Photo: Rschuurman · Public domainFewer Catholic schools around Barrhead County No. 11: 0 of 6, against 18% in Alberta
Results are mixed: 1 of 5 schools above the middle in Alberta, 2 below it. Within 3 km of Barrhead County No. 11 are 2 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade, teaching 1,706 students.
What stands out about Barrhead County No. 11’s schools
The strongest results
The area’s best results are at Neerlandia Public Christian School (all grades), in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Every figure here sets the area’s schools beside the rest of its province.
Who runs Barrhead County No. 11’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Only one system is present here: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Barrhead County No. 11’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 B: 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 | 5 | 59% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 5 | 15% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 15% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Neerlandia Public Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 88% · Excellence 28% | Top fifth |
| Barrhead Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 72% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| Fort Assiniboine SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 59% · Excellence 18% | Middle fifth |
| Barrhead Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 58% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| Dunstable SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 44% · Excellence 0% | 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.
Where the 6 schools in and around Barrhead County No. 11 are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Barrhead County No. 11
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.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none in French.
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 Barrhead County No. 11
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 Barrhead County No. 11
High schools within reach of Barrhead County No. 11
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 2 high schools: 2 English public. Closest of all: Barrhead Composite High School (8.6 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrhead Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Pembina Hills School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 671 | 8.6 km |
| Barrhead OutreachSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Pembina Hills School Division | English public | – | 29 | 8.9 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glastonbury | 9,745 | 29 | 14,742 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| … | |||||
| Beaver County | 6,245 | 5 | 555 | 0 | 4.2 km |
| Willow Creek No. 26 | 6,225 | 24 | 3,280 | 0 | 8.9 km |
| St. Paul | 6,218 | 7 | 1,764 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| Glenora | 6,197 | 68 | 29,614 | 3 | 0.4 km |
| Barrhead County No. 11 | 6,186 | 6 | 1,706 | 0 | 8.5 km |
| Vegreville | 6,153 | 7 | 1,218 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Capitol Hill | 6,135 | 68 | 27,971 | 1 | 0.7 km |
| Castleridge | 6,127 | 40 | 24,815 | 1 | 0.3 km |
| Forest Heights | 6,120 | 58 | 23,662 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| … | |||||
| Country Hills | 3,702 | 30 | 19,605 | 0 | 0.9 km |
236 out of 264 comparable towns have more schools. Schooling in French is on hand in 117 of the 265.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Barrhead County No. 11
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrhead County No. 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 km |
| Barrhead 8.5 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 km |
Of 1 neighbours, none has more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Each school is elementary, secondary or all-grade by the grades it teaches; alternative, adult and online programs sit in a group of their own.
- Which schools count. Every school inside Barrhead County No. 11’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- The year. 2025/26, the latest open 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 Barrhead County No. 11
How do I get a place at a school in Barrhead County No. 11?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
How many schools are there in Barrhead County No. 11?
2 in the town, 4 just beyond it, within 3 km.
Is there a French-language school in Barrhead County No. 11?
None within 3 km of Barrhead County No. 11. The French-language board serves it from schools further off.
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).