Every school on the map

Each school a circle — size shows pupil count, colour shows merit value.

Here you can see every individual school at its geographic location. The large circles in the major cities are easy to spot — but zoom into Norrland and you will find small schools that shine with high merit values. Geography is not destiny — there is quality everywhere.

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Skolkoll (2025). Every school on the map. Skolkoll.se. Retrieved 2025-12-31 from https://skolkoll.se/en/statistics/every-school-on-the-map/
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@misc{skolkoll2025_everyschoolonthemap,
  author = {Skolkoll},
  title = {Every school on the map},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://skolkoll.se/en/statistics/every-school-on-the-map/},
  note = {Retrieved 2025-12-31. Data: Skolverket, 2025/26}
}
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Every school in Sweden on one map

This map shows every open school unit in Sweden (dormant and discontinued excluded) as a circle at its geographic position. The size reflects the number of pupils and the colour shows the merit value in year 9.

In the metropolitan regions the circles merge into a dense cluster. Zoom in and you will see how schools with vastly different results can be just a few hundred metres apart — a reminder that the neighbourhood often determines which school the children attend.

In Norrland and the interior, a different reality is visible: individual small schools scattered with great distances between them. Despite their small size, many of these schools show good results. The small school with 50 pupils in Jamtland can have a merit value just as high as the large inner-city school.

The map also reveals where the 'school deserts' are — the areas where the nearest school can be many miles away. For these families, school choice is not about quality but about logistics.

Statistics: academic year 2025/26. Source: Skolverket open data, Kolada and SCB. Processed by Skolkoll.Glossary · About the data.

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  • Number of pupils
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Merit score year 9 (Skolverket)Number of pupils (Skolverket)

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