Virestads Friskola is a small independent compulsory school with 30 pupils.
Virestads Friskola is a small independent compulsory school with 30 pupils.
- 30PupilsMunicipality: 2,150High reliability
- 163,539 SEKCost per pupil (municipal avg.)Sweden: 144,179 SEKLimited history
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Key figures over time
Summary of the central metrics for the most recent 5 academic years. Visit each source for the full time series.
| Academic year | Pupils | Qualified teachers | Avg. grade | Cost/pupil (municipality) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 30 | — | — | — |
| 2024/25 | — | 64% | — | — |
| 2023/24 | — | 64% | — | — |
| 2022/23 | — | 75% | — | — |
| 2021/22 | — | 78% | — | — |
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 15 total: Authority record · Operator name changed; Authority record · School started; Authority record · Year levels changed.
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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
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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.
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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- 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.
Statistics vintageStatisticsSkolverket
Qualified teachers: statistics vintage available
Qualified teachers is available for 2025. 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.
Computed signalSignalSkolverket
Qualified teachers changed unusually much
Qualified teachers decreased by 11 pp from 75% to 64% 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.
Authority recordNameSkolverket
Operating name changed
From "Bråthults friskola" to "Virestads Friskola".
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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.
Computed signalSignalSkolverket
Pupils per teacher changed unusually much
Pupils per teacher decreased by 40% from 16.2 to 9.8 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.
Authority recordNameSkolverket
Operating name started being reported
Skolverket started reporting the operating name "Bråthults friskola". This is source history, not a confirmed name change.
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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 shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.
Authority decisionInspectionSwedish Schools Inspectorate
Inspection decision published
Inspection or review decision registered. Document title: Riktad tillsyn Skolbeslut Grundskolan Älmhult Bråthults Friskola, 2021 (pdf, 275 kB).
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- Swedish Schools Inspectorate
- 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.
Authority recordHeadmasterSkolverket
Head changed
The principal changed in the register. The name is not shown in history.
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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 shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.
Authority recordContactSkolverket
Contact details changed
From "url: http://www.virestadsfriskola.se, email: maria.a@virestadsfriskola.se, phone: 0476-52105" to "url: http://www.virestadsfriskola.se, email: maria.a@virestadsfriskola.se, phone: 0476-23000".
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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.
Authority recordProgrammesSkolverket
Year levels changed
From "1, 2, 3, 4, 5" 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.
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.
Authority recordContactSkolverket
Contact details changed
From "url: http://www.virestadsfriskola.se, email: christina@virestadsfriskola.se, phone: 0476-52105" to "url: http://www.virestadsfriskola.se, email: maria.a@virestadsfriskola.se, phone: 0476-52105".
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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 shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.
Authority recordOperatorSkolverket
Operator name changed
From "Virestads Friskola Ekonomiskförening, att. Daniel Uppsäll" to "Virestads Friskola Ekonomisk förening".
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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 shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.
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.
School survey (agree, %)
Source: Skolverket Statistical Database (Statistikdatabasen). Updated annually.
Pupil forecast — Älmhult
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.
Source: SCB (population forecast for Älmhult municipality, by school-form age group).
Älmhult 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 | 2,154 | 2,197 | 2,268 | 2,290 | 2,231 |
| Merit value yr 9 | 218.4 | 216.7 | 216.3 | 201.0 | 211.7 |
| Eligibility for upper secondary | 67.8% | 65.1% | 64.2% | 59.3% | 65.7% |
| Pupils per teacher | 10.6 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| Cost per pupil | 163,539 SEK | 155,070 SEK | 145,124 SEK | 147,016 SEK | 141,522 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.
Pupil count, qualifications, grades, teacher numbers per school
Model-based expected results based on pupil composition
Inspection decisions, remarks, complaints
Fetch date is missing in dataset metadata; no school-register date is used as a substitute.
Population and economic data
Municipal key figures, financial data per school form
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
- Skolkoll methodology (overview) — how data is fetched, validated and displayed.
- 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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