Fagersta

Fagersta is positioned in the Top 25% nationally for childcare, ranking 45 out of 290 municipalities. The municipality's score of 59.2 reflects a robust framework for early childhood education based on the available indicators. Over the assessment period from 2022 to 2025, Fagersta showed a notable proportion of permanent full-time employees with teacher certification in municipal preschool settings.

The percentage of temporary hourly paid staff in preschool is significantly below the national average, which may warrant further examination. Specifically, Fagersta has 13.6% of these roles compared to the national average of 18.7%. In the context of temporary monthly paid staff, 9.1% of worked hours is above the national average of 7.5%.

Fagersta's net cost deviation for preschool, including open preschool, is 3.3%, which is notably above the national average of 2.9%. However, the participation of children aged 1-2 in preschool is at 69%, slightly below the national average of 70.7%. The average number of enrolled children per full-time equivalent staff member is 4.7, somewhat below the national average of 5.