One school serves Barnwell: Barnwell School
Its board is The Horizon School Division; it is All grades · Grades K–9.
What stands out about Barnwell’s schools
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Barnwell School (all grades), in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Barnwell’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 | 1 | 84% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 1 | 23% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 23% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Barnwell SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 84% · Excellence 23% | Top 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.
How children get a place in Barnwell
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 school in and around Barnwell
High schools within reach of Barnwell
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 17: 16 English public and 1 English Catholic. Closest of all: Taber Christian High School (8.9 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taber Christian High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | Second fifth | 131 | 8.9 km |
| St. Mary's Roman Catholic Separate SchoolAll grades · Grades 6–12 | The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Middle fifth | 173 | 9 km |
| ACE Place Learning CentreSecondary · Grades 8–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 130 | 9.1 km |
| W. R. Myers High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 455 | 9.4 km |
| Armada Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 23 | 10 km |
| Delco Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 32 | 10 km |
| Kingsland Colony SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–10 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 1 | 10 km |
| Copperfield Farms Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | Second fifth | 46 | 10 km |
| Lomond Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–10 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 24 | 10 km |
| Cameron Farms SchoolAll grades · Grades K–10 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 27 | 10 km |
All 17 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnysite Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 28 | 10 km |
| River Road Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 11 | 10 km |
| Fairlane Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 26 | 10 km |
| Enchant Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 29 | 10 km |
| Oaklane Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 23 | 10 km |
| Hillridge Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 44 | 10 km |
| Prairiehome Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Horizon School Division | English public | – | 26 | 10 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Barnwell
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
Top among the neighbours: Taber, 33 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. A school counts when it sits inside Barnwell or less than 3 km beyond its edge.
- The kinds of school. Elementary means kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary up to Grade 12 (Secondary V in Quebec); a few schools take every grade.
- Bands, not ranks. A suppressed result gives no band; a school with both measures averages its fifths.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
Questions about schools in Barnwell
Is there a French-language school in Barnwell?
Not near Barnwell: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
How many schools are there in Barnwell?
The town holds all 1; none is outside it.
How do I get a place at a school in Barnwell?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Which schools near Barnwell have the best results?
Those in the top fifth in Alberta: Barnwell School.
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).