Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 15 of the 20 schools around Airdrie with results
The strongest results are at Atlas Learning Academy Ltd.. No single board runs them all: there are 3. Counting a 3 km margin, Airdrie has 10 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 11 schools for every grade, for 18,713 students.
What stands out about Airdrie’s schools
One big school
W.H. Croxford High School is the largest school here, with 1,316 students. Every school ↓
Big elementary schools
Elementary schools here average 510 students, against 274 in Alberta; H. Lorimer School and Ecole Edwards Elementary School are the largest. Every school ↓
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Atlas Learning Academy Ltd. (elementary), in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
How Airdrie’s schools do on Alberta’s tests
The Provincial Achievement Tests in Grades 6 and 9: each school against every school in Alberta.
Its School Grade is C−: it compares these results with the other towns of the province.
The area’s schools by fifth of the province
Each school’s band is the average of its measures’ fifths. The mark shows an even fifth of the area’s schools.
| Measure | Schools | Middle here | Alberta |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAT: acceptable standard | 20 | 53% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 20 | 6% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 6% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (20)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Atlas Learning Academy Ltd.Elementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 84% · Excellence 28% | Top fifth |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 14% | Middle fifth |
| Good Shepherd SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 67% · Excellence 13% | Middle fifth |
| R. J. Hawkey Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 63% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| St. Veronica SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 12% | Middle fifth |
| Ecole Airdrie Middle SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 50% · Excellence 5% | Fourth fifth |
| Ecole Edwards Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 51% · Excellence 6% | Fourth fifth |
| George McDougall High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | Acceptable 53% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| H. Lorimer SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 60% · Excellence 10% | Fourth fifth |
| Herons Crossing SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 54% · Excellence 6% | Fourth fifth |
| Northcott Prairie SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 54% · Excellence 7% | Fourth fifth |
| Windsong Heights SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 54% · Excellence 7% | Fourth fifth |
| Airdrie Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 38% · Excellence 7% | Bottom fifth |
| Bert Church High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | Acceptable 45% · Excellence 6% | Bottom fifth |
| Meadowbrook SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Acceptable 46% · Excellence 6% | Bottom fifth |
| W.H. Croxford High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | Acceptable 41% · Excellence 5% | Bottom fifth |
| École des Hautes-PlainesAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 60% · Excellence 5% | Bottom fifth |
| A. E. Bowers Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 38% · Excellence 2% | Bottom fifth |
| C.W. Perry SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Acceptable 48% · Excellence 5% | Bottom fifth |
| Muriel Clayton Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Acceptable 43% · Excellence 4% | Bottom fifth |
Alberta Education and Childcare, PAT multiyear school results (core courses pooled). Alberta’s own notes: breaches in 2021–22, wildfires in 2022–24, the January 2026 sitting cancelled, pilot-curriculum students excused. Open Government Licence – Alberta.
3 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rocky View School DivisionW.H. Croxford, Bert Church, Northcott Prairie, Herons Crossing, C.W. Perry, Windsong Heights, H. Lorimer, Ecole Edwards … | English public | 18 | 13,760 |
| The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School DivisionSt. Veronica, Our Lady Queen of Peace, St. Martin De Porres, Good Shepherd | English Catholic | 4 | 2,939 |
| The Southern Francophone Education Regiondes Hautes-Plaines | French public | 1 | 479 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 27 schools in and around Airdrie are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
1 more have no point in the source and are listed below the map.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Airdrie
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Alberta marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
The 1 French-language schools are École des Hautes-Plaines; The Southern Francophone Education Region runs the public ones.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
Who runs Airdrie’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Their systems: English public 18, English Catholic 4, French-language 1 and independent or other 4.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Airdrie
Catholic schools
Catholic schools are public here, run by separate boards that set their own admissions.
Independent schools
Admission to an independent school is by its own rules; fees apply, lowered by partial provincial funding.
French-language schools
Eligibility comes from the parents: French as a first language, or French schooling in Canada; otherwise, the board’s admissions committee decides.
