In and around Bon Accord, 3 schools: 1 elementary school and 2 schools for every grade
The Sturgeon School Division is the only board. 431 students attend them (2025/26).
How Bon Accord’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 | 1 | 65% | 67% |
| PAT: standard of excellence | 1 | 15% | 13% |
Furthest from the provincial middle is the standard of excellence: 15% here, against 13% in Alberta.
Every school’s results (1)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Lilian Schick SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | Acceptable 65% · Excellence 15% | Middle 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 Bon Accord are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists; Alberta’s missing ones from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Schooling in English and French around Bon Accord
Each school by its language of instruction, with the share in Alberta marked.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Alberta.
There is no French-language school among them.
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 Bon Accord’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 Bon Accord
The neighbourhood school
No application round, no lottery: the address fixes the school, and the board handles the paperwork.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 3 schools in and around Bon Accord
High schools within reach of Bon Accord
Every secondary school within 15 km of the town, nearest first.
Within 15 km, families can reach 7 high schools: 7 English public. Closest of all: Lilian Schick School (0.3 km).
| School | Board | System | Band | Students | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilian Schick SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Sturgeon School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 213 | 0.3 km |
| Oak Hill SchoolAll grades · Grades 4–9 | The Sturgeon School Division | English public | – | 20 | 1.5 km |
| Gibbons SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Sturgeon School Division | English public | Middle fifth | 313 | 5.6 km |
| Sturgeon Learning CentreAll grades · Grades K–12 | The Sturgeon School Division | English public | – | 147 | 5.6 km |
| Sturgeon Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | The Sturgeon School Division | English public | – | 997 | 14 km |
| Namao SchoolAll grades · Grades K–9 | The Sturgeon School Division | English public | Fourth fifth | 402 | 15 km |
| Four Winds Public SchoolAll grades · Grades 5–9 | The Sturgeon School Division | English public | Bottom fifth | 425 | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Bon Accord
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Accord | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Gibbons 5.4 km | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 km |
| Sturgeon County 13 km | 77 | 3 | 25 | 5.8 km |
| Morinville 16 km | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 km |
| Legal 17 km | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 km |
Next door, Sturgeon County counts 77 schools, more than any other neighbour.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Bon Accord or within 3 km of it are here.
- Boards and systems. Each board covers a territory in one language and one system, public or Catholic; boards of different systems overlap.
- The year. The province’s 2025/26 list.
- What isn’t here. What no open list gives: inspection grades, several years of enrolment, and Ontario’s private schools.
- 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 Bon Accord
How do I get a place at a school in Bon Accord?
Ask the board which school serves your street, then register through it.
Which schools near Bon Accord have the best results?
None sits in the top fifth in Alberta; the strongest is Lilian Schick School.
Is there a French-language school in Bon Accord?
Not within 3 km of Bon Accord. 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).