Photo: Gar Lunney · Public domainBlood 148’s schools mostly sit under the middle in Alberta, 3 of the 5 with results
Best placed: Calvin Christian School. No single board runs them all: there are 3. 3,960 students attend the 5 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Blood 148.
What stands out about Blood 148’s schools
Fewer Catholic schools
Only 0 of 15 schools here are Catholic, against 18% in Alberta. Who runs them ↓
One big school
Chinook High School is the largest school here, with 1,203 students. Every school ↓
Each finding compares the town’s schools with every school in its province.
How Blood 148’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 | 71% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 5 | 12% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 12% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (5)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Calvin Christian SchoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | Acceptable 86% · Excellence 22% | Second fifth |
| Cardston High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 71% · Excellence 22% | Middle fifth |
| Cardston Junior High SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 | Acceptable 60% · Excellence 12% | Fourth fifth |
| Chinook High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Acceptable 56% · Excellence 11% | Fourth fifth |
| Deerfield Colony SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | Acceptable 78% · Excellence 0% | 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.
Which of the 3 boards runs which school
The boards and their schools here.
| Board | System | Schools | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Westwind School DivisionCardston, Cardston, Cardston Junior, Spring Glen, Deerfield Colony, Standoff Colony, East Cardston Colony, Blue Ridge Colony … | English public | 10 | 1,408 |
| The Lethbridge School DivisionChinook, Coalbanks | English public | 2 | 1,593 |
| The Livingstone Range School DivisionGreenwood Colony | English public | 1 | 23 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
Where the 15 schools in and around Blood 148 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 Blood 148
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix 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 Blood 148’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English public, English Catholic, French-language, and independent or other.
Who runs them, in numbers: English public 13 and independent or other 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Blood 148
Independent schools
Independent schools set their own admissions and fees; the province funds part of their costs where they meet its conditions.
The neighbourhood school
Ask the board first. It holds the enrolment list and points each street to its own school; out-of-area requests go ahead only with space to spare.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 15 schools in and around Blood 148
High schools within reach of Blood 148
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Red Crow Community College, 13 km away, is the only secondary school within 15 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Crow Community CollegeSecondary · Grades 10–12 | – | Independent | – | 118 | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Blood 148
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood 148 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 km |
| Cardston 17 km | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Cardston County 19 km | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 km |
Cardston County leads the neighbours with 23 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school inside Blood 148’s outline or within 3 km of it, the rule used across the site.
- 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.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- Boards and systems. A public school belongs to a board of one language; in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan a board is also public or Catholic. An independent school runs itself.
- 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. The PAT shares at the acceptable standard and at excellence are each placed by fifths among Alberta’s schools.
Questions about schools in Blood 148
How do I get a place at a school in Blood 148?
The board’s school locator gives the designated school; registration is with the board or the school.
Which boards run the schools in Blood 148?
By number of schools: The Westwind School Division (10), The Lethbridge School Division (2) and The Livingstone Range School Division (1).
Is there a French-language school in Blood 148?
There is none in or near Blood 148 (within 3 km); the French-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How many schools are there in Blood 148?
The town holds 1 of them; 14 more are within 3 km of its outline.
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).