Mälardalens Ridgymnasium Västerås is a small independent upper secondary school with 80 pupils.
Mälardalens Ridgymnasium Västerås is a small independent upper secondary school with 80 pupils.
- 80PupilsMunicipality: 7,120High reliability
- 13.7Pupils per teacherMunicipality: 13.8 · Sweden: 12.1High reliability
- 136,647 SEKCost per pupil (municipal avg.)Sweden: 144,179 SEKLimited history
The most important facts in 3 points
- Adapted upper secondary school in Västerås with 80 pupils.
- The latest record is a review or decision without risk classification.
- Applying? Go to the school's application link on this page.
Skolkoll interpretation
Mälardalens Ridgymnasium Västerås is compared here with 20 other schools with the same school form in Västerås municipality; it has 80 pupils versus the municipal average of 339.
Pupils per teacher is 13.7, 0.1 lower than the municipal average.
Apply for a place? Use Västerås e-service for upper-secondary application (opens in a new window).
5 values need extra caution
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This value is missing in full or in part.
This affects
- Certified teachers
- Eligible for higher education
- Graduation rate
- Grade points (upper secondary)
- Group name
- This staffing metric is affected by FTE definitions, local reporting practices, and temporary vacancies.
- This result metric can be affected by privacy suppression, small cohorts, and changes in pupil composition between years.
- Annual reports are not real-time data, so group links may lag behind reorganisations or recent ownership changes. Manual overrides are used only as exceptions.
Other values here do not have this specific note.
School programmes
- Upper secondary school
Things to look into
No clear flag.
No clear attention flags from key-figure deviations or the School Inspectorate's public register. Detailed inspection history is shown in the "Safety & Inspection" card below.
Aerial view of the school
Aerial view of the school's surroundings. The property is marked from the register; building use has not been verified. Updated 2026. Source: Lantmäteriet · CC BY 4.0
Entrances:1 Västerås, Hamre gård 2, Västerås
School performance
Staff
13.7Pupils per teacherMunicipality: 13.8 · Sweden: 12.1
Staff
13.7
Pupils per teacher
Staff data reported by the school operator.
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No active casesRecently inspectedSafety index: 63 / 100
Safety & Inspection
No active cases
Recently inspected
No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate. Latest decision: Regelb. tillsyn Skolbeslut Västerås Mälardalens Ridgymnasium Västerås, 2018 (pdf, 261 kB).
- Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
- 0
- Safety index Reliability: High reliability.
- 63 / 100Safety: 83% · Study peace: 46% · Anti-bullying: 47%
Safety index
63/ 100(High data coverage)
- Safety83%(national 84)
- Study peace46%(national 64)
- Anti-bullying47%(national 63)
School Survey — all perspectives
| Dimension | Pupils (gy 2) | Guardian | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety | 8.3 / 10 | — | — |
| Study environment | 4.6 / 10 | — | — |
| Anti-bullying | 4.7 / 10 | — | — |
| Stimulation | 4.8 / 10 | — | — |
| Support | 5.3 / 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 Jul 2026
Resources
136,647 SEKCost per pupil (total)Sweden: 144,179 SEK
Resources
136,647 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)
Cost per pupil is 5% below the national average.
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.
Who runs the school
Operator
Mälardalens Ridgymnasium Västerås HandelsbolagIndependent operator247 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
Mälardalens Ridgymnasium Västerås Handelsbolag
Independent operator
Mälardalens Ridgymnasium Västerås Handelsbolag operates this school independently.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- Mälardalens Ridgymnasium Västerås Handelsbolag
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Independent
- Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
- 247
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.
Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026
Next step: Apply for a place
Apply through Västerås e-service for upper-secondary application.
Contact and address
- Headmaster
- Mia Pettersson
- Visiting address
- Eskadergatan, Hamre Ridcenter, 72131 Västerås
- Postal address
- Aberga gård, 72595 Västerås
- Phone
- 021-800241
- info@mrgrid.se
- School unit code
98032567
Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-07-05.
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
- Västerås Idrottsgymnasium7 km away· 80 pupils
- Westra Aros Gymnasium 44 km away· 60 pupils
- Westra Aros Gymnasium 34 km away· 130 pupils
About Västerås municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 248
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 217.8−9.9
- Certified teachers
- 69%−5 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.9+0.9
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
Similar schools
The 5 most-similar upper secondary schools based on student count, geography, teacher certification and pupil composition.
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In-depth metrics
Staff stability
Improving
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 (Upper-sec. year 2)
- Safety: 83 (national 84)
- Support: 53 (national 67)
Weakest (Upper-sec. year 2)
- Study environment: 46 (national 64)
- Anti-bullying: 47 (national 63)
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
The Schools Inspectorate has 5 decisions on record without critical findings.
Source: Skolinspektionen tillsynsregister (open data). Updated when new decisions are published. · See all decisions and review types in the data view → · Check current status at the Schools Inspectorate ↗
Admissions pressure & cutoffs
Applicants per place and latest admission cutoff per programme (2026).
High demand reflects popularity, which depends on location and reputation as well as quality. Cutoffs measure entry difficulty, not school quality.
- Introduktionsprogram IM
- Introduktionsprogram IM Yrkesintro
- Naturbruksprogrammet185points
Source: Gymnasieantagningen (regional admission databases). Latest year: 2026.
Explore further
More context about Mälardalens Ridgymnasium Västerås, its municipality, operator and similar schools.
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Data coverage
What we do not know about Mälardalens Ridgymnasium Västerås
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.
- 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.
- PartialAdmissions, placement and important datesAdmission data is available for upper-secondary programmes where sources publish it, but it is historical and not a forecast.
- MissingVisits, facilities and everyday environmentWe lack sourced open-house information for this school. Facilities, accessibility and everyday environment are often not open comparable data.
See Data view for full sources and fetch dates per source.