The neighbourhood school
Where a family lives sets the school: each board draws a catchment around every one of its schools, and a child living inside it has a place there. Other schools take children from outside when they have room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 27 schools in and around Airdrie
High schools within reach of Airdrie
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 24: 14 English public, 8 English Catholic, 1 French public and 1 independent. St. Martin De Porres High School lies closest, 0.9 km from the centre.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Martin De Porres High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 537 | 0.9 km |
| Muriel Clayton Middle SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 605 | 1 km |
| Airdrie Learning ConnectionAll grades · Grades 1–12 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | – | 324 | 1.3 km |
| W.H. Croxford High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,316 | 1.4 km |
| Ecole Airdrie Middle SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 525 | 1.7 km |
| Bert Church High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 1,078 | 1.8 km |
| George McDougall High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 824 | 1.9 km |
| Windsong Heights SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 921 | 2.1 km |
| C.W. Perry SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 958 | 2.2 km |
| Good Shepherd SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 532 | 2.2 km |
All 24 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowbrook SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–9 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 562 | 2.2 km |
| St. Veronica SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 942 | 2.2 km |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 928 | 2.3 km |
| École des Hautes-PlainesAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Southern Francophone Education Region | French public | Bottom fifth | 479 | 2.8 km |
| Northcott Prairie SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 998 | 2.8 km |
| Herons Crossing SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Rocky View School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 967 | 3 km |
| Airdrie Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Bottom fifth | 1,113 | 3.1 km |
| Nose Creek SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 981 | 13 km |
| North Trail High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary School Division | English public | – | 2,096 | 13 km |
| Our Lady of Grace SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 1,001 | 13 km |
| Notre Dame High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | – | 2,095 | 14 km |
| Captain Nichola Goddard SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | The Calgary School Division | English public | Second fifth | 992 | 14 km |
| Ecole Notre Dame HighSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Lakeland Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Fourth fifth | 392 | 14 km |
| Apostles of JesusAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 872 | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Towns of a similar population, with their schools in or within 3 km; described, not ranked.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Deer | 115,409 | 49 | 19,670 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Lethbridge | 113,671 | 52 | 17,504 | 1 | 2 km |
| Strathcona County | 107,345 | 85 | 40,852 | 2 | 0.8 km |
| Airdrie | 92,544 | 27 | 18,713 | 1 | 0.9 km |
| Fort McMurray | 81,611 | 33 | 15,139 | 1 | 1.8 km |
| St. Albert | 74,621 | 41 | 19,661 | 2 | 0.9 km |
| Grande Prairie | 71,160 | 34 | 15,037 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| Medicine Hat | 68,714 | 37 | 11,190 | 1 | 1 km |
| … | |||||
| Cochrane | 39,397 | 16 | 7,714 | 1 | 1.1 km |
In 8 of the 11 others the count is higher. A school in French is nearby in 10 towns of 12.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Airdrie
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrie | 27 | 1 | 8 | 0.9 km |
| Livingston 11 km | 17 | 0 | 9 | 2.2 km |
| Carrington 12 km | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1.8 km |
| Coventry Hills 13 km | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0.7 km |
| Redstone 13 km | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0.9 km |
| Country Hills Village 13 km | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0.8 km |
| Evanston 14 km | 20 | 0 | 9 | 1 km |
No neighbour of the 6 counts more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Airdrie or within 3 km of it are here.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- Bands, not ranks. Each result is placed in a fifth of Alberta’s schools on the same measure; a school’s band averages its fifths. Alberta suppresses small groups, so no school is ranked to the place.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
Questions about schools in Airdrie
Which boards run the schools in Airdrie?
By number of schools: The Rocky View School Division (18), The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division (4) and The Southern Francophone Education Region (1).
How do I get a place at a school in Airdrie?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
How many schools are there in Airdrie?
Every one of them, 27, is inside the town.
Is there a French-language school in Airdrie?
Yes: École des Hautes-Plaines, the French-language schools here.
Sources: Alberta Education and Childcare, school enrolment 2025/26 (Open Government Licence – Alberta) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).