Photo: Darren Kirby from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.00 of Beaver County’s 5 schools are Catholic, fewer than the 18% in Alberta
On the tests, 1 of 4 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 2 under it. Within 3 km of Beaver County are 1 secondary school and 4 schools for every grade, teaching 555 students.
Who runs Beaver County’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
The split by system: English public 4 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How Beaver County’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 | 4 | 60% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 4 | 4% | 13% |
The widest gap is on the standard of excellence, where the area’s schools reach 4% against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (4)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Round Hill SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 80% · Excellence 16% | Second fifth |
| Ryley SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 79% · Excellence 7% | Middle fifth |
| Holden Rural AcademySecondary · Grades 7–12 | Acceptable 38% · Excellence 0% | Bottom fifth |
| Viking SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 42% · Excellence 2% | 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 5 schools in and around Beaver County 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 Beaver County
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
None of them teaches 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.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
The biggest of the 2 is The Battle River School Division: 4 schools.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Battle River School DivisionViking, Round Hill, Ryley, Tofield Colony | English public | 4 | 423 |
| Holden Rural Academy SocietyHolden Rural Academy | Other | 1 | 132 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Beaver County
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 5 schools in and around Beaver County
High schools within reach of Beaver County
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 4 high schools: 3 English public and 1 independent. Nearest: Tofield Colony School, 4.3 km off.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tofield Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades 1–9 | The Battle River School Division | English public | – | 15 | 4.3 km |
| Ryley SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Battle River School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 92 | 12 km |
| Cornerstone Christian AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | – | Independent | Middle fifth | 116 | 12 km |
| Round Hill SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Battle River School Division | English public | Second fifth | 100 | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Alberta
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | Students | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia | 9,950 | 62 | 26,966 | 2 | 0.3 km |
| … | |||||
| Crescent Heights | 6,411 | 69 | 34,910 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Mission | 6,329 | 64 | 25,613 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| The Orchards At Ellerslie | 6,267 | 11 | 9,351 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Duggan | 6,247 | 44 | 17,952 | 0 | 0.3 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 |
| … | |||||
| Country Hills | 3,702 | 30 | 19,605 | 0 | 0.9 km |
Of the 267 others, 244 count more schools. 119 of 268 have a school teaching in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Beaver County
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver County | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 km |
| Tofield 11 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 km |
It has more schools than any of its 1 neighbours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Beaver County’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- 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.
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- Bands, not ranks. Fifths are worked out among every Alberta school with a PAT result, then averaged per school.
- What isn’t here. Missing: inspection ratings (no province gives them), enrolment trends and Ontario’s private schools.
Questions about schools in Beaver County
How do I get a place at a school in Beaver County?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Beaver County?
The Battle River School Division (4) and Holden Rural Academy Society (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
How many schools are there in Beaver County?
4 are inside the town itself and 1 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Beaver County?
None within 3 km of Beaver County. 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).