Vålbergsskolan in Karlstad

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

Vålbergsskolan is a small municipal compulsory school.
Vålbergsskolan is a small municipal compulsory school. The share of qualified teachers (71%) is below the national average of 72%.

71%
Qualified teachers
Municipality: 79% · Sweden: 72%
High reliability
10.5
Pupils per teacher
Municipality: 12.3 · Sweden: 12.0
High reliability
141,174 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)
2024/25	—	71%	—	—
2023/24	—	76%	—	—
2022/23	—	82%	—	—
2021/22	—	70%	—	—

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 23 total: Authority record · Status changed; Authority decision · Dismissed; Authority record · Visiting address changed.

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2025
2025
Statistics vintageStatisticsSkolverket
Pupils per teacher: statistics vintage available
Pupils per teacher is available for 2025. This is data availability, not a school event.
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Skolverket
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2025
Statistics vintageStatisticsSkolverket
Qualified teachers: statistics vintage available
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Skolverket
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2025-08-01
Authority recordStatusSkolverket
Status changed
From "AKTIV" to "UPPHORT".
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Skolverket
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2023
2023
Computed signalSignalSkolverket
Qualified teachers changed unusually much
Qualified teachers increased by 11 pp from 70% to 82% between 2022 and 2023. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.
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Skolverket
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2023-05-25
Authority decisionInspectionSwedish Schools Inspectorate
Dismissed
Decision without recorded deficiencies. Document title: Riktad tillsyn Skolbeslut Grundskolan Karlstad Vålbergsskolan 7-9, 2023 (pdf, 105 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.
2020
2020-09-14
Authority recordContactSkolverket
Contact details changed
From "url: http://karlstad.se/valbergsskolan, email: anders.peterson@karlstad.se, phone: 054-5403387" to "url: http://karlstad.se/valbergsskolan, email: bjorn.odot.andersson@karlstad.se, phone: 054-5403387".
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Skolverket
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High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
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2020-09-14
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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2020-08-24
Authority recordNameSkolverket
School name changed
From "Vålbergsskolan 4-9" to "Vålbergsskolan 7-9".
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Skolverket
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2020-08-24
Authority recordProgrammesSkolverket
School types changed
From "FTH, GR" to "GR".
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Skolverket
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High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
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2020-08-24
Authority recordProgrammesSkolverket
Year levels changed
From "4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9" to "7, 8, 9".
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Skolverket
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2018
2018-09-11
Authority recordContactSkolverket
Contact details changed
From "url: http://karlstad.se/valbergsskolan, email: lena.nyberg@karlstad.se, phone: 054-5403387" to "url: http://karlstad.se/valbergsskolan, email: anders.peterson@karlstad.se, phone: 054-5403387".
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Skolverket
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2018-09-11
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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2018-08-08
Authority recordContactSkolverket
Contact details changed
From "url: http://karlstad.se/valbergsskolan, email: birgitta.vuorinen@karlstad.se, phone: 054-5403387" to "url: http://karlstad.se/valbergsskolan, email: lena.nyberg@karlstad.se, phone: 054-5403387".
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Skolverket
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The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.
2018-08-08
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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2018-04-27
Authority recordContactSkolverket
Contact details changed
From "url: http://karlstad.se/valbergsskolan, email: amelie.wahlstrom@karlstad.se, phone: 054-5403387" to "url: http://karlstad.se/valbergsskolan, email: birgitta.vuorinen@karlstad.se, phone: 054-5403387".
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Skolverket
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2018-04-27
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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2018-03-06
Authority recordLocationSkolverket
Visiting address changed
From "Åslidsgatan 4 B, 65342 VÅLBERG" to "Åslidsgatan 4 B, 66451 Vålberg".
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Skolverket
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2017
2017-08-10
Authority recordContactSkolverket
Contact details changed
From "url: http://karlstad.se/valbergsskolan, email: valbergsskolan@karlstad.se, phone: 054-5403387" to "url: http://karlstad.se/valbergsskolan, email: amelie.wahlstrom@karlstad.se, phone: 054-5403387".
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Skolverket
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High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
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The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.
2015
2015-08-25
Authority recordNameSkolverket
Operating name started being reported
Skolverket started reporting the operating name "Vålbergsskolan". 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.
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2014
2014-07-04
Authority recordContactSkolverket
Contact details changed
From "url: http://karlstad.se/valbergsskolan, email: valbergsskolan@karlstad.se, phone: 054-5403373" to "url: http://karlstad.se/valbergsskolan, email: valbergsskolan@karlstad.se, phone: 054-5403387".
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Skolverket
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High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
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The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.
2014-07-04
Authority recordProgrammesSkolverket
School types changed
From "GR" to "FTH, GR".
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2014-07-04
Authority recordLocationSkolverket
Visiting address changed
From "Åslidsgatan 4 B, 66050 VÅLBERG" to "Åslidsgatan 4 B, 65342 VÅLBERG".
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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: 143,300 SEK Limited history
Teaching: 82,900 SEK
Facilities: 28,700 SEK
Meals: 8,300 SEK
Learning materials: 4,200 SEK
Student health: 5,110 SEK

Personnel

Special needs teachers qualified: 44.5%
Permanently employed: 92.3% Limited history
Senior teachers (förstelärare): —
Teacher turnover: 12.9%
Pupils per counsellor: 1,023.2
Certified in subject(s): 79.3% (licensed and certified for teaching subject)
Teachers (FTE): 655.1
Share of female teachers: 78.3%

School survey (agree, %)

Safety, year 5: 83%
Safety, year 8: 77% Limited history
Study peace, year 5: 60%
Study peace, year 8: 55% Limited history
Anti-bullying, year 5: 67%
Anti-bullying, year 8: 55%
Stimulation, year 5: 67%
Stimulation, year 8: 53%

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

Demography

Pupil forecast — Karlstad

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)10,527

ages 6–15 (2030)9,974

ages 6–15 (2035)9,154

Change 2025→2030-5.3%

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

Karlstad 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	9,369	9,393	9,253	9,251	9,133
Merit value yr 9	228.7	224.8	231.9	234.0	235.3
Eligibility for upper secondary	80.4%	78.3%	79.3%	79.4%	78.6%
Pupils per teacher	12.7	12.8	12.2	12.0	12.1
Cost per pupil	141,174 SEK	140,574 SEK	132,280 SEK	127,447 SEK	120,021 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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Skolkoll Score — calculation, weighting, interpretation guide.
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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Vålbergsskolan in Karlstad

Key figures over time

School history

Quick overview

Pupils per teacher: statistics vintage available

Qualified teachers: statistics vintage available

Status changed

Qualified teachers changed unusually much

Dismissed

Contact details changed

Head changed

School name changed

School types changed

Year levels changed

Contact details changed

Head changed

Contact details changed

Head changed

Contact details changed

Head changed

Visiting address changed

Contact details changed

Operating name started being reported

Contact details changed

School types changed

Visiting address changed

School started

Quality data (Skolverket Statistical Database)

Costs per pupil

Personnel

School survey (agree, %)

Karlstad municipality — history (school form: compulsory school)

Data sources

Methodology and definitions

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