Photo: Annette Teng · CC BY 3.0The schools around Bighorn No. 8 answer to 3 boards
Most belong to The Canadian Rockies School Division (6); The Southern Francophone Education Region and The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division run the remainder. The 6 with results split, 2 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 3 in the lower. Taken together, Bighorn No. 8 and its 3 km edge hold 4 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade for 2,341 students.
What stands out about Bighorn No. 8’s schools
The strongest results
Top of the area: Alpenglow Community School (elementary), its results in the top fifth in Alberta. Results ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
3 boards, school by school
Each board’s schools in the area, largest first.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Canadian Rockies School DivisionCanmore Collegiate, Elizabeth Rummel, Lawrence Grassi, Exshaw, Alpenglow, Canadian Rockies Education Outreach | English public | 6 | 1,473 |
| The Southern Francophone Education RegionNotre-Dame des Monts | French public | 1 | 214 |
| The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School DivisionOur Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy | English Catholic | 1 | 594 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How Bighorn No. 8’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 | 6 | 62% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 6 | 12% | 13% |
On the acceptable standard the area trails, 62% against 67% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (6)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Alpenglow Community SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Acceptable 88% · Excellence 41% | Top fifth |
| Our Lady of the Snows Catholic AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 79% · Excellence 16% | Second fifth |
| École Notre-Dame des MontsAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 60% · Excellence 16% | Middle fifth |
| Lawrence Grassi Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 5–8 | Acceptable 64% · Excellence 8% | Fourth fifth |
| Canmore CollegiateSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 6% | Fourth fifth |
| Exshaw SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 | Acceptable 8% · 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 9 schools in and around Bighorn No. 8 are
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).
Schooling in English and French around Bighorn No. 8
The language each school teaches in, against every school in Alberta.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
The Southern Francophone Education Region runs the public French-language schools; all 1 are École Notre-Dame des Monts.
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 Bighorn No. 8’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
System by system: English public 6, English Catholic 1, French-language 1 and independent or other 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Bighorn No. 8
Independent schools
An independent school decides whom it takes and what it charges; provincial grants cover part of the cost.
Catholic schools
A separate (Catholic) board runs its own schools with public money and its own admission rules.
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
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 9 schools in and around Bighorn No. 8
High schools within reach of Bighorn No. 8
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
4 secondary schools are within 15 km: 2 English public, 1 English Catholic and 1 French public. The nearest is Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy, 11 km away.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of the Snows Catholic AcademyAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division | English Catholic | Second fifth | 594 | 11 km |
| École Notre-Dame des MontsAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Southern Francophone Education Region | French public | Middle fifth | 214 | 11 km |
| Canadian Rockies Education OutreachSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Canadian Rockies School Division | English public | – | 23 | 14 km |
| Canmore CollegiateSecondary · Grades 9–12 | The Canadian Rockies School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 505 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Bighorn No. 8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bighorn No. 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 11 km |
| Canmore 12 km | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.6 km |
Of 1 neighbours, none has more schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. The area is Bighorn No. 8 plus a 3 km margin around it, measured from its census outline.
- 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. As the province lists them in 2025/26.
- Boards and systems. English and French, public and Catholic: the board decides the system, and the address decides the school.
- What isn’t here. Ontario’s private schools aren’t in the open list; no province publishes inspection grades.
- Bands, not ranks. Alberta publishes the share at each PAT standard and suppresses small groups, so the page gives fifths, not ranks.
Questions about schools in Bighorn No. 8
How do I get a place at a school in Bighorn No. 8?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Bighorn No. 8?
By number of schools: The Canadian Rockies School Division (6), The Southern Francophone Education Region (1) and The Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate School Division (1).
How many schools are there in Bighorn No. 8?
1 are inside the town itself and 8 lie within 3 km of its edge.
Is there a French-language school in Bighorn No. 8?
Yes: École Notre-Dame des Monts, the French-language schools 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).