Österstad skola in Motala

Compulsory schoolYear 1–3Operator: Motala Municipality · Motala, Östergötlands County

Headmaster: Dennis Ekstrand

Österstad skola is a small municipal compulsory school with 30 pupils.
Österstad skola is a small municipal compulsory school with 30 pupils.

30
Pupils
Municipality: 4,230
High reliability
138,762 SEK
Cost per pupil (municipal avg.)
Sweden: 144,179 SEK
Limited history

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Key figures over time

Summary of the central metrics for the most recent 4 academic years. Visit each source for the full time series.

Academic year	Pupils	Qualified teachers	Avg. grade	Cost/pupil (municipality)
2025/26	30	—	—	—
2023/24	—	94%	—	—
2022/23	—	79%	—	—
2021/22	—	77%	—	—

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 16 total: Authority decision · Injunction; Authority record · Visiting address changed; Authority record · School started.

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2026
2026
Statistics vintageStatisticsSkolverket
Pupil count: statistics vintage available
Pupil count is available for 2026. 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.
2024
2024
Computed signalSignalSkolverket
Pupils per teacher changed unusually much
Pupils per teacher decreased by 25% from 16.7 to 12.5 between 2023 and 2024. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.
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Medium: the information is derived from several sources and should be read as context.
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Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.
2024
Computed signalSignalSkolverket
Qualified teachers changed unusually much
Qualified teachers increased by 15 pp from 79% to 94% between 2023 and 2024. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.
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Skolverket
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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.
2024
Statistics vintageStatisticsSkolverket
Pupils per teacher: statistics vintage available
Pupils per teacher is available for 2024. This is data availability, not a school event.
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Skolverket
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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.
2024
Statistics vintageStatisticsSkolverket
Qualified teachers: statistics vintage available
Qualified teachers is available for 2024. 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.
2023
2023
Computed signalSignalSkolverket
Pupils per teacher changed unusually much
Pupils per teacher increased by 40% from 11.9 to 16.7 between 2022 and 2023. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.
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Skolverket
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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.
2023-12-01
Authority recordLocationSkolverket
Visiting address changed
From "Kastbergavägen 1, Österstad, 59195 Motala" to "Kastbergavägen 1, 59195 Motala".
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Skolverket
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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.
2023-06-07
Authority recordProgrammesSkolverket
Year levels changed
From "1, 2, 3, 4" to "1, 2, 3".
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Skolverket
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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.
2022
2022-10-24
Authority recordHeadmasterSkolverket
Head changed
The principal changed in the register. The name is not shown in history.
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Skolverket
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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.
2020
2020-02-25
Authority recordHeadmasterSkolverket
Head changed
The principal changed in the register. The name is not shown in history.
high reliabilityfound in data check
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Skolverket
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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.
2018
2018-05-21
Authority decisionInspectionSwedish Schools Inspectorate
Injunction
Decision includes injunction, fine or serious deficiency. Document title: Regelb. tillsyn Skolbeslut Motala Österstad skola Förskoleklass och grundskola, 2018 (pdf, 290 kB).
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Swedish Schools Inspectorate
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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.
2016
2016-06-17
Authority recordNameSkolverket
Operating name started being reported
Skolverket started reporting the operating name "Österstad skola". This is source history, not a confirmed name change.
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Skolverket
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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.
2016-06-15
Authority recordHeadmasterSkolverket
Head changed
The principal changed in the register. The name is not shown in history.
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Skolverket
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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.
2014
2014-07-04
Authority recordHeadmasterSkolverket
Head changed
The principal changed in the register. The name is not shown in history.
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Skolverket
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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.
2014-07-04
Authority recordProgrammesSkolverket
Year levels changed
From "1, 2, 3" to "1, 2, 3, 4".
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Skolverket
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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.
2013
2013-10-01
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 5 Jul 2026), the Swedish Schools Inspectorate (fetched 3 Jul 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: 138,300 SEK Small numbers
Teaching: 78,200 SEK
Facilities: 17,600 SEK
Meals: 8,500 SEK
Learning materials: 7,200 SEK
Student health: 5,550 SEK

School survey (agree, %)

Safety, year 5: 84%
Safety, year 8: 81% Small numbers
Study peace, year 5: 56%
Study peace, year 8: 56%
Anti-bullying, year 5: 67%
Anti-bullying, year 8: 56%
Stimulation, year 5: 66%
Stimulation, year 8: 56%

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

Demography

Pupil forecast — Motala

Number of children in the age group ages 6–15 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 6–15 (2025)5,172

ages 6–15 (2030)4,844

ages 6–15 (2035)4,264

Change 2025→2030-6.3%

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

Motala municipality — history (school form: compulsory 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.

Measure	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
Pupils	4,508	4,589	4,587	4,603	4,599
Merit value yr 9	205.2	217.0	208.9	211.1	221.8
Eligibility for upper secondary	75.9%	75.1%	74.1%	73.2%	75.6%
Pupils per teacher	11.9	11.9	12.3	12.3	12.5
Cost per pupil	138,762 SEK	136,271 SEK	133,678 SEK	121,443 SEK	118,584 SEK

Source: Kolada (Swedish council for municipal analyses).

Data sources

Skolkoll is built exclusively on public data sources. Each row below shows the source, fetch date, and which metrics come from it.

How sources are labelled

Skolkoll separates official statistics, its own processing, and information from a school or provider.

Official/statistical source: Data from an authority, municipality or other published statistical source. Date and source should be shown where possible.Affects score where the method says so
Skolkoll processing: Calculated, normalised or assembled by Skolkoll from published sources. The method should be documented.Affects score where the method says so
School-reported information: Information from the school or provider. It is shown separately and does not affect ranking or Skolkoll score without a published methodology decision.Does not affect score/ranking
Editorial/method text: Explanations, checklists and interpretation support from Skolkoll. This supports further review; it is not an official decision.Does not affect score/ranking

Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket)Fetched 5 Jul 2026
Pupil count, qualifications, grades, teacher numbers per school
Skolverket SALSAFetched 3 Jul 2026
Model-based expected results based on pupil composition
Swedish Schools Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen)Fetched 3 Jul 2026
Inspection decisions, remarks, complaints
Statistics Sweden (SCB)Fetched Not available
Fetch date is missing in dataset metadata; no school-register date is used as a substitute.
Population and economic data
KoladaFetched 3 Jul 2026
Municipal key figures, financial data per school form
LantmäterietFetched Not available
Fetch date is missing in dataset metadata; no school-register date is used as a substitute.
Property register, buildings, orthophotos (CC BY 4.0)

Methodology and definitions

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SALSA model — what it measures and what it doesn't.
Qualified teachers — definition and data source.
Corrections policy — how errors are fixed and documented.

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Österstad skola in Motala

Key figures over time

School history

Quick overview

Pupil count: statistics vintage available

Pupils per teacher changed unusually much

Qualified teachers changed unusually much

Pupils per teacher: statistics vintage available

Qualified teachers: statistics vintage available

Pupils per teacher changed unusually much

Visiting address changed

Year levels changed

Head changed

Head changed

Injunction

Operating name started being reported

Head changed

Head changed

Year levels changed

School started

Quality data (Skolverket Statistical Database)

Costs per pupil

School survey (agree, %)

Motala municipality — history (school form: compulsory school)

Data sources

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