Hagaskóli

What Hagaskóli does

Hagaskóli is a grunnskóli (public compulsory school) operated by Reykjavíkurborg (Reykjavik City Government) and located at Fornhagi 1, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland. It serves students in grades 8 through 10, the upper end of Iceland's compulsory schooling range covering adolescents aged 14 to 16, with a stated headcount of 17 employees. The school is structurally integrated into the municipal education system: enrollment is administered through the city-wide registration framework, child welfare is provided through Farsæld barna, and communication runs through the reykjavik.is municipal platform rather than a standalone commercial identity.

The school's core product is delivery of the national lower-secondary curriculum for grades 8-10. Around this core it maintains a set of digital sub-products: a Skóladagatal (school calendar), a Matseðill (canteen menu), a Starfsfólk (staff directory) page, the Doðranturinn student newspaper (transitioned to electronic format in June 2026), and participation in the Pangea stærðfræðikeppni mathematics competition. There is no proprietary technology stack; the underlying platform is the standard Reykjavíkurborg municipal web template (styles.reykjavik.is), and no APIs, integrations, or AI features are disclosed.

The business model is non-commercial. Hagaskóli does not charge tuition and generates no independent revenue; all funding flows from Reykjavíkurborg's municipal budget. Its "customers" in the operational sense are catchment-area students and their families, while its single financial counterparty is the city government. Recognition is institutional rather than market-driven: Hagaskóli holds the Regnbogavottun Reykjavíkur (Rainbow Certification) for LGBTQ+ inclusion, and operates under the parent municipality's Jafnlaunavottun equal-pay certification (2022-2025). It has no subsidiaries, no funding history, no M&A activity, and no commercial pricing model.

Name

Hagaskóli

Legal name

Hagaskóli

Website

https://hagaskoli.is

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hagaskóli is a public compulsory school (grunnskóli) in Reykjavik, Iceland, operated by Reykjavíkurborg and serving students in grades 8-10 (ages 14-16) with 17 staff at Fornhagi 1.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Primary/Compulsory Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public High Schools (EDAJAAAD)

Keywords

• Compulsory primary education
• Public school services
• Secondary lower education
• Student welfare services
• Municipal school operation

Headquarters

HQ city

Reykjavik

HQ country

Iceland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

Hagaskóli is a public grunnskóli (compulsory/lower secondary school) operated by Reykjavíkurborg (Reykjavik City) that delivers tuition-free education to students in grades 8–10 (approximately ages 14–16). In addition to core teaching, the school runs ancillary student-facing services including a school calendar, canteen menu publication, staff directory, child welfare support, a school newspaper, and participation in the Pangea mathematics competition.

Product overview

Hagaskóli is a municipal primary/lower secondary school (grunnskóli) for grades 8-10 located in Reykjavik, Iceland. The school operates as part of Reykjavíkurborg's education system and provides core educational services alongside various sub-products and digital services including a school calendar (Skóladagatal), canteen menu (Matseðill), staff directory (Starfsfólk), child welfare services (Farsæld barna), and a digital school newspaper (Doðranturinn). The school also participates in the Pangea mathematics competition.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Compulsory School Education (Grades 8-10) Standard compulsory education program for grades 8–10 (students aged 14–16), delivered at no tuition cost to families and funded by the City of Reykjavik.
• School Canteen Service On-site canteen offering daily meals to students at Hagaskóli, with menu information published for parents and students.
• Child Welfare / School Welfare Service School-based welfare support service for students, addressing social, emotional, and developmental well-being as part of the educational offering.
• School Newspaper School-published newspaper produced for and by the student body, distributed through the school's website.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ReykjavíkurborgcoreOthers

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Borgarholtsskóli: Reykjavíkurborg grunnskóli providing compulsory education in Reykjavik, directly comparable as a publicly funded municipal school serving similar grade levels.
• Hvassaleitisskóli: Public grunnskóli operated by Reykjavíkurborg, sharing the same funding structure, oversight, and student welfare framework as Hagaskóli.
• Melaskóli: Public grunnskóli operated by Reykjavíkurborg, comparable in size, funding model, and curriculum delivery for compulsory secondary education in Reykjavik.
• Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík (MR): Long-established upper secondary school in Reykjavik serving students in a similar age band (16+); comparable as a Reykjavik-based secondary education institution though operating at a higher tier of the Icelandic system.
• International School of Iceland: Independent international school in Reykjavik offering primary and secondary education, comparable in serving school-age students in the same city under a different (private) operating model.
• Verzlunarskóli Íslands: Reykjavik-based upper secondary school offering secondary education with a commercial/vocational orientation, comparable as a peer secondary institution serving overlapping student cohorts in the same market.
• Fellaskóli: Another Reykjavíkurborg-operated grunnskóli serving primary and lower secondary students in Reykjavik, directly comparable in mission, funding model, curriculum, and integrated municipal student services.

Broad incumbents

• Reykjavíkurborg: Parent municipal authority operating Hagaskóli and the broader Reykjavik public school network; relevant as the larger public education incumbent shaping policy, funding allocations, and integrated services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Reykjavik
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hagask%C3%B3li

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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