Photo: Bulliver · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer Catholic schools around Athabasca: 0 of 6, against 18% in Alberta
2 of its 2 schools with results sit in the top two fifths in Alberta. The 3 km around Athabasca counts 2 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 schools for every grade, 1,284 students between them.
What stands out about Athabasca’s schools
The strongest results
Landing Trail Intermediate School (elementary) posts the area’s strongest results: the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
Who runs Athabasca’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
No mix of systems here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Athabasca’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 A: 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 | 2 | 76% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 2 | 23% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area runs ahead, 23% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Landing Trail Intermediate SchoolElementary · Grades 4–6 | Acceptable 81% · Excellence 28% | Top fifth |
| Edwin Parr Composite Community SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 17% | Second 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.
Where the 6 schools in and around Athabasca are
A pin for every school, its colour the system it belongs to.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Athabasca
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
Schooling in French isn’t on offer here.
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.
How children get a place in Athabasca
The neighbourhood school
A home address sets the designated school in each board’s attendance area. Registration is with the board; a school outside the area admits only where there is space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 6 schools in and around Athabasca
High schools within reach of Athabasca
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 4: 4 English public. The nearest is Centre for Alternative and Virtual Education, 0.5 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre for Alternative and Virtual EducationAll grades · Grades 1–12 | The Aspen View School Division | English public | – | 46 | 0.5 km |
| Deep Creek Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Aspen View School Division | English public | – | 12 | 1.1 km |
| Athabasca Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Aspen View School Division | English public | – | 11 | 1.1 km |
| Edwin Parr Composite Community SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Aspen View School Division | English public | Second fifth | 659 | 2.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond | 4,594 | 4 | 1,195 | 0 | 0.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Carrington | 2,920 | 15 | 12,717 | 0 | 1.8 km |
| Fairview | 2,918 | 3 | 600 | 0 | 24 km |
| Black Diamond | 2,910 | 2 | 587 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Paisley | 2,897 | 15 | 13,491 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Athabasca | 2,887 | 6 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| McKernan | 2,880 | 44 | 18,010 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| Overlanders | 2,879 | 24 | 8,679 | 0 | 1.4 km |
| Tipaskan | 2,875 | 39 | 15,333 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Westbrook Estates | 2,838 | 45 | 22,826 | 0 | 1.5 km |
| … | |||||
| Rimbey | 2,502 | 4 | 823 | 0 | 12 km |
Set against 175 others, 141 have more schools in reach. 68 of the 176 have a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Athabasca
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athabasca | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Athabasca County 14 km | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
Among the neighbours, Athabasca County has 7, the most.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
- Bands, not ranks. Alberta publishes the share at each PAT standard and suppresses small groups, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Athabasca or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. Middle and junior high schools count as secondary when they start at Grade 7 or later, elementary otherwise.
Questions about schools in Athabasca
How do I get a place at a school in Athabasca?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
How many schools are there in Athabasca?
Every one of them, 6, is inside the town.
Is there a French-language school in Athabasca?
There is none in or near Athabasca (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
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).