this model.
- MissingSchool nurseIs there sourced information about school nurse resources?
- MissingPsychologistIs there sourced information about psychologist resources?
- MissingStudy and career guidanceIs there sourced information about study and career guidance?
- MissingLanguage supportIs there sourced information about language or mother-tongue support?
- MissingAdaptations and special supportIs there verified process information for adaptations and special support?
- MissingAccessibilityIs there sourced information about physical or pedagogical accessibility?
- MissingContact routeIs there a verified contact route for support questions?
Privacy rule: no individual pupil health, diagnosis, support decision or personal case data may be stored.
Nearest and similar schools
- Pitholmsskolan 7-95 km away· 230 pupils
- Norrbyskolan0 km away· 170 pupils
- Nya Läroverket Bergnäset45 km away· 320 pupils
About Piteå municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 80
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 221.0−6.6
- Certified teachers
- 80%+7 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.2−0.7
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
Similar schools
The 5 most-similar compulsory schools based on student count, geography, teacher certification and pupil composition.
Grade distribution
Share of pupils per grade, school year 2025/26.
+0.8Grades close to national-test results — no clear inflation signal.
Source: SIRIS/Skolverket · See full A–F distribution in the data view →
School survey perspectives
Pupils, guardians and staff — same school, different answers
Survey results broken down by respondent group on a 0–10 scale. Groups can experience the same school very differently — notable gaps are highlighted below.
PupilsGuardians
Text summary of the chart:
- Pupils: Safety 8.0, Study environment 5.7, Stimulation 5.3, Support 6.4, Anti-bullying 5.4.
- Guardians: Safety 7.4, Study environment 5.5, Stimulation 6.4, Support 6.4.
Automatically flagged gaps
Pupils report lower stimulation (5.3) than Guardians (6.4). (on the 0–10 scale)
Guardians report lower safety (7.4) than Pupils (8.0). (on the 0–10 scale)
Staff results are not published per school by Skolinspektionen today, so the staff view appears only when available.
SALSA result
−2.0A statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary →Performs as expectedThe residual is actual minus expected merit value; positive means the school lifts pupils more than the model predicts.
How should SALSA be read?
SALSA is a statistical comparison metric, not a school rating. Small cohorts and individual year groups can create uncertain signals, so read it together with pupil counts, survey data and other sources.
Source: Skolverket/SALSA · See the full comparison table →
Pupils per year
Number of pupils per year group (total 265 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).
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Uncertain grade deviation
- SALSA residual (-2) and grade deviation (+0.8) point in opposite directions, which can indicate that pupil composition is affecting the comparison.
In-depth metrics
Staff stability
Declining
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
Throughput year 6 → year 9
87.5% year 9 (year 6 missing)
- 90 pupils yr 9
Source: Skolverket SIRIS + Skolverket Statistical Database.
Trend over time
Safety and study environment over time
Trends are shown only when the same indicator and source has at least two comparable years. Missing years, too few responses, and low response rates are marked.
Safety
+0.3change between first and latest comparable year
- 20248.0
- 20268.3
Source: Pupils year 8 · missing years: 2025
Study environment
+0.3change between first and latest comparable year
- 20245.7
- 20266.0
Source: Pupils year 8 · missing years: 2025
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: 2010.
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 Hortlax skola, its municipality, operator and similar schools.
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Data coverage
What we do not know about Hortlax skola
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.
- PartialSupport resources and student healthSome support-resource fields have sourced statistics, but several parts are still missing or reported only in aggregate.
- MissingSafety and study environmentWe lack current or displayable survey data about safety and study environment for this school.
- 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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