Photo: Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0One school serves Bentley: Bentley School
The Wolf Creek School Division runs it: All grades · Grades K–12.
How Bentley’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 | 1 | 66% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 1 | 7% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 7% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Bentley SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 66% · Excellence 7% | 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 school in or near Bentley is
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).
How children get a place in Bentley
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The school in and around Bentley
High schools within reach of Bentley
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km there is one high school, Bentley School (0.3 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Wolf Creek School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 407 | 0.3 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Bentley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Lacombe County 18 km | 21 | 0 | 6 | 2.8 km |
| Sylvan Lake 18 km | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 km |
| Blackfalds 19 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 km |
The neighbour with most schools is Lacombe County (21).
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. A 3 km band around Bentley’s outline is included, as it is for every town on the site.
- Bands, not ranks. The PAT shares at the acceptable standard and at excellence are each placed by fifths among Alberta’s schools.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- Boards and systems. A school’s system is its board’s: the language it teaches in, and whether the board is public or Catholic.
- The year. Listed for 2025/26.
Questions about schools in Bentley
How many schools are there in Bentley?
The town holds all 1; none is outside it.
Is there a French-language school in Bentley?
Not near Bentley: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
Which schools near Bentley have the best results?
None sits in the top fifth in Alberta; the strongest is Bentley School.
How do I get a place at a school in Bentley?
Enrolment goes through the board; schools outside your area take students when they have room.
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).