Photo: awmcphee · CC BY-SA 4.03 schools in and around Barrhead: 1 elementary school and 2 secondary schools
All of them belong to The Pembina Hills School Division. 0 of its 2 schools with results sit in the top two fifths in Alberta. Between them they teach 1,299 students (2025/26).
How Barrhead’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 | 2 | 65% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 2 | 12% | 13% |
On the standard of excellence the area trails, 12% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Barrhead Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 72% · Excellence 15% | Middle fifth |
| Barrhead Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 58% · Excellence 8% | Fourth 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 3 schools in and around Barrhead 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
The language each school teaches in, against every school 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.
Who runs Barrhead’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 children get a place in Barrhead
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Barrhead
High schools within reach of Barrhead
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 2 English public. Nearest: Barrhead Composite High School, 0.2 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrhead Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 7–12 | The Pembina Hills School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 671 | 0.2 km |
| Barrhead OutreachSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Pembina Hills School Division | English public | – | 29 | 0.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westlock County | 7,556 | 9 | 1,895 | 0 | 8.7 km |
| … | |||||
| Central McDougall | 4,802 | 41 | 17,910 | 4 | 0.5 km |
| Canora | 4,799 | 50 | 20,063 | 2 | 0.4 km |
| Baturyn | 4,796 | 29 | 12,931 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Woodlands County | 4,778 | 10 | 2,611 | 0 | 7.4 km |
| Barrhead | 4,768 | 3 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Macewan Glen | 4,718 | 76 | 38,865 | 2 | 1.4 km |
| Kingsland | 4,700 | 62 | 27,613 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Eastwood | 4,681 | 65 | 32,041 | 1 | 0.1 km |
| Jasper | 4,627 | 5 | 466 | 1 | 0.2 km |
| … | |||||
| Black Diamond | 2,910 | 2 | 587 | 0 | 0.5 km |
Among 271 towns its size, 255 have more schools nearby. A French-language school is within reach in 121 of the 272.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Barrhead
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrhead | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Barrhead County No. 11 8.5 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 km |
6 schools make Barrhead County No. 11 the best supplied neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Boards and systems. Public and Catholic boards are both publicly funded here, in English and in French; an independent school answers to no board.
- The year. The province’s school list, 2025/26.
- What isn’t here. Provinces don’t grade schools by inspection; class sizes and enrolment over time aren’t in the open lists.
- Bands, not ranks. A suppressed result gives no band; a school with both measures averages its fifths.
- The kinds of school. Elementary schools run from kindergarten to Grade 6 or 8, secondary ones to Grade 12; some cover every grade, and alternative, adult and online schools are listed apart.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Barrhead and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
Questions about schools in Barrhead
How do I get a place at a school in Barrhead?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Is there a French-language school in Barrhead?
Not within 3 km of Barrhead. The French-language board still serves families 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).