Hultsbergsskolan in Karlstad

Compulsory schoolYear 7–9Operator: Karlstad Municipality · Karlstad, Värmlands County

Lower results than the pupil intake predictsA 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.

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Hultsbergsskolan is a small municipal compulsory school.

Hultsbergsskolan is a small municipal compulsory school.

Cost per pupil (municipal avg.)
141,174 SEKLimited history
Sweden: 144,800 SEK
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The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Compulsory school in Karlstad. Pupil count is missing from the latest open data.
  2. The latest record (2014) is a review or decision without risk classification.
  3. The school is not active in Skolverket's register; check status before choosing.
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3 values need extra caution

This applies only to the values listed here.

This value is missing in full or in part.

This affects

  • Eligible for vocational programmes
  • Merit score year 9
  • SALSA score
  • This result metric can be affected by privacy suppression, small cohorts, and changes in pupil composition between years.
  • SALSA is model-based and becomes less stable for small pupil groups or schools with rapidly changing pupil composition.

Other values here do not have this specific note.

School programmes

  • Compulsory school

Things to look into

Worth looking into. These indicators are an attention aid, not a quality grade or risk score.

  • Merit value is 21 points lower than expected given pupil composition (SALSA score: -21.0).

Aerial view of the school

Aerial view of Hultsbergsskolan, orthophoto from Lantmäteriet

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, Nils Holgerssons väg 6, Karlstad

School performance

Staff

92%
Permanently employed

Staff data reported by the school operator.

Permanently employed Reliability: Moderate reliability.
92%
Senior teachers (förstelärare) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
No dataNo data — the Swedish National Agency for Education has not published this value.
Pupils per counsellor Reliability: Moderate reliability.
1,023.2
Certified in their teaching subject Reliability: Moderate reliability.
79%
Teachers (FTE) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
655.1
Share of female teachers Reliability: Moderate reliability.
78%
Moderate reliability — Personnel fields from Skolverket's annual Personal report (1-2 year data lag).

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 6 Oct 2026

School environment

Safety & Inspection

No classified deficiencies
Latest inspection in our data: 2014

We could not classify the outcome of the school's 2 inspection document(s); read the decisions. Latest document: 2014. 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.
2014 — Regelb. tillsyn Skolbeslut Karlstad Hultsbergsskolan 6-9, 2014 (pdf, 1011 kB)
Recorded decisions with deficiencies Reliability: High reliability.
0

School Survey — all perspectives

DimensionPupils (åk 8)GuardianStaff
Safety7.7 / 10——
Study environment5.5 / 10——
Anti-bullying5.5 / 10——
Stimulation5.3 / 10——
Support6.4 / 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 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)

Sweden: 144,800 SEK

Cost per pupil is 3% below the national average.

Cost per pupil (total) Reliability: Limited history.
141,174 SEKSweden: 144,800 SEK
Teaching Reliability: Moderate reliability.
82,900 SEK
Facilities Reliability: Moderate reliability.
28,700 SEK
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.

Source: SCB & Kolada · Last updated: 1 Oct 2026

Who runs the school

Operator

KARLSTADS KOMMUN
Municipal operator

154 other schools in the municipality.

Karlstad Municipality
Municipal operator:Karlstad MunicipalityKarlstad Municipality · 154 schools in the municipality

KARLSTADS KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 154 other schools.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
KARLSTADS KOMMUN
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Municipal own operation
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
154
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 6 Oct 2026

Contact and address

Visiting address
Nils Holgerssons väg 2, 65346 Karlstad
Postal address
65184 KARLSTAD
School unit code
99406709

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
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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.

SourcedSpecial education competence45% qualified special needs teachers/special educatorsThe source reports an aggregate staffing metric. It is not used in support-needs scoring or ranking.Source: Skolverket Statistikdatabasen · 2026-06-21
SourcedCounsellor1,023 pupils per counsellorThe resource metric is statistical and should be read together with the school's own processes and contact routes.Source: Skolverket Statistikdatabasen · 2026-06-21
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.

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Nearest and similar schools

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.

SALSA result

−21.0A statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary →Performs below expectationsThe residual is actual minus expected merit value; positive means the school lifts pupils more than the model predicts.

Better than 2 of 10 comparable schools.

Average residual among benchmark schools: −5.2A statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary →.

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 252 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).

Yr 787 pupils in Yr 7
Yr 888 pupils in Yr 8
Yr 977 pupils in Yr 9

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Declining

80.4% qualified teachers in municipality (2025) ▼ 1.1 pp over 5 years

Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).

Throughput year 6 → year 9

71.5% → 72.8%

▲ 1.3 pp improvement year 6 → year 9

  • 77 pupils yr 9

Source: Skolverket SIRIS + Skolverket Statistical Database.

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: 2 displayed year groups · year 2026.

Strongest (Year 5)

  • Safety: 83 (national 82)
  • Support: 75 (national 74)

Weakest (Year 5)

  • Study environment: 60 (national 57)
  • Stimulation: 67 (national 66)

Source: Skolinspektionen Skolenkäten 2026. Updated annually. · See all years and dimensions in the data view →

Inspections & decisions

We have 2 inspection documents from the Schools Inspectorate for the school. We have not classified the outcome; read the decisions. Most recent: 2014.

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) ↗

Data coverage

What we do not know about Hultsbergsskolan

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.
  • PartialSupport resources and student healthSome support-resource fields have sourced statistics, but several parts are still missing or reported only in aggregate.
  • 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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